Yesterday, a student of mine mentioned that he and basically every other soph in my class reads my blog.
"Someone told me about it, and then I told everyone I know," he explained matter-of-factly.
I tried to keep my smile steady, but inside I was mentally flipping through the FIVE YEARS' WORTH of posts on The Savvy Mom, trying to remember exactly what I'd written all those times I was out of my mind with sleep deprivation.
After school today -- after another kid told me that while he's reading the archives in reverse order, OTHER kids are reading from the earliest posts forward -- I panicked and moved the blog to another URL. Then I closed it, so only I can see it.
The truth is this blog has always had a mixed audience of friends, strangers, family, and colleagues; so I've written almost nothing that's objectionable. ALMOST.
Almost because for instance, back before I got hired at the high school I've never named here, I used to use swear words in my posts; as a kid reminded me today.
"I guess you didn't really like writing about Foucouldian theory," he said.
"Yeah," I said, remembering the post I wrote as I desperately tried to finish that paper for my lit theory class on no hours of sleep per night and no hours of babysitting during the day. "I guess not."
So, now I'm starting fresh here until I have time to edit the archive and put Word Savvy back together again.
This is a good plan. Good audience accommodation. Hello, students. I do love you so much.
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