I've received a few comments stating that my blog is too "personal". Well, reality check - a blog is meant to be personal!
If you are unfamiliar with the concept of a blog, it is a method used to express yourself to a wider audience. It's a medium whereby you can share your thoughts, experiences and passions. Additionally, a blog is "[a] collection of posts…short, informal, sometimes controversial, and sometimes deeply personal…" –Meg Hourihan.
Before launching this blog, I did approach the ISK Board of Directors for their cooperation, but it was dismissed as being one person's personal opinion. My husband and I have also approached the school on several occasions with matters concerning our children's education, but we always felt dissatisfied with their responses and/or their approach to resolving our concerns. Like I said in my earliest post, "Why I started this blog?" - I started it because I wanted to share my thoughts, and to connect with like-minded parents, on school issues that I believe ultimately affects our children's education and well-being. I wanted this blog to create awareness, and a place where parents' voices can be heard.
It appears that from the number of responses and readers that I'm receiving, I am finding my blog posts to be a great way to let others know (especially parents who are in the process of looking at International Schools for their children), of my personal opinion on topics that matters to me and/or too controversial to speak of. Sometimes it just takes a simple move to start something big.
So here's how it works. My blog posts are based on my experiences, observations, and opinions. So for those of you who are faint of heart, or if you find this blog "too personal", then feel free to disengage and stop reading. You know what they say, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!" ;-)
