Intrepid Teacher » Commenting http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org A space to (1) reflect on my teaching, (2) share new ideas, sites, and Web 2.0 tools with current staff, and (3) network with other 21st century teachers Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Comment Challenge: Day Two http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/05/02/comment-challenge-day-two/ http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/05/02/comment-challenge-day-two/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 19:12:04 +0000 Intrepidteacher http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/05/02/comment-challenge-day-two/ I run three blogs and have been doing so for some time now. But until tonight, I have always felt blogging was a very lonely act. Perhaps it is because my readership is quite low, and I seldom get comments, and when I do they are usually from the same small group of people who comment regularly. It is true that I write and blog for the sake of writing and reflecting, but as every writer knows I want and need an audience. Sometimes this need to connect has made me a bit crazy, but usually I write and wait optimistically that my posts will somehow connect to someone out in the blogsphere.

Well, tonight something felt different, because I finally stopped being a lurker and became a commenter. (If you are lurking on this post, leave a comment! It feels good trust me.) I visited several blogs I had never read before and left my two-cents. This inconsequential act made me feel more a part of a communty than all of my writing combined.

I finally realized that like everything in life you have to give in order to recieve. How selfish I had been, sitting in my lonely room writing away, thinking that everything I say is the most important new idea, expecting others to flock to my blog and tell me how brilliant I am, when I never take the time to do the same for others.

This challenge is teaching me that commenting is one of the most important aspects of blogging. So a quick shout out to the organizers of this challenge. (Yes, I know hyper-linking is a good blogging karmic tool as well, but it is late and I am tired. Next time I promise.)

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