So my final blog of the year isn't exactly going to be directly English related, but I still feel like it's an important piece of my life worth blogging about.
The year's final issue of the newspaper came out on Thursday. It seriously feels like a piece of me has ended. And it all honesty, a piece of me truly has. I've been on the school newspaper for three years, and involved in high school journalism for four. I opened my freshman letter to myself to other day and no lie half of the letter discussed how badly I wanted to be an editor on the school newspaper by my senior year. Fourteen year old Geena can be proud that I'm finishing of my senior year as The Grizzly Gazette's editor in chief.
Alright, you're probably thinking, big whoop, no one actually reads the school newspaper.
I know. I assure you, I know.
You can tell me that no one reads the school newspaper and that it's a waste of time all you want, but I'm just going to roll my eyes at you and tell you to shut up, because honestly it's been such an important part of my life for my entire high school career. It's helped me out so much throughout the year in both my English classes and my history classes. It's probably boosted my social skills up a little bit as well.
I'd like to think that my time spent on the school newspaper has helped newspaper to become that much more important to the student body of Los Osos High School. I love newspaper so much, and I'm not sure what to do with myself now that it's all over. No articles to assign. No papers to edit. No pages to design. No documents to download. What's an editor in chief to do?
Move on, I guess.
Like so many of us are moving on from high school and entering either college or the work force, I have just got to let newspaper go and move onto the word of college and university journalism. There are bigger and better things waiting for me out there, and I'm excited to discover them.
Goodbye Gazette. Good luck to you all.
- Geena
That's just the transition from high school to college. We seem to be the "big dogs" our senior year and think were the hot shots until we enter college where we start back at the bottom. Believe me, in another four years, your going to be telling yourself how you miss being editor for Berkeley's newspaper, or maybe even better. There are bigger things in store for us, so don't be sad high school is ending, just embrace your past experiences and move on!
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I'm so proud of you Geena! Your years in newspaper will no doubt help you to succeed in college
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karissa c
I felt an almost overwhelming sense of nostalgia when I read my senior letter, too, and that wasn't even that long. I think it's just a sense of reflection about fulfilling our past self's wishes. But I think that as long as we're happy with where we are right now, we don't really have to worry about anything else.
ReplyDelete-Lian C.
This reflection is quite refreshing. Thanks for sharing! It brought a new light to moving on and the transition from high school to the real world/ college
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