<p>The mere fact that a student says that he's a high school student on his blog will immediately make most people who read his blog somewhat skeptical of what he writes. It will not prevent a professor from reading his blog - the professor may in fact provide much constructive criticism of his blog. If the professor finds his blog useful enough - he can even start recommending it to other professors,who will evaluate the merit of the student's blog as such.</p>
<p>Students do provide different ways to look at a problem - this is often stated as one of the reasons why professors value student contributions.</p>
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My idea is basically one that some high school students can find useful (it's a useful medium, not the only medium - but a medium that has little "inhibitory mechanisms" that would make people talk less - people often tend to write more on blogs than on diaries since blogs have fewer of such "inhibitory mechanisms" - such as time and lack of feedback - "inhibitory mechanisms" that would inhibit people from writing more in diaries). The only cost is time investment. And frankly, even if the experiment doesn't go out too well (it will go well for some, it will not for others), the exposure that a high school student gets to the primary research literature has tremendous value (very few students get such exposure in high school). I am tracing this parallel to a trend in the Internet community - which has a tendency to make esoteric literature more accessible to high school students.</p>
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And honestly, I wish I were less arrogant. I just have to counter adults on certain matters that I see the adults as wrong as - and public schooling is where I see so many adults as wrong on.</p>