http://chrislott.org/story/writing-recognition-and-attention/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://chrislott.org/story/writing-recognition-and-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-380271 ruthdemitroff Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:03:15 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/11/25/writing-recognition-and-attention/#comment-380271 Let me add to your reasons for blogging. My mother was a geneologist. When she was my age, she was recording the births, deaths, marriages of all the ancestors so they wouldn't be forgotten. I thought, "Who care?". I wanted to know how they thought, what they felt, what they learned. I write 2 blogs for the same reason people carve their initials in a tree or pile up large stones in a sculpture - I was here. Perhaps something I leave behind might be helpful - might make it easier for someone to figure out their own path. It's just a marker - a signpost. Let me add to your reasons for blogging. My mother was a geneologist. When she was my age, she was recording the births, deaths, marriages of all the ancestors so they wouldn’t be forgotten. I thought, “Who care?”. I wanted to know how they thought, what they felt, what they learned. I write 2 blogs for the same reason people carve their initials in a tree or pile up large stones in a sculpture – I was here. Perhaps something I leave behind might be helpful – might make it easier for someone to figure out their own path. It’s just a marker – a signpost.

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