I've been thinking about starting a blog for a long time. Not because I think that I have anything particularly interesting to say, but because I hope that blogging will help me to become a better writer. Writing is such a large part of the work that I do as a student and as a tutor at San Jose State, and I'm all for anything that can make it less of a pain. My English studies have taught me to appreciate literature but I still have not learned to appreciate writing.
My upcoming trip to France is what pushed me to finally create this. My plan is to write a daily post about the three weeks that I will spend there this summer, and then to share those posts with any interested family and friends. I'm going to France to study the language, so I'll be writing first in French and then also posting an English translation. Maybe I will write about something that someone else will find interesting. Maybe I'll just be boring and my blogging career will be as short-lived as my first attempt at college.
My plan is to post again just before I leave for my trip. Right now I am almost at the end of the semester, and I have to turn to the (painful) process of writing an essay and a ten-page research paper, and studying for two finals. Then a big family event - Jack's graduation from high school!
One step at a time. I'm off to investigate the confrontation between Western feminism and Third-World feminism. Actually a million times more interesting than it sounds.
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