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Tuesday, January 2, 2007
A Get Schooled Resolution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When I took over this blog 24 entries and 1,632 comments ago, I resolved to sit back and watch how readers interacted online.
Sure, I had the power to ban posters, delete postings and cut off comments when I deemed it necessary. But I chose to let you, the reader, police yourself. After all, this is a forum for public discourse and public discourse ain’t always pretty.
Unfortunately, many posters are more interested in name-calling, bullying and displaying downright meanness than carrying on an open, intelligent conversation; ironic behavior when you consider how many parents and teachers here lament the discipline problems in schools.
So in deference to that time-honored, start-with-a-clean-slate tradition, I’m offering a simple resolution this year for Get Schooled readers: Always think before you post. Trust me, other readers will be far more impressed by how you articulate and defend your arguments if you leave out the schoolyard foolishness.
UPDATE: If you have not already done so, please familiarize yourself with the AJC’s rules for commenting. It will give you some guidelines for what is acceptable to post and what is not.
