Reflections

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Hello fellow friends, as we have come to an end I want to thank you all for reading these past few weeks. I've learned a lot about blogging and Oscar throughout this process. Though there were many challenges, I found many rewards that came along with this blogging process.
While researching I didn't really know how Oscar had lost his legs. I expected there to be a bloody or horrific tragedy that came along with it. Then finding out that he had been born with an absence of fibulae in both his left and his right legs when he was 11 months old, was very surprising.
I also found how he began running very interesting. I went into this process thinking that Oscar had been running his life, only to find out that he first started running when he was 16 after shattering his knee participating in high school rugby, in June of 2003.
Throughout this blogging experience I came across many difficulties including the difficulty that came with researching. I found researching very frustrating when not being able to find the credentials I needed to meet the standards of the particular post.  
I also found difficulty in figuring out how to exactly use a blog. I guess if you've used a blog in the past you could say its easy, but never using a blog before it was a little frustrating when trying to figure out how to post posts, and use hyperlinks.
While blogging I had the opportunity to do a lot of exploring, not only on Oscar but also on the blog itself. I ended up learning a lot while on this journey, it was very rewarding. I learned how to use a blog and be able to communicate with people in that way. But I also learned a lot more about Oscar than I originally expected; from his family life, to his running career, to how he has been able to make it as far as he has.
1 other thing I found rewarding was the freedom to kind of branch off for a while from what everyone else was doing and be treated like adults. Being given an assignment and a deadline and having it be due by that deadline.
Again I wish to thank you all for keeping up with me in my adventure of blogging. I hope you enjoyed and found Oscar Pistorius as interesting as I, myself, did.