I just requested being admitted as a "Friend" to one of my students' online journals. That feels weird, and somehow inappropriate. I know he uses the space for his ramblings and writings, and I enjoy his style, but I feel like an interloper, like an old person who wants to hang with the kids to be cool. Yuck. I wonder if I should go back and request becoming a non-friend.

I check out Myspace.com occasionally to see what my own kids are up to, and I've seen teachers who've been active on teenagers' threads, and it is kind of creepy.

Oh how hard it is to be a kindly teacher!