Friday, October 31, 2008

The Pandora's Box is Finally Opened

Pandora's Box

I think I saw it coming...
First they slowly introduced articles about people who moonlight as dancers at bars. The media took pains to highlight that these people had respectable day jobs...one of which happen to be teaching. And today...the issue of how a teacher has to keep her blog 'clean' was surfaced. I am sure that this is not the last we will hear of this debate. (yes...I will not talk about you-know-who's blog)

It's tough.
I know that we are now using the blogs as a medium of teaching...in fact we are encouraged to do so. But I supposed, we have to be mindful of how we use it.

It's not easy to separate the private and public life. I choose to write about personal things...because the intention is encourage the use of the personal voice in writing as a means of engaging the readers.

Have I crossed the line? I hope not.
Will I be taken to task for voicing my opinions? I hope not.
I love writing...it's a means of self-expression...it's a means of release.
Have I done anything that would hurt the image of the fratenity I belong to? I really hope not too.

But if I have to, I suppose then I will have to stop writing. That will be something very sad for the many other educators I know who own very interesting and thought-provoking blogs.
We'll see how the debate will pick up then...


On a 'sad note'...
My phone has decided to die ..and along with it, many valuable data that I unwittingly stored in it...and I never thought I would ever say that I would be crippled without it.

P/S: Can anyone recommend me a hp? a really pretty idiot-proof one?

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