So I've noticed I want to start all my blogposts with the word "so." I think it just helps me feel there is a real audience out there; like I'm starting a new conversation with my closest friends. But I really don't know if I'll strike a chord with anyone yet. Someone listening? Someone? Anyone?
And I'm still not sure who my audience IS. I think I'm writing to teachers. I think I'm writing about teachers. Blogs can seem so self-absorbed (Do you hear the voice of ditzyblonde in your head when you read most blogs? Cause, yeah, I do). And so here I am trying to defend why a teacher blog would or should even be read. I'm totally going Sally Fields all over you, my nonexistent audience. But let me defend myself.
I wonder what it is about teachers that make them feel the need to defend themselves all the time. Is it the size of our paychecks? The perception that we couldn't hack it in the real world? The belief that others don't really give us the "respect" we deserve? We definitely have complexes, me included. My wife has cried no less than a dozen times because we can't get into a house. And while I know it is not entirely my fault, if I had been doctorlawyerdentist (yes, people, that's what I'm calling that guy, you know, the one with the shiny sportscar and shiny teeth and non-tearing wife) then I think I'd be spared those tears. I try to put my arm around my wife and support her by just being quiet (do you know how HARD that is for someone like me?) but the tears keep coming and literally fall onto my arm. They're big and warm. I've decided I hate them and their stupid unexpected warmth.
And here is my big teacher question for the day...do you use one space after a period or two? I had always been taught to put two spaces after each period/sentence. It makes a comforting sound when I'm typing. Here's a sentence [period][space][space] And here's another [period][space][space] But I notice EVERYONE is using just a single space now. Did I fail to get the memo? Could someone send it to me now? Thank you.
See you tomorrow everyone/no one. Oh, and I forgot to defend myself and teachers properly. I was voted most likely to succeed, got straight A's, and scored a 760 on my GRE Verbal. So I COULD have been an excellent doctorlawyerdentist. So there.
