TidelineTidelinelives, while others opt for a
different approach. Sopho-
more Brady Hall has a post
reading, “SOMEBODY
KJUST THREW A PUN-
MPKIN THROUGH MY
WINDOAW AND IT EX-
PLODEDA ALL OVER
THE FLOOR GGGGGGG-
GGGGGGGGGGEEEEE-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.”
Of course, as in any online
community, there is drama.
“There’s a group of sopho-
mores who are very dedicated to
blogging as well, and [my friend
and I] were confused when they
were commenting on our blogs,
so we started a feud with them,”
Chammas said. “Some of my
posts have like 50 comments,
just us going back and forth.”
Another feud began on
April 8, when Svendsen-Conn
accused Akhavan, Turner,
Hall and sophomore Lucas
Goldy of being communists.
In good fun, Akha-
van shared a screenshot of
a YouTube video the next
day, with two tabs reading
“Manifesto of The Commu-
nist Party” and “How To
Overthrow A Government.”
The community was roused
on Oct. 10, when Assistant Prin-
cipal Monica Iannessa posted a
puzzling update on Schoology
that simply read, “Ready, Set,
Go!” Akhavan took the oppor-
tunity to offer his unsolicited
feedback on virtual learning.
“The only thing I am
READY and SET to do is to
GO waste my time... complet-
ing an unholy amount of home-
work,” Akhavan commented.
Other students joined him in
denouncing school policies
with an outpouring of their
own unsolicited criticisms.
The update can no longer
be found on Schoology’s An-
nouncements page, but it was
commemorated in an Oct.
12 post on Akhavan’s blog,
titled, “I started a mutiny.”
Perhaps Pali’s greatest
Schoology controversy arose
on Sep. 9 in the middle of
the night when the Fashion
Club’s Schoology Group was
hacked, allowing students
to post joke assignments
and spam its message board
with raunchy comments.
Students created a ficti-
tious club event called “Reg-
ular Show Roleplay Club”
and discussion boards named
“FELLOW FEMBOYS”
and “What Is Poggers?”
among other inappropriate
material posted that night.
It is alleged that these
transgressions were frowned
upon by the Pali adminis-
tration, but Schoology blog-
gers declined to comment.
Unlike other social media,
Schoology is an intimate com-
munity where follower counts
rarely exceed the low three
figures. Akhavan, called “the
king of Schoology blogging”
by Hesse, worked hard to earn
his whopping 143 subscribers,
the most of any Pali student.
“I just asked people in my
classes, friends-of-friends,”
Akhavan said. “I messaged peo-
ple [on Schoology] and anyone
who had access to a Palisades
Charter Schoology account and
I would ask them to subscribe.”
Turner, who is the sec-
ond most-subscribed-to
blogger, is next in line to the
throne with 70 followers.
“I have asked a few peo-
ple [to follow me], but [I
haven’t made] a concerted
effort,” Turner said. “I’d say
my goal is to surpass Leon.”
Though there are dramas
and feuds, smear campaigns
and follower races, it seems
that this little corner of School-
ogy has become a source of so-
lace during this difficult time.
“That’s kind of the whole
purpose of Schoology blog-
ging, the irony of it all,” Akha-
van said. “Schoology is a school
platform meant for grades
and schoolwork, so using it
for a blog is a funny thing.”Leon Akhavan Leon Akhavan
The KingCaspar TurnerCaspar Turner
The PrinceAlexander Alexander
Svendsen-Conn Svendsen-Conn
The TrailblazerLayla Chammas Layla Chammas
The PrincessJack HesseJack Hesse
The Newbie