This design was inspired by a conversation with some district teachers a summer or two ago. We were discussing the implementation of our blog server for students, teachers and staff. Student safety was a major focus of the discussion and it lead us into discussing what students (or anyone really) should consider before clicking “Publish”.

Safe – Am I going to put myself or anyone else in danger?

True – Am I telling the truth? Have I verified my facts?

Needed – Am I publishing something of value? Have I put enough effort into my writing?

Kind – Am I being nice? Will I be able to face myself,  my friends, my relatives if I publish this?

The answers to these questions do not all need to be Yes before you publish, but have you evaluated each point and made a conscious decision to publish knowing the risks?

Before You Publish, is it STiNK? | Safe – True – Needed – Kind

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I tried to show with this design that my morals are not perfect. They probably do not match yours and I am impishly proud of my individual beliefs. I do not think I or you or any religion or political party can get it exactly right. We are only humans.

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The idea behind this design has been rolling around in my head for years. I always thought Starfleet would have a marine corp. It is such an essential part of our current navies. In the original series the three colors of uniform represented the shipboard functions. It made sense to me that the the Corps would have their own color. I initially thought green but switched to gray since the actual uniform color would be terrain specific…

Trying to figure out why a lady in New Hampshire would want this bumper sticker…