YTZ Wordz

Lost in the Blogosphere! (did I spell that right?)

Recently I have been turned on to a couple different blogs that relate to the educational field (I added them to the links at the side). I try to look at them everyday and see what is new, read up, and judge what is credible and of use, but there is so much. Just this morning I found myself leaving a page open so I could read it later (all 13 pages of it), and then tonight I highlighted and copied 8 more pages and bookmarked another site...why...because in my opinion this is stuff that will help me become a better leader someday. Hopefully!

Here is my problem, 21 pages a day of reading (and that doesn't count the blogs themselves, just PDF files that I found worthwhile) leads to about 7,665 pages a year! How on Earth can I do that?

So I have to learn to find a balance, but I am so eager to learn from those who have gone before me that it will be hard. Somedays there will be 1 or 2 pages, someday there will be 50, but no matter what I have to realize that we are fallible and limited. We aren't sponges that soak up everything, but to make up for that we have rational, discretionary thoughts that helps us weed out and set limits...I just hope mine kicks in before I get overly consumed!

On another note, I have a student in my 3rd grade class that this year to date in the Accelerated Reading program (you read books and take comprehension tests) has read a total of 2,686,592 words just in AR books (that doesn't count reading for class, textbooks, writing, billboards, magazines, newspapers, labels, etc...) and it is only March! WOW!!!!! (I bet he could read 7,665 pages a year and not flinch!)

posted by YT @ 9:18 PM