Thing #4...*sigh*

I will be honest to say that right now that I am having problems trying to comment on other people's blogs.  For some impossible reason, my security question will not go through to varify that I am what I am and I signed into my blogger.  I may not get credit for doing the discovery exercise, but I can honestly say that I have tried.  It may be something minor that I could fix, but I cannot figure it out.  Hopefully, I can go back later to put comments on people's blogs.  For now, I want to continue with the 23 Things project.  Now with that said, I have read the CoolCat Teacher blog and I have so many things that I agree with.  There were two points that struck me the most.  One was about commenting people to help them continue to blog.  It would make me disappointed too if nobody commented me about I had to say.  If that was the case, I would stop blogging.  Comments give people encouragment to continue to blog.  I also agree with the fact that a simple "yes" or "no" is not enough.  What's the point in commenting?  It would not feel encouraging to me.  I think that it helps to explain why we agree or disagree.  Another fact that really struck me was negative comments.  I know that we all have our own different opinions, but we do not need to be hateful about it.  "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but your words can never hurt me"....whoever thought of this old saying had no soul. I would be glad to take a broken bone instead of having my feelings hurt.  With me, once my feelings get hurt, it sticks with me for a very long time.  It's hard to forget hateful words.  It is the same case with commenting.  We don't have to agree with what someone says, but we don't need to go around and hurt other people with our words. We can simply disagree in a positive way.  We can say,"I don't agree with you, but I have never thought of it that way before".  That's just for an example.
The following people are the people that I would have commented in their blog, but again, I ran into technical difficulties:

• Mary Donahue
• Kayla Crouch
• Kelsi Clark
• Emily Rittenberry
• Jessica Shaw
• Tori Hickman
• Cassandra Silvers

The first five people are from my group (3040-01 class) and the last two people are from another 3040 class time.  I chose their blogs because I really agree with their opinions.  They each have different views, but it's very good to have different insight on what others have to say.  Commenting, I believe, is very helpful.  It can helpful people think more about a topic that they are unsure about.  It can also correct people if they have something wrong. Teachers can use commenting to encourage others teachers or other faculty and staff.