1. Advantages
and disadvantages of starting a blog as a student. Support your answer with
examples. You should write at least 350 words.
ADVANTAGES
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DISADVANTAGES
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Starting
and updating a blog helps to stimulate critical thinking skills as students read more, they have more knowledge to analyse and evaluate what they read.
- Students can share their point of views and any readers can give ideas in the
comment section.
- Discussions in the blog enable the commenters to discuss the topic. (Example: Discussions on the educational issue will consider the
current situation by viewing different aspects, involving the countries,
citizens and resources.)
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Blogging
can be distracting for students because they can browse other websites that are irrelevant to their studies.
- Students get carried away when accessing the Internet and eventually wasting time doing unbeneficial activities. (Examples: playing games and chatting with friends via FB)
- Students are exposed to negative influences on the Internet such as violence and sex. Sexually explicit contents are able to corrupt the students’ minds.
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Blogging
plays a key role in building a knowledgeable community.
- Students will have to do research on certain topics before writing in their blogs. Reading more academical journals would help the students to write better and expound views in a more matured manner.
- Information and knowledge sharing via blogs can reach more people in just a short time. Plus, students don't need to look for publishers.
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Blogging consumes a lot of time and may be a burden for students who can't manage their time.
- Finding time to write regularly can be stressful for students as they have to handle a lot of schoolwork.
- Students
have to spend time to do a lot of research to ensure the information is accurate as they
cannot simply write baseless allegations/ideas
- Students may neglect their studies when they spend too much time for blogging.
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Blogging
can enhance unity among different races and religions.
- Students can blog about their unique cultures and
traditions, so that, students of other races who came across the articles
will be well-informed about other people’s cultures
- Students will have a better sense of understanding other people's cultures and beliefs (Example: An Indian
student posts about the tradition of visiting one another during Deepavali –
students of other races and religions will get to know more about the Indian
cultures and the dos and don’ts when they join the celebration.)
- Maintain the precious unity among races, which is crucial
to the harmony of a multiracial country such as Malaysia.
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Blogging may cause students in trouble when they express their feelings in anger
- Consequences
of angry posts can be dire. (Example: There are people who were publicly disgraced due to something they shared. Some even faced criminal charges like sentenced to one year's jail after pleaded guilty to making remarks disparaging other religions)
- Teenagers who cannot control their anger might vent their frustrations in their blogs which they may regret later.
- People may give rude and inappropriate comments which can ignite controversy.
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