Intercepts
A listening post monitoring public education and teachers’ unions.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Education Intelligence Agency. I want to thank all of my readers, clients, lurkers, sources, critics and fans. It’s a bit of a cliché to say that none of this is possible without you, but in my case it’s literally true.

There is no such thing as great unread writing. The reader completes the equation. And until the written word is read, the writer can never be sure if his work will be affirmed, rejected, amplified, diminished, cheered, denounced, misunderstood or ignored. I have had ample doses of all of these reactions, and they have reshaped my work over the last 10 years.

Your participation is important because while the truly great authors can pen great thoughts for posterity, I like to refer to this as “disposable media.” Future generations will not dig through my blog posts. (Come to think of it, they might not dig through anything.) This is storytelling, and while I’m sure Homer would be happy to know we are still studying the Iliad and the Odyssey, it probably wouldn’t match the thrill he got from his own audiences’ reactions as he recited his epic poems.

So, again, thank you. Without you, I am some guy muttering to himself.

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