After being in Feature Writing I would like to think of myself as somewhat of a good writer. I know that I am not as good as the others in my class, because believe me, some of them know what people want to read about and how to get their attention. I have learned a lot of the last couple of months, we learned how to use blogs in different ways, how to make videos and different ways that we can use our journalistic abilities, as well as the Madagascar Penguin Silly Bandz (by far my favorite part).
Throughout this semester, I really have enjoyed growing as a writer. I think that my writing has improved and it has become a lot less hard to write articles. I have learned a lot of things about certain questions to ask during an interview and how to react to interviewee’s answers. I have come to understand what is needed to catch the readers attention and how to keep it for articles that I write.
I know that what I have learned over the past semester will be taken with me wherever I go in life. Even though we were in a class that was serious about learning new ways to write for articles, we also laughed a lot and had a good time. I feel like those couple hours that we were with each other on Tuesdays and Thursday were good for everyone. Laughing is good for the soul and we did plenty of that for everyone in that building. I really enjoyed being in that class, and especially all the great people I met in the process.
Everyone thought that Craigslist was going to the new way to buy, sell and even trade people's stuff. I even thought that it was going to be a great way to do all of that stuff. I mean you can find people in your city who may be close to you and you can contact them to go pick up something from their house. That is about the only problem I have had with Craigslist, you have to go to some random person's house to get something that you want, and you don't know if the something you are going to get is what the description says on the website.
There are people trying to find jobs, housing, friendship, or products and services will find Craigslist to be a very useful community. On top of that you could also meet other people to network or talk about issues that you think are important. You have to keep in mind that Craigslist is an online community so the risk of predators or scam artist are ready to take advantage of you as soon as you get on the site. It is important to only go to someones hose if you trust them and trust that they aren't going to try to screw you over.
According to the Craigslist about page on the website:
The overwhelming majority of craigslist users are trustworthy and well-intentioned.
With billions of human interactions facilitated through craigslist, the incidence of violent crime has been extremely low.
Nevertheless, it's very important to take the same common sense precautions online as you would offline.
When meeting someone for the first time, please remember to:
- Insist on a public meeting place like a cafe
- Do not meet in a secluded place, or invite strangers into your home
- Be especially careful when buying/selling high value items
- Tell a friend or family member where you're going
- Take your cell phone along if you have one
- Consider having a friend accompany you
- Trust your instincts
Taking these simple precautions helps make craigslist safer for everyone.
