I've started blogging about ten years too late, and thirteen years since I started spending a lot of my time online. I've started one or two others, which died due to my continuing belief that nobody would really care to read my prosaic and desultory thoughts about current events. Of course, that hasn't stopped me spending decades on message boards posting those same thoughts, so perhaps I'm just a hypocrite. Another stumbling block has been that I haven't really known what to write about. I was pretty worked up about how much I despise the American South last year, and started a blog about Confederate flags and Confederate generals being paid tribute by our modern society which should rightly condemn them as low traitors.
I suspect that attempt failed because it's difficult to really sustain any kind of genuine effort around being against something. At least, something in particular.
I've recently had some very strong feelings about how I think education, specifically the professional standards and training of educators, is being run badly in this country. It was pointed out to me that I frequently feel very strongly about things that few people care about, and that thought finally landed me on the idea that possibly I would find writing all of my thoughts out online to be good for my mental well-being.
If you're reading this blog (this post in particular), know that I'm frankly shocked. Not because I am possessed of significant humility, but rather because there are so many people vomiting forth their inane thoughts onto the internet and so many intelligent people constantly churning out worthwhile reading on a daily basis that I have trouble imagining that my own meager efforts will be noticed by anyone.
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