Daniel Armstrong
12/31/09
3rd Period
3. Blogging, in a manner of speaking, is overrated. Changing the standard form of assignments shows a typical impulsive act of human behavior; the blurred conception that just because something is new, it is better. Despite some obvious benefits, blogging is full of holes compared to the traditional means of assignment. For example, paper and pencil is foolproof; 98% of things that can happen to it would be the student's fault. Blogging however, poses numerous problems that would not be a matter of whether the student is attentive enough to keep up with their "things". Internet connection problems, website server errors(which could possibly cause the students' work to be lost, by no fault of their own), and other little bugs that could easily plague assignments that are worked on so diligently by those in the class. In short, blogging has been pursued to satisfy the urge to live in some sort of "cyber society" more than to increase actual efficiency. It is not a wise alternative.