Breaking the culture of privacy

So I've been given the assignment to create a blog.  This goes against everything I've been brought up to do.  As the grandchild of German and Slovak grandparents, I was heavily influence by their old ways.  Privacy and making your emotions public are about as taboo as it gets from my upbringings.  You keep your emotions in check, and screen people heavily before you bring them into your inner circle of friends.  I'd like to thing that I've moved a little bit beyond these old school thoughts, though it's hard to move beyond your own upbringing; I do have a Facebook account and make the occasional status update. I'm not sharing my feelings about very much, but rather, I'm using it to get opinions on matters or giving opinions on matters or joking about something.  I'll often check on old friends and see how they're doing.  My account is private and I'm only sharing these posts with friends, so creating public blogs will go against everything I've been taught.

I've always poked fun that those who post a little too much out there in the public.  For example, Twitter is a wonderful resource to dethroning kings, and presidents who've outstayed their welcome to power, but I don't see the point in having an account so you can tweet that you just woke up from a bad hangover, or that your neighbor is doing something that really makes you mad.  Putting this kind of info out there just ends up getting you in trouble.  Perhaps these types of people might be a little lonely and feel less lonely when they have a lot of followers, I don't really know.  I believe in sharing info with the world when it could serve some type of purpose of improving a situation or productivity, but like everything else, there is such a thing as going overboard.

So, I'll go against the cultural values I've been taught to some degree once again.  I can justify it!  If I end up communicating with other teachers, I might actually learn form them.  I will share some thoughts, and receive some thoughts in return.  Will I cry, share my innermost thoughts, talk about my emotional well being? Lol, not likely.  But, perhaps this will give me an opportunity to post ideas and thoughts I've had relating to my job, and hopefully receive ideas from others that will guide me in becoming a better teacher.  This will be my reason for blogging.