I've Begun

I am always telling the kids in my class that they have to write a lot. That they need to write for an audience and the only way to get better is to write. Well, I guess it is time for me to write too. I have been considering a blog for a while now but when friend recently asked me, "Why aren't you blogging?"

I had no response for her question except the lame ones that my students give me, "I don't have anything to write about" or "I don't have any interesting stories" or "it is too hard." As a good teacher I always say, "Of course you have something to write about you were just outside on the playground weren't you?" or "You have me in your life. That has got to be interesting" or "lots of things in life are hard, but you have to do them anyway."

So here goes. I am starting my blog. Before my next post, I hope I find something to write about, or that my life gets more interesting, or that I find it not too hard.

Jeff