Message to Rulangnites

Hi Rulangnites,

You might be surprised to see this posting in English. Yes, it's me, Mr Kwan, 关老师.

I have decided to post this in English because many Rulangnites are more comfortable with English. Hence, please bear with my less than perfect English for the next few minutes.

I guess some of you have your own personal blogs. It's just like writing a diary online. You write about your everyday school happenings, the things you like, you dislike, or just anything under the sun. I think blogging is fun and interesting, isn't it?

So you might ask,"What is Mr Kwan trying to tell us?"

Actually, the purpose of this posting is to share with you something about being a responsible blogger.

So what do I mean by being a responsible blogger?

In short, it is about being a blogger who is responsible of what he/she blogs. In other words, a responsible blogger must answer for everything he/she writes in blogs.

How can you become a responsible blogger? Here are some advice:

1) Whatever you post in your blog, it is read by the WHOLE WORLD. That includes your friends, relatives, teachers and even people who don't know you.

Therefore, please mind the language and content of your blog at all times. To date, there are already a couple of Singapore bloggers who are put to jail because they posted racist messages in their blogs. So Rulangnites, do not post rude and insensitive messages in blogs.

2) Plagiarism (copying from others) in blogging is a common problem. We all know we can easily obtain information from the Internet, but we must not copy works from others. We should be original and create blogs which are distinctive and creative.

3) Many blogs allow commenting and contain tagboards (or shoutboxes). I have seen pupils posting silly comments and rude messages in their friends' blogs. I have also noticed some pupils flooding tagboards with meaningless messages and even arguing in blogs! That is not right. It's a complete waste of time to get into disputes online. We should be gracious blog readers and morally upright bloggers.

Alright Rulangnites, that's all from Mr Kwan. Heed my advice and I believe we can make blogging a fun and enjoyable learning experience!