Thursday, January 22, 2015

Successes & Failures, Race & Sexuality


MSGC/auto-correct
  • While I'm sure there have been many failures/successes, I can't come up with one off the top of my head. I suppose with auto-correct I am often censored against my will and end up typing a message about ducks rather than my intended meaning. 
Social Networking
  • Once I uploaded a really embarrassing and horrifyingly unattractive photo of myself to my Snapchat story as opposed to sending it to just one friend, which was pretty mortifying. The world was not ready for the amount of double chins that I can conjure. 
I find it hard to decide which of these factors are less integral to a computer writing class. Looking at it from an educator's POV, both of these things cause lots of on-line bullying that leads to mental health issues and in some extreme cases, suicide and cannot be ignored. Race is the longer-standing issue, but sexuality is finally getting some well-deserved time in the lime-light and is no longer being swept under the rug. Ultimately I can't choose, which is a total cop-out answer, I know. Both issues are equally important and deserve the same amount of attention. 

Again, I can't choose. Personally, I think I can relate to both race and sexuality equally. Both of these issues are rather near and dear to my heart, and I'd like to advocate for both. I can't decide which one deserves more attention because I find them both so crucial. 




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