I wish to offer two apologies for blogs:

1.     The pleading off from a charge or imputation, whether expressed, implied, or only conceived as possible;

In the first apology, I wish to plead off from the charge of a failure to actively log entries in my blog this semester.  In doing so I include a possible rationalization for students' lack of interest in blogs, and recommend blogs be presented in the context of a rhetorical situation.  Such a rhetorical situation is realized in the all-blog 103 syllabus I designed for this class.  This apology serves as part of the essay portion of my blog presentation, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the English 692.       Continue...

In my second apology, I wish to defend blogs against all accusers.  In requesting and recommending an English 103 class centered around blogs, I am aware of the need to respond to certain disparaging attitudes, especially within the academic community.  This apology also serves as the essay portion of my blog presentation, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the English 692.      Continue...

Leo I. Huisman

lihuisman@bsu.edu