How many of you heard about  Natalie Munroe?  The title were her own words after a colleague told her that students found her blog, where she talks negatively about them.  She then feels violated when reporters want to know what is going on, and that her blog was of no importance.  DOES SHE EVER HAVE IT WRONG!

She says she was blogging out of secrecy to start off.  She didn’t use her whole name, didn’t put a location. And she blogged about anything and everything.

In essence, people are latching onto pieces of what I wrote without A. knowing any back story, and B. knowing the whole story. The student or parents who took it upon themselves to dig up my blog–and be assured that that is what happened, as they were looking for it and didn’t just stumble upon it–are the ones who started this fracas, and they also made sure that only pieces of the whole picture came to light. I’m sure the media helped with that second part, too. After all, a juicy story is more exciting to the masses.

HERE IS THE STORY.  YOUR A TEACHER, YOU WROTE NEGATIVELY ABOUT STUDENTS!  Ask yourself why did students or parents search more information about you?  What was going on in the classroom to make that happen?

Everyone gets angry, even Jesus cleared the temple and flipped tables.  But again, Jesus died for every single person he was angry at.  Would you?

Schools are stressful, Teaching is stressful, life is stress!  WE ALL GET THAT.  The change from teacher to principal has changed the type of stress I have, but I get it.  Life isn’t peachy everyday, and you don’t get a long with everyone.  THAT IS LIFE!

Anyone who thinks when they write a blog is going to be limited to a few is seriously mistaken.  Although I don’t expect people to read my blogs (except this one, YOU MUST READ THIS ONE!), I know people around the globe have stumbled and searched for terms in my blogs, and have visited them.  I remember one of my blog posts talked about English Speaking vs not speaking English.  I got a reader that commented a few times.  It wasn’t expected, but it happens.   THE WEB IS WIDE OPEN!

But the fact remains that every year, more and more, students are coming in less willing to work, to think, to cooperate. These are the students I was complaining about in my blog.

THE FACT REMAINS, YOUR THE TEACHER.  FIND A WAY TO ENGAGE THEM!  FIND A WAY TO CONNECT TO THEM!  EVERY STUDENT CAN LEARN!!!

I am a professional

That is debatable and questionable!

YES THIS IS A BIG DEAL, because our STUDENTS ARE BIG DEALS.  HOW WE HANDLE THEM AND CARVE THEM INTO BETTER HUMAN BEINGS IS A BIG DEAL!

To all the teachers out there, take this to heart, what you say is A BIG DEAL!

To read more of her postings, as she believes she is on a crusade now: http://www.nataliemunroe.com/