Recently (by "recently" I mean "today" was in "I should have done this awhile ago during break but procrastinated so much as per usual") I went to Stanwood Elementary to observe for my teaching class. (For those of you who don't know, Stanwood is an elementary school in the local Hempfield Area School District.) While I was getting my coat and purse at the end of the day from the back office I noticed the "Word of the Day". Being a Stanwood alum, I remembered these were words that students would read over the intercom during morning announcements. I looked through them and saw just typical vocabulary words until...I saw that "blog" was one of the words. Blog! Of all things! All these elementary school children are running around now knowing what a blog is! (Although really, I doubt any of them rememeber. The "Word of the Day" didn't leave that much impact on my life.) I was pretty surprised to see that. I guess blogs have really mainstreamed when even elementary children are learning about them.
I've noticed that I'm always noticing when something mentions a blog now. The word just jumps out at me. My brain has been programmed to notice it now. Ha
Hi, great story! I'm going to read this out tommorrow when I give a speech on 'the word of the day'!
Thanks :-)
Posted by: Bruce Lewin at April 5, 2005 03:32 AMGreat! Thank you, I am honored to be a "word of the day" story.
Posted by: Vanessa at April 5, 2005 06:36 PM