Angel's Enchanting blog

 Overall class blogging has been experimental, both good and bad. The positive side we’ve learned from each other and we taught ourselves how to communicate through literature. So yes blogging has worked for me. It has given me a space where I can express myself freely without the judgement and pressure of others.

  Post 1: Intro to Angel's enchanting blog: Hi bloggers, My name is Angel Reid, I'm 19 years old. I was born November 24, 2002. My sign is a Sagittarius. It's my first year at Mga. My major is psychology and I'm a full online student. Some interesting things about me are for one I was born as a little person with achondroplasia. which is the most common dwarfism in the world, meaning we have shorter legs and arms with bigger foreheads. Traveling has always been a favorite thing of mine to do with family and friends. I have a husky/collie mix who will be two October 19 her name is Ava, she's very clingy (thanks to covid) but sweet and adventurous. I always say I was born with an older soul with the way I was raise. Thanks to my parents for putting me on to all good old school music. Some of my favorite artists are Jill Scott, Jhene Aiko, Erykah Badu, lucky Daye, I could go on & on forever. I'm excited for this year and getting to know my peers better let'...

 Advantages:  We can learn from our peers  Improvement in your communication skills Seeing other's insight  Improves spelling and grammar Disadvantages: Differing opinions Lack of critique  Judgements Risk & Rewrites

 Ask someone you trust. You are putting your work in the hands of another to judge. That requires trust. Describe what you want. Say “I am concerned about structure,” or “I think it is too long,” or “I was trying to be provocative, but I may have overdone it.” This allows your critic to concentrate on particular issues you are concerned about. Be confident. Confident people ask for feedback because they know they can do better. They know they will learn from the feedback. But they also know what they are good at. Understand the difference between “this is flawed” and “you are flawed.” Once you have created the work, the work is not you, and you are not the work. You and the person giving the critique are working to make the work better, together. This is how you can accept criticism without feeling hurt. It’s not an easy habit to develop, but developing it is essential. Don’t accept emotional critiques. Critics shouldn’t be mean, but they sometimes are. Distill the useful feedback ...

knowledge of the complexities of the mind’s operations is constantly evolving as new tools become available to literally see inside the mind or indirectly assess its workings. Still, some principles of behavior are well-established: • The preeminent goal of any organism is to stay alive. To that end, the brain functions as a prediction machine, constantly scanning the environment for clues to what will come next, so an individual can exert some means of control and stay safe. • In its preference for certainty over uncertainty (which makes us feel uncomfortable and anxious), the mind seeks to detect patterns—and it’s sometimes too good at it, seeing them where they don’t exist. The blog that I chose does indeed fit the genre i'm aiming for. It helps catch a better understanding of what therapist do and how they do it.

 In the world we live in today,our biggest problem United States has is that everyone wants to have control. Rather it's the government changing rights on women's bodies, Gun laws, criminal justice system, who lives matter or whose doesn't. Power has gotten to a certain group of peoples minds which will continue to be a big issue.