Over the years, I have heard people talking about their blogs, and it always seemed like a waste of time to me. I thought that it was a bunch of bored people rambling on about their day and that it wouldn’t be that interesting. When I heard that we had to blog for this class I thought it was going to be difficult. To my great surprise, blogging is the complete opposite of what I expected! When you get into it, it’s quite easy, and can be lots of fun. It’s fun to find new things to write about, but it’s also exciting to read others’ blogs. It might sound silly, but blogging really helped me to connect with a lot of the people in this class and I got to learn more about them then in a normal classroom setting.
When I first started reading other students’ blogs I happened to stumble upon Jayla’s first blog post and I found that her and I had something in common. We both lived in China! It’s great to hear about another person’s experience there, and nice to know that I am not the only one who realized my love for teaching over there 
Unlike other students, I did not have a favorite blog to read-because we all have different opinions and things to say, and I think they are all equally important. After getting a bit more comfortable with reading my classmates’ blogs, I began to broaden my horizons, and began reading other blogs. I like wordpress because it has a little arrow on the top right hand side that takes you to a random blog. I found some of my favorites by pressing it. Although, I must admit that it became quite addictive lol. I would stay up until 2 am not realizing how much time had passed.
I have only just begun the journey of blogging, and even though it is not required of me to continue writing, I will really try to keep it up. The most amazing thing happened the other day; a grade 9 girl that I work with, *A*, that I had mentioned about in my Racism in all shapes and forms post, was looking over my shoulder as I blogged. She ended up copying down the address of my blog, and told me the other day that she’s been reading it. She said she even used it as a resource for a project she is doing about people who are making a difference in the world. I couldn’t even believe it, because to me, I’m just Kari. This made me feel so special, so *A* if you are reading this, I promise to keep on blogging!
I feel as though writing and reading of blogs really keeps myself, as a teacher, in touch and up to date with what’s going on in the world. Not only surrounding education, but technology, the media, everything!
As my connections keep growing, I also hope that my fellow ECMP355 students continue their blogs as well, as they have opened up my eyes to new thoughts daily. I’ll leave you for now with a picture that started my love for teaching… but this is not the last you’ll hear of me!!
