AF: Yay! It's starting

Good for you, Brave Ones.  It IS hard to just put yourself out there and say something true and thoughtful in front of everybody.

Some tips:

• Writing in your natural, conversational voice is best out here on the blog.  It's excellent practice in the development of what writing teachers call "voice" -- that human quality that makes a writer's style most appealing.  We don't have to sound like we're lecturing others from our podiums.  In some contexts, of course, the academic voice is appropriate -- but not here.  First of all -- you don't have one (yet).  Remember, you are bright and ambitious 15-16 year olds.  Embrace reality.
• No need to apologize for writing fully.  It's a good thing to be reflective, and to write reflectively:  "I am beginning to realize..." or "this book made me question..."   I find these kinds of posts interesting.  I like to see a mind a work.
• No need to write big, over-arching thematic statements most likely culled from an unnamed, online source.  Stick with specifics; and actually, I prefer to see Brave New World discussed in the context of Postman and Carr, which is why I recommended that readers save it for last.
• Neil Postman is a well-respected thinker and writer, with many books to his credit.  Former AP students facebook me frequently from college to thank me for assigning his book (although none of them thanked me at the time they were reading).  Postman continues to be influential, and is referred to and relied on by working scholars.  So, Postman is not "trying to say" anything.  He IS saying something.  We, on the other hand, are the ones "trying to" understand him and discuss his ideas intelligently. 
• Please note:  In the bullet point above, I used the word "Facebook" as a verb, not as a noun; my decision not to capitalize it was intentional.
• Maybe try to invent more descriptive post titles than just replicating book titles.  Again, specific discussion points are going to generate better conversation than "whole book" overviews.
• One last point: Another thing former students thank me for is getting them to blog.  This stuff is a mainstay of the college classroom; many professors ask their students to write online about class readings.  You signed up for a college class.  Well, here you go.  Get over your jitters and be a leader.

Good job.  I'm proud of you early bloggers.