Thursday, February 7, 2008

Re: moving forward

Hi Peter,

Nice to see your post. Will you be at NAIS this year? I'd LOVE to
connect. Will you be presenting? And, if so, on what? Best, L
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On Feb 7, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Peter Gow wrote:

> Curt, Marti, and the rest of the ISED list--
>
> I've been part of this list since pretty close to the beginning,
> and as
> our school and my role in it have undergone transitions, the ISED
> group
> has been my community. From this community I have gained ideas,
> support,
> and advise, and I have tried to acknowledge this whenever I could.
> There
> are days when the ISED list has felt like a lifeline.
>
> To a degree any listserv of this nature is bound to be a place where a
> certain amount of sensitive information is at least implied. How many
> queries or threads have been sparked by a snafu or some vexing
> problem at
> a particular school--only to find that others have faced the same
> issue?
> Many of us have opinions, and at times I have probably been
> intemperate
> about sharing some of mine on this list. But I think that for the most
> part we all know where the lines are, and how to stay within them
> regarding what we say here.
>
> But I've been aware from the beginning that the internet is an open
> book
> to the world, and whether our conversations take place by list,
> blog, RSS,
> social networking site, or even when a print piece is unexpectedly
> uploaded somewhere, they're pretty much available to everyone from my
> bosses (and yours) to my students' families (and yours). That's the
> way it
> is. Some things are harder to find than others, that's all.
>
> This last flurry of posts regarding the blogging of ISED has
> actually been
> pretty entertaining and enlightening, in the usual way of ISED
> content,
> with sage commentary and a broad and thoughtful presentation of many
> positions. I'd personally like to thank all the participants--happy,
> neutral, and unhappy--as well as to once again take the opportunity to
> thank Curt and Marti for doing an extraordinary job providing an
> extraordinary resource.
>
> Go, ISED!
>
> Peter Gow, Director of College Counseling and Special Programs
> Beaver Country Day School
> 791 Hammond Street
> Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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