My beloved spouse, Pronto, has posed a new blogging challenge. To be honest, it took me a while to find out about this development because I've been so headless at work that I haven't really checked the internet. In fact, I actually learned of the challenge from @DailyRos, whose first post in said challenge showed up in my reader.
But anyway, of course I'm in for the challenge! According to the rules, I will blog about something that happened to me every day from now until sometime in the future. No problem!
Something that happened today: I'm giving student surveys about my teaching performance. The last time I was required to do surveys, I nearly went insane. I spent about six months quoting one of the anonymous parent responses. That parent said I was "marginal and uninspiring." Remember that? Remember how I couldn't stop talking about that dumb response? Remember how I forced everyone who knows me AND people who have only met me on the internet to declare indignantly that I am NEITHER marginal, NOR uninspiring?
I can't promise I won't have a similar reaction to any negative comments I get on the current surveys. So, fair warning.
4 comments:
Dude, the margin is the illest place to hang out! My teachers are all about being marginal. Or maybe marginalized. Regardless, I can't deal with being criticized, so I can see how this would bring you down. Some praise I have for you is: way to use a google reader. I think that's awesome.
I have noticed over the years that I always focus on the one negative comment rather than on the 99 positive ones. Why do I (and, I presume, others) do that?
DailyRos, I forgot about how awesome the margin actually is!! Thanks for reminding me about that. Thanks for the praise. Sadly, I really thrive on it.
Pat - thanks for commenting!!! And I KNOW! Why dwell on the one negative?? But, that's what I do.
I remember that stupid comment. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now.
I'm heading over to Pronto to read about this challenge. I could use a good blogging challenge.
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