I can’t relate to the kid because I have never experienced the situation he’s going through. If I were 13 years old, I don’t think I would make fun of the kid as a middle schooler because my parents have taught me to not make fun of anyone because we don’t know what they have been through or are going through. Throughout the years I’ve been a student in school, I’ve seen many kids with different types of disabilities and I’ve never made fun of them.

My name is David and I’m 15 years old. I’m a student at Freeport High School, going into my junior year in September. I’m Salvadoran and Honduran but I was born and raised in New York. I have many hobbies, some include playing and watching basketball, listening to hip-hop, riding bikes, and playing video games. I love watching many sports, but I love basketball the most because the games are shorter and I’ve been playing NBA2K games since I was 7 years old. My favorite player is Carmelo Anthony because he was the player I grew up watching and he played for the team I am a fan of, the New York Knicks.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.