Today we began class with the usual Writing Into the Day assignment. We viewed a video that animated the words to the poem, "Totally like whatever, you know?" by Taylor Mali. The poem is about how our generation no longer has any conviction in our opinions and ideas. The poem states that,
"it has somehow become uncool
to sound like you know what you're talking about?"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4608329
The poem really resonated with me because once I heard the words I realized that everything being said was true. That even though I know what I'm talking about that I do add those "ya knows" and "I guess" to most of my sentences. It really bothers me that I am guilty of all the things the poem touched upon because I think I should value my opinions more so than I do. I think everyone should value their opinion because in turn it is thiers to value.
After listening to the poem and realizing that I am guilty of all the things the poem says, in my head I wanted to promise myself that I will start valuing my own opinion and making sure that when I am talking to someone that they know that I know what I am talking about. I am also going to try to modify the way i form sentences to make it more apparent that I know what I am talking about.
