I enjoyed Jordan sweets post about Russell Westbrook being better than Derick rose which i agree but if we are talking about the best point guard. The best point guard is Rajon Rondo He almost averages a triple double is whole career 10.6 points 8.4 rebounds and 11.6 assists ( http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/200765/stats/ ) the only other person past that is Oscar Robertson. Not to mention Rajon rondo is a Champion in 2008 along side Kevin garnett, Paul pierce, and Ray allen. I actually liked these blogs it gives you a chance to voice your own thoughts without actually say them aloud. i also enjoyed responding to my group mates posts and seeing what they think on certain things and if i don't agree with them i will let it be known. That"s the point of the blog, also the prompts that Mr.Inoles gave us were interesting also. Thumbs up for the blogs.

I looked over other groups and their blogs and found a few differences. I know that for our blog we mostly followed what the course blog prompted. But in other blogs there were posts about all kinds of things from basketball to art. I Think it is cool to see everyones interests in a blog format. But a lot of the blogs had similarities to ours, talking about cool hand Luke, the Cuckoos nest book, and spirit week. I think it's interesting to see everyones views on this stuff, I had never looked at others blogs until now. Also I found interesting how some of the groups got into conversations and debates with each other while some groups did not.

Racial Tension in Response to Eric

While I was looking at the blogs posts of other groups, Eric's post on racial issues stuck out to me. I feel like what he said was something that a lot of people want to say but never do in fear for being called prejudice or racist. I agree that racism is still present in the United States, and it is even more prevalent in some parts of the world. I also think that there are many factors that contribute to people of other races having a negative look on a certain race and I think the n word is one of those factors. It is just another thing that separates people by race when it is really unnecessary. I'm certainly not saying that everyone should be able to say racial slurs like the n word, I'm actually saying the opposite. If both blacks and white don't say the n word, then there will be less tension and separation between the two which will result in a better relationship.

Here is an article I found that shows different perspectives of racial issues from all over the world. I feel like the only way to improve racial tension is to understand both sides.

Blog Analysis

On the blog Senior Writing 101, I liked the discussion under Karey's post about us being immune to advertisements. I think she had clear and evident reasoning that prompted a discussion within her group. They had differences in opinion but there was still a mature discussion going on. Also, even though it was very long, I still enjoyed reading Dan's post about losing the bucket this year. It seemed that each of his group members appreciated and understood the argument. This group also had a few posts that included links to videos and hyperlinks. I know this was a requirement but this was the only group that seemed to make their links fit into their posts rather than seeming forced. Overall, I liked the mature discussions that took place on this group's blog. It seemed to be the only blog group that had meaningful interactions among the group members.

Group Blog Analysis

So far the best blog (or, should I say, the one I enjoyed reading the most) was Senior Writing 101 (with the Nelly Nells a close second). They had active discussions, with long paragraphs. You could tell that they were actually arguing for and against various things, as opposed to the other blogs, where a lot of the posts were the same thing repeated four times in the same paragraph, with poor grammar and sentence structure. Both blogs have many hyperlinks and I saw a few videos while digging around in there. My favorite(?) blogging moment from the other groups would probably have to be Dan's 6-paragraph rant about field day and the bucket, which I fully agree with.
Blog groups only work when you have interaction, and interaction (in class projects) usually only happens when the people involved (a) know each other and (b) chose their groups. I don't know about the other groups, but our group has thus far been dead silent except for the small flares of required activity around deadlines (no offense to anyone, but it's kinda true).
I don't know if it would have been any better in other groups, but that's just how forced-group projects usually go in my experience. I feel like this could have gone better as a class-wide blog, all of us able to respond to posts and to each other. Probably would have been a lot livelier.