Introduction to my Blog and Enders Game

     Why hello there Earthlings!!!!
      
      I am not sure about the appropriate way to post anything, or what content is relevant to an effective blog, if there is such a criteria upon which a blog can be received. All I can think about when I consider 'the blog' is that movie about the woman that was cooking and blogging about it everyday....Amy Adams was in it. The title escapes me at the moment....was it called Cooking with Julia? It was based off a true story. Anyways....
           
      I am basically just pretty excited to get more experience sharing my thoughts about the material we are being presented with in our Cyber Ped class, in a format that I am not comfortable with. In saying that, I will also say that I am embracing the conflict I have as a Printmaker (and a Devan) in keeping an online journal. At the end of the day, I am optimistic that I will reap the benefits of journalling in this very immediate and public format, and I also hope that you might find some of my tangential thoughts useful in informing some ideas you all may be having too. Also, can't wait to read yours. (haha. hahahahahaha) Just kidding with the evil laugh thing.

     SO! the reason why this blog is titled Ender's Game is because when I was reading over the link from our syllabus, http://www.museumtwo.blogspot.com/, I couldn't help but be reminded of the book I read as a freshman in college called "Ender's Game" by author Orson Scott Card, as well as it's sequel, "Ender's Shadow". Admittedly, it is written at a fourth grade reading level, however, also admittedly, I was not so much into reading the first three months of college, so any reading that I did on my own time was a big accomplishment.

     Regardless, I would recommend reading it, because in a nutshell, if memory serves, it is about the future and extreme social conditioning, where kids get tracked almost immediately and sent away to be objectified by their society, because there is a need for humankind to maintain social order becasue they are constantly at war with an Alien species that is winning, and humans need to maintain enough people for various ranks and service industries. In this world, social conditioning MAKES SENSE.  It is INCREDIBLY exciting, and I would recommend looking at this book, and maybe even getting ideas about teaching from the crazy array of ideas and possibilities it provides for the imagination.  Oh look! What is this? Qu'est-ce que c'est?  I have a link! check it out......also look for the book for 50 cents at any Salvation Army/Goodwill store. Here's a short exerpt I found online.
ENDER'S GAME, by Orson Scott Card
http://www.hatrack.com/osc/stories/enders-game.shtml
Lemme know if this link doesn't work. ASAP.

Holler! Apologies for typos, I'll work on it. Over and Out;
-Dev :)