FOG Index blog post
To demonstrate curiosity and wonder while facilitating with the first person in a small group dialogue for the City of Cupertino on race relations in the City, I might ask him or her if they have had any other similar experiences perhaps in a different city. I would immediately take the “not knowing position” and ask if any other attention has been brought towards a situation similar to this one. In order to keep the small group dialogue more general instead of specifically focusing on this instance, I might ask the first person speaking if he or she had any other concerns that they were willing to share with the group.
Average # of words/sentence – 40
Total # of “hard” words – 7
40 + 7 = 47
47 multiplied by 0.4 = 18.8
Reflection: I’m a little startled by the number of my fog index. I’d like to think that my writing isn’t too “verbose” since I’ve actually put in a genuine effort to tone it down. Clearly, I need to re-evaluate my choice of words when writing. I enjoy writing very much and I would hate to think that my writing isn’t able to be understood by the majority of any population.
