October 10, 2003

Keeping the Lid on Your Blog

Should a young student be dissuaded from revealing too much on his blog?

QUESTION: A very outgoing young man in my class ("Troy") keeps a blog (Internet diary) about his schoolwork, partying, and politics. As I read his entries, including his grousing about my class, I tell myself that I am not eavesdropping, and that he is entitled to write whatever he likes in a public forum. Yet his field is public-school teaching, for which I think his openness about his life might hamper his

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