My students are finding me on the interwebs, which is why I haven't been posting and why I've blocked my blog for the present. As someone who wears her heart on her sleeve and loves to share (NEEDS to share), it's been difficult to view my blog as a place for just partial divulgence. I mean, teaching is practically my life right now; how do I not write about it? And writing has always been a means of catharsis; how do I not rely on it now as I grow through one of the toughest challenges I've ever faced?
I wish blogger had a way of hiding certain posts while making others public, like livejournal, but until then (which, according my research, will most likely be never) I am probably best off deleting all my harsh posts about teaching, and move forward with a more filtered approach.
I don't have the heart to do this just yet... those struggles are a part of me and my growth. So until then, I'll keep my blog private (email me if you want to be added to my readers list), and copy certain posts over to Facebook, which is where most of "my readership" is from anyway. (I use "my readership" loosely as a concise way of referring to those who may casually encounter my posts, not because I am so conceited to believe I have any sort of a following... though by adding this parenthetical comment, I have already negated all my intentions of being concise in the first place).
