Why blog?

I wrote my first ever blog featured poem ("Listen to them") about 5 nights ago. I was just lying in bed thinking about all the ideas I've learned and explored over the past few weeks. There are so many different theories about how to get teenagers interested in school and a life of learning.

As an educator, I am constantly reading scholarly journals, which give me information on how to "reach" adolescents. I have always contended (and always will) that we need to listen to them. We need to hear them and know them! We need to be down with them like we care. I recently became friends (on Facebook) with many of my old students at a charter school in Buffalo, NY. These connections spark my wondering how many of them are getting what they need out of "education."

I wonder If teachers are guiding and inspiring
Admiring and providing
the tools they need to navigate this ever-changing world
I'm wondering If I played a significant role
Or whether they saw
Me, merely as another teacher playing that authoritative role
I wonder
I wonder if my future students will remember me for what I impart
Not only what I remark
To them
My constant wondering wonders me
I wonder, therefore I've wandered into the blog spot
I've wondered if I should or should I not
Wander into a new way to document my thoughts, social commentary and wonderment
Often expressed through poetic inducement
Some ideas on wondering... in tow
From where this idea emerged
So here I go...