In case you are new to the site or blog, I wanted to fill you in as well as start the very first post with an introduction as to the purpose of this blog. This blog is an effort to reach out, reflect, provoke discussions, and involve educators from every walk of life into a dialouge to make us better educators. The mission is to grow and become the best teachers we possibly know how- not necessarily the best teachers ever, winning awards that gather dust or tarnish over time, but to use our knowledge to the fullest and in the best interest of the children we are trusted with each day to provide a quality education.
This blog is for teachers that want to reflect on the most positive aspects of teaching and working in an educational environment. Though our intentions are to become better educators, it often is difficult to discern where a line is drawn as far as free speech and jeopardizing our jobs. While we are certainly entitled to our opinions as is anyone, it is also with understanding that we cannot also be brutally honest and thus must speak in hyperboles or metaphors at times so as to confuse the weak and empower those that need it! (Yes that was meant to be confusing!) Please understand that the most valiant of efforts will be made to make sure first of all, no confidentiality is betrayed nor any lines are "crossed". However, should this blog 'step on your toes', it should come to mind that possibly there is a bit of reflecting on your part and spinning in the wheels of your brain that just possibly might be taking others views into consideration as well. Please- do join in the conversation with the comment field and should you feel very strongly maybe you should suggest posting as an author on here as well.
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