I need to form an opinion. After looking through all of my posts, I'm pretty wishy-washy about most of the subjects. On the one post that I actually did state a valid opinion, I didn't have any evidence or sources to back my opinion up. So pretty much I live in my own world, only care about the things I decide to care about, and don't really care much about what other people think.
On the one post I did state my opinion, looking back at it now, it came from my past! It came from a huge argument we got into in one of my classes when I was a freshman and I have never revisited the thought until that post. I've grown up a bit now, and realized, I really don't care if my kids stand up in school and say the pledge of allegiance every Monday morning, I just care that people respect this country and the people fighting for it.
As I continue to skim through my posts, I continually find controversy in all of my opinions. I know what I'm talking about, it all makes sense in my head, but what I'm not understanding is that not everyone reading my posts has had all the same life experiences as me. They didn't learn a lot of the things I did the hard way, they were probably smart and just didn't do what they knew was bad for them, or knew a scene looked like trouble and didn't spend time on it. I need to do a better job of writing to a blank canvas like audience instead of one I've painted myself.
I also base my opinion off of whatever the hosts are saying. I usually state whether I agree with them or not, followed by a short description of why. Unfortunately I don't have an opinion that I've formed on my own by doing my own research of primary sources and such, I listen to everyone else's opinion and then make my opinion. That's awful. Makes me feel terrible about my opinions ha!
I think that it is great you are taking this class while you are still young. By recognizing and objectively looking at how and why you have certain opinions now will help you so much in the future. You have the opportunity to form your future opinions based on the facts and your personal stance on the issues. You can be an independent thinker.
ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost I think that it is great that you are realistic with yourself, and recognize what you have done and how you did it with no hesitation. I think at some point all of our opinions have an external or distant influence, especially when listening to on the media because it is so easy to follow the opinion of the people speaking on the issue.
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you realize where you are coming from. I think a lot of us don't realize how much we are influenced by the people around us. It is important that we take note of others opinions but also stay true to our beliefs. you sound like your very open to new ideas and understandings which is awesome.
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