Day 3: Good Morning, Non-Facebook Audience!

A view of my little "neighborhood" at about 8:45am... Gotta love the light at this time!

Good morning on a lovely South Korean Friday!  My Fridays are back-loaded at school, meaning I'm pretty free in the mornings to plan, prep and grade (oh, and to update this blog).  Afternoons are booked solid, but so it goes.  

 Just 3 days into the Fb detox, I'm already noticing the extra time I have to pursue other interests!  For example, last night I: completed a crossword puzzle, read a lot of a book, AND got to watch "Dexter" with the man.  Not too shabby!  I'm also finding it easier to get offline and go to bed without as much hesitation/resistance.  Nice pluses, I venture to say!  

Finally, before I leave you (maybe 2-3) readers, I'll say that I feel I can gain a lot more from the Internet by generally staying away from social media.  The masses (to me) tend to be largely uninformed (which I'm also guilty of), extremely dull, and unengaged in the world around them.  We can learn stuff online!! We can watch cool, exciting, well-produced videos that actually *teach* us something new!  We can explore any topic we'd like!  We can read, read, read to our heart's content!! I feel that I stand to gain a lot during this experience, and it's pretty exciting.  Below are two highlights I've found in a very minimal perusal of the Worldwide Web's resources:

1.) A very compelling article by Noam Chomsky: 

The Boston Bombings Gave Americans a Taste of the Terrorism the U.S. Inflicts Abroad Every Day

I love the subtitle, too: "It's rare for privileged Westerners to see, graphically, what many others experience daily"

2.) PBS's amazing resources for students, teachers, and anyone!!  

This list will continue in other posts, I promise!  For now, cheers and TGIF!! :)