Timed Writing

American’s consider being able to share one’s knowledge and ideas with people an
Important part in our culture. For this reason there are many different ways humans share
and express their ideas. Three mediums that allow the spread of knowledge are online bogs, letters, and fables. A subject that I found particularly interesting was the way trauma, particularly September 11th, effects the development of children. When tiring to educate people about the effects that September 11th had on children I used all three mediums in order to appeal to different types of audiences.
Online bogs are easily accessible and furthermore, they are easily reached by groups of people. Moreover an online blog is instant. Once I post my blog online it would only
take seconds for people around the world to read it. It was important for my research to
be accessible to large groups because it was a large group of children who were affected
by the attacks. Moreover, it was essential that it be easily accessible because this
Research appeals to parents. Parents are usually overwhelmed with having to fulfill
multiple roles: the role of a parent and the role that their full time job requires of
them. It would be hard and stressful for parents to try and acquire this knowledge
themselves since they are already so busy. Therefore, by posting is essential because it
would be so easily accessible.

A letter is a form of sharing one’s ideas that is personal. By writing a letter
one can appeal to a certain person. Moreover, with a letter one can draw the attention of one particular person and the person usually pays much closer attention to a letter because it relates to a person more by being personal. In wanting to share my ideas about how September 11th effects children I wrote a letter to the researcher who studies the way children developed. In this letter I shared how September 11th affected me as a child. Moreover, I wrote a letter to two different 9/11-support groups. In these letters I told them my experience with 9/11. This would be helpful for them because it might give them another idea for a type of support or improve the support they are offering because they might better understand the reactions children had because of September 11th.

It is important not only for parents, educators, and therapist to learn about the effects September 11th had on children but also essential for children to learn about the effects September 11th had on them. Children need to learn about and understand the effects before they can try and tackle the problems September 11th created for them. I created an educational game for 8th grade students to help explain the effects September 11th had on children. In this game children learn about Erik Erikson’s developmental stages. They then read a bunch of fictional stories about kids who experienced September 11th. Children should be able to match the fictional stories, what the main character’s reaction to September 11th, and tell which stage the fictional character was in and what the outcome of fictional characters stage was. Children then could relate to a story and understand their peer’s reactions to September 11th.
Being about to share ideas is vital to education and learning. When one wants to share their ideas it is important to think about who they want to share their ideas with, how they are going to share them, and how to explain their ideas in order to appeal to the their audience. In sharing my knowledge about the way September 11th effected the development of children I used three different mediums: an online blog, a letter, and a fable. By using different mediums I was able to appeal to different audiences.