Connections
Mar
10
Public (I)dentity
Filed Under Blog Thoughts
How will I handle it if someone from the wide, wide world reads my writing?
How will I handle the time?
What will my blog be about?
Can my blog be about “me” or does it have to be about teaching?
I had a celebration and a “freak out” last week. Real people out in the world read my post. I walked on a high for a day, then realized that I needed to respond, had no idea what to write, and then had more writer’s block than a cow lick on a Wyoming ranch.
Some intriguing ideas appeared as I had a trackback from the PhD Learning Curve. This blogger is working on a thesis concerning teacher identity and its construction. I began to wonder about my own identity and the person I give to the world.
Then today another person who had commented on my blog let his readers know he was asked to resign because of opinions he posted on his blog. He asks us all to remember that blogs are public identities.
I considered the issues before starting. I consider the issue now.
And now I go back to giving students a check up grade for four weeks of writing.
Photo Credit: eri.za on flikr
The image makes me think about the towering work and art needed to construct (identity).
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Hi Ms. Porter!
I was also quite shocked and excited that I actually had readers from somewhere other than New Jersey and Korea!
It is pretty scary knowing that anyone can read our blogs - anyone can read our thoughts. It makes me want to be cautious about what I write, but when I think about it, I shouldn’t have to be worrying about “what if this, what if that..” I should be writing what I want to write, because that’s what blogging should be about, right?
I guess our inner identities will never meet the standards of the public.