My primary motivation for having a blog is curiosity. I am aware of two kinds of blogs: personal live journals and web logs of social and political commentary. I know about live journals from my students. I have always thought that is was strange to post your intimate thoughts on the World Wide Web but at the same time I see the appeal. Reading political blogs, I am impressed with the amount of opinions available but equally amazed at the lack of thoughtfulness. There is a lot of "heat, not light" as Dr. Vicky Weiss might say.
I am not sure if the practice of publishing one's thoughts and feelings is self-expression or narcissism. And I am not sure if I want to bear the responsibility of transmitting my e-personality around the world. What if I don't have anything important to say? And there is the small issue of the halo I must wear as a public school teacher.
--Tizzzle
