{"id":317,"date":"2009-09-13T19:40:49","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T02:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/?p=317"},"modified":"2009-09-13T19:40:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T02:40:49","slug":"the-power-of-the-written-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/2009\/09\/13\/the-power-of-the-written-word\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of the Written Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319\" title=\"Canadian Charter of Rights\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/files\/2009\/09\/Canadian-Charter-of-Rights1.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Charter of Rights\" width=\"240\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Merriam-Webster\u2019s Dictionary, the definition of text is: &#8220;the original words and form of a written or printed work (2) an edited or emended copy of an original work\u201d( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/text\">http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/text<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Text is made up of Words.\u00a0 \u00a0Words=Freedom.\u00a0\u00a0 Freedom=Power.<\/p>\n<p>I chose the picture of the Canadian Charter of Rights to indicate the power of text. Text can record history, put laws into effect, allow us freedoms that are documented for the next generation, and enables the recording of the passage of time. Text can describe in such a way as to ignite our imaginations and incite our passions. Putting on to paper the visions and aspirations that only lie in our minds is an amazing innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 According to the Merriam-Webster\u2019s Dictionary, the definition of text is: &#8220;the original words and form of a written or printed work (2) an edited or emended copy of an original work\u201d( http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/text).\u00a0 Text is made up of Words.\u00a0 \u00a0Words=Freedom.\u00a0\u00a0 Freedom=Power. I chose the picture of the Canadian Charter of Rights to indicate the power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":993,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4972],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/993"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}