Saturday I had 14 people comment on my slice. Sunday I had 9. Yes, definitely the most comments in one weekend, which probably was a direct result of the fun Comment Challenge suggested by the TwoWritingTeachers. (Great ideas and great prize!)
The volume of comments had me do something different. Usually, I just read a comment, smile and have that jolt that happily motivates me to keep writing. This time I decided, for the first time, to actually use the blog as one way it is intended to be used. I replied to many of the comments I received. When I began this virtual dialogue, I discovered some things:
Kristi teaches 5th grade, just like me, but in an international school in Lebanon.
Alan lives in Australia and is a published author of a book I think I should buy about how he helped his students learn to write.
Beverly was a teacher for 36 years and now is retired and discovering art again. I'm only at year 23...
Marcie lives in upstate NY and loves TCRWP, just like I do.
Mary Ann lives in Ireland.
Darlene, in Chicago.
Fran is from Iowa. I follow her on twitter and will look for her Saturday at the TCRPW Saturday Reunion as she is coming all the way from Iowa. (And to think, I almost wasn't going to take the 3 hour train ride from DC to NYC)
Ms Victor is the comment that got me started on this hunt to find out WHERE people actually live. She posted:
You have put into words what I have been thinking as this challenge has
progressed. I am definitely getting more out of it than I thought I
would! I want to live somewhere that gives me easy access to lots of
authors!
After reading this, I wondered WHERE does she live? When I clicked on her name, I discovered she lives in Malaysia!
I discovered this weekend a new reason why comments can be so motivating. Somehow, when I know that someone far away, who also loves reading and writing as much as I do, is reading my slice and taking time to write a comment, it makes me smile and it REALLY makes me want to write more. TwoWritingTeachers - you rock!! This March Challenge gets better and better!
This slice was written by a humble slicer living in Arlington, VA, a county across the river from Washington, D.C. but connected to thoughtful writers around the globe via the internet @ https://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/
Ha! As luck would have it here I am again, reading the words that you crafted that could have been mine because we seem to share similar thoughts across the miles! It will be hard to adjust to writing just for me again once March is over. I hope that some of these connections last. Keep writing!
ReplyDeleteHa! As luck would have it here I am again, reading the words that you crafted that could have been mine because we seem to share similar thoughts across the miles! It will be hard to adjust to writing just for me again once March is over. I hope that some of these connections last. Keep writing!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing the connections around the world that this challenge creates. I love the international and national connections! It has opened my eyes to education around the world.
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