Why I Started this Blog

Posted by: Cory Plough | August 23, 2007 | 1 Comment |

Tonight I received a meme from a colleague and was asked my opinion about some fundamental school beliefs. Thats a great topic for me to rant about, especially because I am a teacher and teachers need to rant. However, the blog I had set up is designed to be a resource center for my students, and I didn’t find it a valid spot to spout my opinions about education, my school, or my philosophies. For the first time since I started blogging, I thought, well I need a place to do that. See, I also have a family website and blog where I talk about my life, my wife, my baby boy, and other things in a well mannered, not to offend, not to philosophize, not to leave the little nest of vanilla family imaging. So I need this place now, mostly just to talk about my views on education, and what is happening in my life at school. But also to philosophize, question life, question life at my school, question life in education, and question my ideas.

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Cory,
Take a minute to think about the long term implications of your decision to set up this blog. If you had not set it up then we probably would have never met. If we had never met then I would not be nearly as excited about teaching this fall. My enthusiasm is rubbing off on my coworkers which in turn will make the online school we are launching in the fall all the more successful. So you see, your personal blog has had a tremendous impact on a group of educators (and students) nearly 800 miles away.

By: Beth Still on July 6, 2008
at 4:23 pm