Comments on: A Clayton’s Blogging Post http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/25/a-claytons-blogging-post/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Graham http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/25/a-claytons-blogging-post/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Graham Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:39:10 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/25/a-claytons-blogging-post/#comment-149 Bill, I understand what you are saying so I suppose I am shying away from saying something that is so blatantly on the political education agenda. I could rephrase it so it isn't my stated opinion as you suggest but that would have involved more work than I could be bothered with at the present moment! I hear what you are saying about school based comment. It probably is dangerous occasionally to "let off steam" in a public forum about a small community as it doesn't take much for an insider from my school to see between the lines - I'd have to go back to my previous posts to see if I've got too close for comfort on occasions. It is sound counsel. Bill, I understand what you are saying so I suppose I am shying away from saying something that is so blatantly on the political education agenda. I could rephrase it so it isn’t my stated opinion as you suggest but that would have involved more work than I could be bothered with at the present moment! I hear what you are saying about school based comment. It probably is dangerous occasionally to “let off steam” in a public forum about a small community as it doesn’t take much for an insider from my school to see between the lines – I’d have to go back to my previous posts to see if I’ve got too close for comfort on occasions. It is sound counsel.

]]> By: Bill Kerr http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/25/a-claytons-blogging-post/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Bill Kerr Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:42:06 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/25/a-claytons-blogging-post/#comment-148 hi graham, not certain what you mean by one of your deleted posts being "too political" I think it's possible to phrase political posts as interrogations without being too dogmatic - just raise the questions with an expressed tentative conclusiong for comment or discussion we live in a democracy, i've heard :-) I believe that blogging itself is political because it impacts on the balance of power, that every individual has their own printing press will have very significant implications - also I've noticed that a lot of bloggers are looking for change, for reform - I think maybe that's a strong motivator to keep blogging, to make your voice heard or to feel that it is being heard school based comment is more dangerous IMO - my policy is to steer clear of school based comment because of its potential to create bad feeling (except for positive school based comment) hi graham,

not certain what you mean by one of your deleted posts being “too political”

I think it’s possible to phrase political posts as interrogations without being too dogmatic – just raise the questions with an expressed tentative conclusiong for comment or discussion

we live in a democracy, i’ve heard :-)

I believe that blogging itself is political because it impacts on the balance of power, that every individual has their own printing press will have very significant implications – also I’ve noticed that a lot of bloggers are looking for change, for reform – I think maybe that’s a strong motivator to keep blogging, to make your voice heard or to feel that it is being heard

school based comment is more dangerous IMO – my policy is to steer clear of school based comment because of its potential to create bad feeling (except for positive school based comment)

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