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USA Today has been asking this question.
School boards have been asking this question.
Teachers and students have been asking this question.
Many teachers across the world have blogs where they post issues from their schools and their worlds.
Should they be allowed to?
I admit that I am a teacher and I do blog, but I never name my school, and I don't name real names.
Does that make it ok?
Where do you fall on this issue, Minnesota?
Good post. I added the USA Today link for you.
This is a fascinating question. I think it's cool for teachers to blog, but it could get messy. Although that's true for anyone who blogs. I considered having a private blog -- but figured the risk of being found out was high, and not worth having a place to vent about work.
I think parents and students unfairly expect teachers to not have a life, and not have opinions outside the classroom. A friend of mine saw her preschool teachers at Chammps having a drink the other night. The PRESCHOOL teachers begged her not to tell anyone, as that has upset parents in the past. How crazy is that?
Anyway, on topic, I've enjoyed Ironic's blog, and think its an interesting window into a world that many of us pontificate about but really don't know anything about.
Um, should journalists blog?
...and by journalists I mean the supposedly "objective" types who work in "old media" by day. Should these allegedly objective professionals be allowed to express their opinions freely in a published environment outside of the workplace?
I think the answer is pretty simple in both cases. Anyone can blog if they want to. They just have to be prepared to suffer the consequences of their decision. If you badmouth your employer in a public way, you should expect your employer to take action against you. If I'm a reporter covering the capitol beat, I probably shouldn't write political screeds reflecting my personal stance on the issues -- it compromises my professional integrity and that of my employer.
Yeah, everyone has opinions and we all should have a right to express them. But we also need to exercise some common sense in determining where and how to express them. A reporter, for example, might need to limit their political expression to the privacy of the voting booth. That's just something that comes with the job.
If you want to vent about work, write it up in a private journal. Chances are no one else really wants to read your bitching anyway. ;-)
Should you even call it a blog if all a Columist's blog consists of is people commenting on columns that appear in the paper?
You know who you are Mrs Strib.
Blogging doesn't have to be crazily personal or opinionated. It seems reporters/journalists like DeRusha and Lileks do a good job making a blog informative and entertaining without giving out too much information about their life.
But I would pay good money to see, "Man...Don was a huge a-hole today."
Teaching is about equiping people (particularly youth) to form their own opinions. What better way to do this then through example... out of the classroom, clearly. I think teachers should be REQUIRED to blog. ;-)
Teaching is about equiping people (particularly youth) to form their own opinions. What better way to do this then through example... out of the classroom, clearly. I think teachers should be REQUIRED to blog.
OK. I'm a teacher. I got called on the carpet today by the principal. So in a fit of pique, I decide to blog about what an idiot my boss, the principal, is. My students read it, other teachers read it, the principal reads it. Help me understand how this was a good idea.
As I said in my previous post, anyone can blog if they want to. But anyone can also get themselves in trouble by blogging about things they shouldn't. So go ahead -- blog away. Just be careful what you write about. I mean, don't you think there's a REASON you don't see Derusha blogging about what an a--hole Don was today?
The issue is not whether people should or shouldn't be allowed to have a blog. The issue is that people need to understand that they will be held accountable for what they write. Just be an adult -- exercise some discipline and common sense.
I do find the unspoken requirement that teachers somehow be zombies with no personal life kind of disgusting. "Oh noes, my child's teacher is a liberal drunken whore who will pollute my child's mind with pro-baby-killing nonsense and make them think women belong in the workforce or something else equally terrifying to a close-minded asshat like me! Nevermind that she teaches math and never discusses politics or her personal life at school! She must go! I only want my child indoctrinated by people who share my opinions!"
Seriously, these outraged parents need to shut up or homeschool their kids.
Yes! Everyone should blog! Blogging is fun.
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