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My Gran Thought I’d be Arrested for Writing This

Truth is, if I actually did get arrested for writing a piece like this, then this isn’t a democratic society so my attention would just go towards that issue, before education. Simples! :D

Anyway, my gran’s anxieties aside, this is another rant about how western governments use competition rhetoric to provoke fear and win votes for education policies, when it’s simply not necessary and retards education by putting fear in the driving seat.

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You’d never guess! My article went down really well! These are some comments from people who’s work I admire and who I asked to pretty-please take a look at the piece…

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Crazy right? It’s so much fun to feel seen inside a field I actually want to learn about and help improve. So much fun! Which field interests you the most?

Here’s the article… Continue reading →

How to Protect Your Work from Insecure Teachers

Ahhh! My first ever piece of writing published by someone else - SCARY!

This is real now. This article is not on my domain which means I officially *can’t* edit or remove it whenever I want. Leah K Stewart is now ‘out there’ in the world…

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The actual WORLD won’t read it because I’m very unknown and this isn’t very good but, it’s a start! Oh, and all those shares are from bewildered family (“How did YOU get in the Huffington?“), supportive friends and education connections who I bugged to look at the piece: honest grin.

Here’s where things get even more hold-your-breath scary…

There’s a good chance this got accepted into the Huffington because I’d referenced the Oscars, which had just happened, and this teacher tweet:

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Blunt Educator is really funny, I’m a big fan of his tweets. He’s also got a massive, loyal following… and my article is essentially talking back to his tweet. Yup. Am I mad?

If ANY of my family had known I was trying to publish this, they’d have stopped me.

In a moment of clarity I made the article vague enough to not require a link to the actual tweet. The tweet was inspiration for my thoughts which became an article; this isn’t an attack.

And yet, not wanting to talk about anyone behind their back, I send Blunt Educator a message to show him the article…

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So far, so good! This really firmed up my believe that people who express themselves online know how it feels to do that, so won’t shout at others who are trying.
He even tweeted a link to my article! Super :D

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And then…
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:D

And then…
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Oh no! I’m not a hater!
I’m sure we’d get on really well if we talked with each other.

And then…
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Bummer.
Krissi even calls me a ‘he’…

WHAT to do?

EASY OPTION: hate myself for writing and having the audacity to publish something that is probably kind of crap; first ever public article. By doing this I’m crushing creativity so I need to stop …and cry

OR

HARD OPTION: suck it up, learn form this, smile at the comments (which didn’t include my twitter handle meaning I only saw them because I looked), move on and - keep creating

What would you do?
Full disclosure: here’s the original article text… Continue reading →