Wow! Freedom! This is great! Excuse me while I S -T -R -E -T -C -H ! ahhhhhhh
Ya know, the weird thing is, I could have - should have - done this all along...but honestly, as the worth of my last blog grew, as red dots were added to the Cluster Map, and my rating in Technorati rose, I became ego-invested and didn't want to walk away. The downside? I was increasingly frustrated by my self-imposed need to censor my posts. Two reasons: ONE, I was writing as THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL <echo effect>, and TWO: it WAS a school district web site being promoted as such and being read by students. The problem is that my days as a Family-Friendly-House-Trained-Canine were rapidly growing stale and my Inner-Junk-Yard-Dog was threatening to break out and take a bite out of an innocent by-stander.
It's not that I'm going to say anything I'd regret. But there is a great deal I want to say that doesn't belong on a "school or district sponsored site"...such as my views on Iraq. Plus, I felt a need to be respectful toward my "family" and not trash-talk (too directly) my true feelings about certain work-related subjects. Now I won't feel bad about posting what I really think of walk-through evaluations, rude secretaries, and administrators who never...and I mean NEVER answer their phones or return messages. I'm not into rants, and I don't appreciate profanity, so don't worry about that. But I am straightforward in my opinions and won't feel it necessary to pull any punches.
This is MY site. I paid for it. I even have a brand new, non-school-related email address to accompany this blog:
YesYouCanSayThatHere.gmail.com
I'm not hiding. I have made the blog "public", and it is certainly open to discovery by anyone who cares to go looking for me. But I won't be aggressively advertising it. In fact, I will be inviting only certain select friends to join me here initially for open, uncensored access to what I REALLY think about anything I wish to write about.
Thank God for Freedom of Speech.
I'm SO glad you are blogging again! Can't wait to hear what you have to say. BTW-love your email address. :)
Posted by: Angie | September 27, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Yea!!!
My mom used to remind me of the importance of fresh air and its importance in clear thinking... one of the reasons she loved the mountains. I would love to know what you really think of those little snoop--oops! I mean snapshot walk-throughs (and I honestly swear it was originally a typo). AND all the other good, tough and honest stuff we are about to share in. Again, Ya-hoo!
Posted by: RenegadeTeacher | September 27, 2007 at 04:20 PM
I can't wait to take this ride! And by the way, what do you really think about those walk-throughs?
Posted by: Lori Dazey | September 27, 2007 at 05:08 PM
I smell the fresh breezes as I open the windows. Who knew the author could tip the scales of "verbosity" so heavily. Looking forward to the winds as they blow in and clear the smog.
Posted by: barefoot | September 27, 2007 at 05:10 PM
I was afraid I had lost my muse. Glad you moved! Keep up the good work of making us all mad... happy... and thinking!
Posted by: Greg | September 28, 2007 at 08:34 AM
FEELINGS...NOTHING MORE THAN FEELINGS...
While we all want recognition and praise in the workplace, I would hate to think that the "positive strokes" I get are for some Gallup-guided agenda. I do not believe we should depend on our co-workers to make us feel significant. Significance is connected to the intrinsic reward of what we do. I do want recognition...especially when I exceed the expected. God's part in this? I guess Rev. Jakes
Posted by: RenegadeTeacher | September 28, 2007 at 09:11 AM