Judgement Day

What qualifies as a good blog? a great one? a bad one? How do you judge another's blog? 

          A blog is something supposed to represent one's thoughts, emotions, and everyday encounters with life. In a sense, a blog is a small window into the life of another person whether it may be someone you know or a stranger on the internet. To enjoy someone's blog is one thing but to judge/asses the worth of that blog is something entirely different. In the blogging world, "quality over quantity" applies strongly. Sometimes, strong messages are spoken (or perhaps written) in a mere amount of a couple of sentences but at times countless paragraphs will not be enough.
          Length should not play any role. It's the quality, the meaning, what's spoken through the words that matter. The amount of thought and effort put in should be taken into account. Seeing as how, this is a school yet personal blog, the blogger's persona should shine through. Everyone has their own distinct style of writing- of talking. This blog should be used not only to spit out facts and thoughts but also to express. Different fonts, sizes, creative titles, pictures should all be used in the way the blogger wants to. CAPITALIZATION, bold, italics, bold&italics, underline, crossed out should be freely used in the way that the blogger sees fit. They shouldn't see this as just another homework assignment for just another mundane class but something more along the lines of a creative outlet to express oneself in an educational way. Maybe it's because I have a personal blog of my own or I enjoy reading others but I truly think that the blog should be like an summary or introduction to the blogger just as a book has a short enticing excerpt or summary in either the back or inside flap. But seeing as how, this is not completely a personal blog but rather an educational tool used for learning, proper grammar and spelling should be used to some extent. "typng lyk this 4 sch00l is n0t c00l fosho" The blog should be seen as an essay or project in the aspect that the writing rules we have been taught continuously  in school should be respected. Just think: would you pass in an essay with sentances lyk this nd b gr@ded 4 it? I don't think so.
          To receive a 3: the blog should be creative and fun to read, something that the reader enjoys reading. It should be enticing and interesting with valid, deep, well-thought out responses that have a tint of that person in them. (I hope my blog has at least a bit of "yerim" in it). Proper spelling and grammar should be displayed .
          To receive a 2: the question or topic would be expanded but it could have been expanded or talked about more. The blog is still a tad bit enticing but you lose focus at times. Proper english language may not be used.
          To receive a 1: "the i'm doing this just for the sake of doing it" blog. The blog answers the question or expands on the topic in the most minimalist way. It's a little boring and could use a little more "pizazz" and sparkles.
          Even though it's a little harsh, 0s should be given out. This would be very rare and would only happen in cases where there is no expanding. The blog post would merely be an answer or topic sentence like "Alexander the Great is great" or "Alexander the Great is not great".
          The overall grade should be given by the teacher but I think that other students should be able to read and comment on each other's blogs. If the grading is to be done by students, I think that it should be done anonymously because that would allow people to be more honest with their judgments. No one wants to be that "jerk" who gives someone a bad grade even if that person deserves that grade. Another idea is for maybe one or a couple of blogs to be chosen and displayed after every blog topic/question. This would encourage and motivate people to try harder and really put their effort since everybody has that little flame inside of them that wants to sparkle in the spotlight.