So here it goes.   A real blog.  Not just a "post your homework" page that my employer requires (even though the students generally don't bother checking it), but a blog that I am creating in response to a series of well-received Facebook posts about my experiences teaching writing to a small group of inmates at Bridgeport Correctional Center in Connecticut.  Kind of scary, but I'm committed, to the guys and the writing, and the guys' writing too!  No, the work at the jail is not scary.  Not all all.  Not for a second.  Putting my words out in the world for any and all to read: THAT is terrifying.

Not only is this blog venture new to me, so too is the volunteer post at BCC.  Well, fairly new.  But as I have said to many, it is the most fun I have teaching every week and has really provided me with a new purpose as a teacher, both with the dozen or so men I meet with each week, but also my students at a local high school.  I know the guys love that I show up every week to talk with them and teach them what I know about writing (which is not vast as I teach high school Spanish!), I only hope that they know how much I love going to the facility every week to learn about them and their lives.  I think, no I know, they have made me a better teacher.

To start I will post previous musings that have already been shared on Facebook.  Later on, once Blogger and I become better friends (currently it is a bit confounding!), I'll post to the blog to keep you updated.

I'd like to give a big shout out to my FB friends who have encouraged me to take this next step.  I am delighted to have received so many positive comments thus far.  And to those of you just stopping by, thank you.  If this blog isn't for you, maybe it will serve someone else you know.  No harm, no foul.  :-)

See you next week.