This was by far my most favorite assigned teacher's blog to read and comment on! The blog written by Jenna Bently was challenging, thought-provoking, inspirational, and eloquently put. In her post, Jenna asked the following question: “If we had people as radical as the Founding Fathers of America in today’s day in age, and they wrote a new declaration of Independence that would withstand another 200 years, could you even imagine what that would be like?” Asking such a question begs the reader to stop and examine life as it is and life as it was in the past. Her blog was entitled United as One. To some up her post she was discussing how nation wide catastrophes often unite people because in those situations each person looks out for the interests of each other rather than simply promoting their own individualistic goals. In doing this unity occurs within a nation. When a nation works together it progresses, and when they work against each other it is counter productive. Her perspective was very interesting and definitely provoked me to think. I enjoyed it because it was not just talking about technology but discussing the world we live in and how we can make a difference by joining together by really being one nation. She discussed radical people like the founding fathers who made a great difference in our nation and how those with the most heart and most will come out on top. She didn't leave just discussing radicals of the past but she called for radicals of today who were willing to take a stand when she left us with this: Now we just have to find the radicals who will fight for a new day.
I really enjoyed it and all of the comments of the students who read it and were as challenged by the post as well. I will definitely follow the blog!
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