I have followed this discussion with great interest. While some of the =
people who belong to this listserv may have "assumed" things not in =
evidence, the original posting you made could have prevented all of that =
if you had only indicated who you are and what your reason for posting =
was. The postings to this listserv almost always include that =
information and even when people do not agree, at least we all know who =
the players are. If what you wanted was why we all believe that private =
school is "worth it", why not just ask. I personally resent your =
"assumption" that our children are growing up in some kind of negative =
environment filled with "assuming educators", when I, and I'll wager the =
vast majority of my colleagues, spend countless hours keeping up with =
what's new in education and making every attempt to see not only that we =
teach our children the best we can but also that we are the best =
possible role models for them as well.
Barbara Ruth-Williams
Assistant Head/Director of Admissions
Village School
Pacific Palisades, CA
310/459-8411
BWilliams@Village-School.com <mailto:BWilliams@Village-School.com>=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Smith [mailto:drjacob48@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:27 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Jacob Smith posts - Blog Spamming (UNCLASSIFIED)
I have deleted my blog. It has been so much of a disappointmnet where =
you have accused me of making money (wordpress does though) and assumed =
many others. I am so sorry that our kids are growing up among such =
assuming educators .=20
"Johnson, Jason P Mr WRAMC_Wash DC" <Jason.Johnson3@amedd.army.mil> =
wrote: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED=20
Caveats: NONE
Dr. Smith,
The reaction you have received is due to the fact that, to all outward
appearances, your postings are a form of blog spamming. You have posted
your articles (typically link only) to this list and many other forums:
https://www.pta.org/bb/search.php?search_author=3Ddrjacob48&sid=3Df2ee3c4=
695
911e569105184a8e1df34b
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2008/02/19/commuter-marriages-worth-the-stra
in/
The idea behind Blog spamming is that you increase the Google rank of
your pages by having many other authoritative sites with good rankings
refer to yours. You keep advertisements turned off so you can fly under
the ranking algorithms that check for this, and once your traffic grows
large enough, you turn on ads and reap a small windfall.
Given your questions in the WordPress forums it seems you are new to
this, and so I doubt this was your intent. But you also seem to be
ignoring the discussion oriented nature of this list and posting
monographs, which will not endear you to the community either. Finally,
trying to take members to task over their identity when they and their
schools are well known in the community will cause you to be viewed as a
troll or flamer.
Hopefully this is all just a misunderstanding, but if not, I am sure the
list managers will take note and act accordingly.=20
_J
PS: In the interest of full disclosure (since that appears to be a
concern of yours) I am former staff member of an independent school
(which is why I joined the list) and a current board member of an
independent school (which is why I stay on the list). Hence the reason
for my signature information not giving the appearance of actual
involvement in a school.
___________________________________
Jason Johnson - Program Director
Web Services Branch - Walter Reed Army Medical Center Ingenium (ISO
9001:2000 certified)
Office: 202-782-1047
Cell: 202-262-0516
jason.johnson@ingenium.net
jason.p.johnson2@us.army.mil=20
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jacob Smith
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:48 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Jacob Smith posts
J Gaston, It is not fair to call me a troll when you
have not even specified your first name but just an
initial as if you are hiding something. Your
harker.org site does not even exists.
Kim, Why do you have a PO box address under your
school name? why do the links to forms don't work.
Please do not make such comments as they were not
appropriate. If you want to get involved and
contribute, please go to my blog and participate. This
is all in a good spirit and hope you will understand.
--- J Gaston wrote:
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED=20
Caveats: NONE
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