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tumblr. explained.
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Written by Ivy Ryan for The Eagle
What is Tumblr? How did it seem like all of the sudden everyone is using it? If you have a certain obsession or you love something to death, you’ll definitely want to check this website out. On Tumblr, there are no limits, and no one cares if you freak out about something that seems stupid.
All Tumblr is, is your blog. But it’s a pretty fantastic blogging website. On tumblr, you can find and follow blogs by what they post. For example, if you really enjoy art or dancing, you can search that, and up will come suggestions for blogs to follow. The whole structure and workings of the website are really easy to handle, so it isn’t hard to look through pictures and blogs to follow. Once you get to your actual blog, the fun part comes. There are hundreds of pre-made designs for you to choose from! Most of them are free, but there are more premium themes for your blog that cost money. You go to the ‘customize your blog’ page, and you can go on for hours editing. You can change the colors, putting in pictures and links etc.
Now the secrets of Tumblr will be unveiled. The main people that use tumblr are teenagers at this point, so it may sound weird for all of these kids to be using a blog. The main reason that kids of our age love it is that we usually get obsessed with things, and it’s a way to vent it. I know I do. You hear about a TV show and think about watching it. Then you watch the first episode and it becomes your LIFE. Absolutely everything is now related to it even in the most stretched way. You get excited if you somehow resemble a character in a single episode. Others think it’s a problem, but to you you’re being completely normal. You can become part of the fandom, or fan base of the show, on tumblr, and it’s extremely exciting! There are sort of inside jokes with everyone, and things can spread across the internet at insane speeds. Like Kony 2012, the kid after the dentist, and many other viral videos.
At this age, we don’t really have anything that is rightfully ours, you know? Our parents mostly give us the money to buy things, and it all comes from them. Only if you get a job and start buying things with your own money is it really yours, but a lot of teenagers don’t have enough of it. So if you want something to own, tumblr is perfect. You have your own blog that you came up with, the design of it is unique with all of the color options etc, and it’s something to call yours.
This may not be the best reason why teenagers like it, but you can spend an insane amount of time on it! The main page is endless, so you can keep scrolling and scrolling to your heart’s content. I’ve once spent literally 2 or 3 hours on it just scrolling and re-blogging pictures and videos. If you’re a procrastinator and enjoy having a couple hours of your life magically pass, then tumblr is your go to place!
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Who’s your inspiration?
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Written by Rachael Zielmanski, The Eagle Staff Writer
Everyone has their own inspirations. Whether it is a person, place, thing, or ect… We all have some form of inspiration. Me personally; I’m inspired by nature, and smart and strong people such as; Taylor Swift, Rachel Carson, Tim Tebow, and many others. OtherObamaAcademystudents told me their inspirations.
Kiera Roberts is inspired by mostly people she said.
“My friends inspire me to be myself and my family to be my best and reach for my goals.”
Another student; Anna Bowin is inspired by authors because she wants to grow up to be a writer. Her mother has also inspired her to not to repeat stupid mistakes.
“I don’t want to make a repeat of my family’s mistakes.”
I also asked Rhonna Ly about her inspirations. She is inspired by her mom, her friend, and Audrey Hepburn.
“They inspire me to grow up as a great person.”
In conclusion, everyone is inspired by someone or something.
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Akrie’s love of baseball provides drive, commitment to excellence on the diamond
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Written by Rhonna Ly, The Eagle Staff Writer
The Sports of Our Lives is dedicated to the meaning of glorious sports through sweat, blood, and tears of the spectacular players. One of those players is Joel Akrie who strongly believes that baseball is everything to him.
Joel Akrie, a freshman here at Obama, is a part of Obama’s baseball team. Being able to experience sports constantly, he remembers fondly as a child being introduced to the sport by his father. His dad introduced baseball to him at the age of 4 and since then, he has absolutely adored it.
Growing up with baseball made him look at inspirations of Roberto Clemente simply because he was an amazing player. To an extent what really appealed to him is everything especially hitting.
But there’s still improvement and obstacles you have to face to better yourself in this sport. The most challenging thing is “if you don’t know the fundamentals then you’re screwed. You need hand-eye coordination. And most of all, you must know how to hit, catch, etc.” Playing one game so far, he feels that “the team is great but on the downside, there are things to fix… but we are a tough team.”
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April HS Teacher Feature–Ms.Kiesel
Photo Credit: Rhonna Ly
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Written by Chloe Mobley, The Eagle Staff Writer
For this month’s teacher feature we have chosen Ms. Kiesel. She is a kind and nice woman who enjoys her job as a teacher as well as her time at home. When she is
not at school, Ms. Kiesel spends her time quietly in her house. “I like to garden, cook, and read,” she says.
Ms. Kiesel has been working as a teacher for fifteen years. She is one of our teachers that came over from Schenely. Her favorite thing about being a teacher is interacting with the students.
Ms. Kiesel wasn’t originally a psychology teacher. She originally taught social
studies, and replaced the psychology teacher, and in the process, taking on a new challenge. “I’m glad that it happened how it did,” she said. Compared to other subjects, it seems like psychology is one of the hardest to learn, but even harder to teach. Over
the years Ms. Kiesel has spent her time perfecting her teaching skills. “My
goal is to make it understandable.”
As always we just have to ask the question, do you like our school? Well, Ms.
Kiesel said, “ I like the school. The students are wonderful and there is more
order here than other places.”
You may know that Ms. Kiesel is one of our teachers that will be retiring after this year. “I’m happy, but I’ll miss teaching,” said Ms. Kiesel when I asked her how she felt about retiring. She doesn’t know what she wants to do with that extra time, but is ready to enjoy the freedom.
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