The blog post that I found the most interesting was done by Laura Kesnig and was called, "Get the facts: Common Misconceptions among ESM High School Honor Students". This project was not only well done, and well presented but the information provided was intriguing. The questions asked in this project can be considered general knowledge because of the connection that the media has with our lives. If we do not see this information on the news it is likely that we will see it on Facebook or twitter. When these topics come up on social media sights what we take as facts are sometimes based on invalid information and opinions. Now that you've seen this information you see it as true, even though it is false, and now you begin to speak about this topic but you have false information.
Moral of the story, and the project, is that you can not aways base your own opinion on things you see on social media or just the media in general because things tend to be exaggerated and may not be 100% correct. Laura concluded her project with something very true. She mentioned that you should not trust everything you hear, and that you need to do research for yourself to completely understand the topic and what is happening. I truly believe the best knowledge is knowledge from yourself. Knowledge that you have gone out and searched for yourself. There is something more satisfying about discovering something on your own than just being told.
I believe the goal of this project was to encourage others to think and research for themselves and this is something that I believe in completely.
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