but think of how much we’ve
missed out on because of it.”
Akhavan started his blog
freshman year to record
his high school experience.
“I thought it’d be really
cool to have a collection of all
my thoughts throughout high
school,” he said. “When I’m
graduating I can see...every-
thing I’ve done throughout
high school: my thoughts, my
personality, my humor, and
how it’s changing and evolving.”
Though one might expect
most blogs to be similar, Pali’s
crop is truly all over the place.
“I’d say [my blog is] satir-
ical, but some of the posts I
think are very insightful,” junior
Layla Chammas said. “I like to
give updates on my day... I do
a lot of rankings and ratings.”
Sophomore Caspar
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Turner generally posts sar-
castic gibberish, but he has
found that other subjects
garner more interaction.
“Usually when I post
something more serious,
it gets more attention and
more comments... I like to
get responses to [my posts].”
For Akhavan, it’s about re-
latability. “Mine is mostly seri-
ous but in a humorous way,” he
said. “My favorite kind of thing
to post is stories about school
because I know people will see
that and be able to relate to that.”
Hesse is a self-pro-
claimed “slice of life”
and “gaming” blogger.
“I like to post bi-weekly up-
dates and shorts,” he said.
Some bloggers, including
Chammas and Hesse, post
mostly about their personalTHAT'S KIND
OF THE WHOLE
PURPOSE OF
SCHOOLOGY
BLOGGING, THE
IRONY OF IT ALL.
COMMUNIST ATTACK ON THE KING
—Leon Akhavan