English 494 Thomas Wilk week 5 blog entry.

The physical dimensions of words themselves are not in any way perfect. Even in great quantities, words do not physically round up too much. Despite their physical size, words can move countries to civil war, overthrow governments, or move someone to tears. All these were dealt with in the newspaper, in its own relativities place of course, (though we never actually succeeded in overthrowing the government.) Death in the school, reactions to new policies, and new school administration were the most important subjects through the school newspaper. With proper skills, people can use their literacy skills to accomplish their own goals. Late in my senior year I tried to use my literacy to capture the school’s attention, to realize what was going on around them. I felt that people should understand how the world around them works, and should be aware of what they can do to change that surrounding. Overall, I think an important part of being literate is being a responsible and aware human being.