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shared by Istvan Rozanich on 26 Nov 12 - No Cached

What if we, instead, proudly proclaim that we did things that we are embarrassed about and that’s okay
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efrain might sustain the stigma that we want to end.
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implicitly arguing this sort of behavior is best hidden
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What if, instead, in ten years those teens-now-adults used those tweets and their lingering presence in search results as a teachable moment?
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Let’s promote the idea that those embarrassing tweets, or anyone’s embarrassing digital dirt, can be used to validate identity change and growth.
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we are equally celebrating the cultural norm that expects perfection, normalization, and unchanging behavior. What if more people wore past identities more proudly? We could erode the norm of identity consistency, a norm no one lives up to anyways, and embrace change and growth for its own sake
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it will encourage an understanding of identity as more fluid. This re-understanding might be more tolerant of the non-normal and accepting of change and difference.
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hat a person isn’t just what one is but a non-linear process of becoming rife with starts and stops and wrong turns may grow to be increasingly obvious.
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lack of evidence of our own change.
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shared by Steve Ransom on 05 Dec 12 - No Cached

Free speech is not free of consequences. It's a lesson better learned early than late.
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shared by Steve Ransom on 06 Nov 11 - No Cached

shared by Steve Ransom on 24 Oct 11 - No Cached

shared by Steve Ransom on 20 Oct 11 - No Cached

Speaking these words can be a way to commiserate with colleagues, or they can become “in jokes” among friends.  These exchanges can be OK when we are face-to-face with others, as we have body language and voice inflections to help us understand the meaning and context behind the statements.  Online is a different situation, however.
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Suddenly my Twitter stream was a teacher’s lounge.
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if we have an online presence, we must be responsible in what we say or write.  This seems simple, doesn’t it?  Nevertheless, we forget that we are not in the company of friends when we say or write the things we do.  Almost anyone can read our words, and they might misunderstand our intent.
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shared by Steve Ransom on 20 Oct 11 - Cached

shared by Steve Ransom on 27 Oct 11 - No Cached

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