My experience at the Barrhead Leader was different than I thought it would be. I thought that it was going to be boring, but I always had something to do. And I thought that all the people there would be weird and annoying, but they are all really nice and probably think that I’m the weird and annoying one. Haha.
I love writing, so this work experience job was a great start for me. I want to go to a post secondary school where I can do a course for journalism. I already looked up schools for journalism, and the course at the Lethbridge College is about two years. You need at least a 30 level social, and a 30 level English. That’s right up my ally.
I’ve liked writing since Grade 5 or 6, or maybe even before that I don’t remember. So yeah I’ve liked writing for a long time, and I’ve wanted to go into journalism for a couple years now. Before that I wanted to be a graphic designer, and before that, I wanted to be a vet because I love animals. But then I thought about it, if the animal happens to die then I’ll feel really bad. So I went to a graphic designer, and I stuck with that for a while. I’m still kind of thinking about it, but I’m thinking of being a journalist more than a graphic designer.
I worked with Kelly Brooks at the Leader. She is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. She always helped me if I was stuck on something, or she would give me a couple ideas for a column. This column was her idea, and my first one was also her idea. But all of the rest were my ideas. I’m actually surprised that I came up with all of those ideas by myself, and they weren’t that bad either! I got so many compliments, phone calls, text messages, and even people stopping me and telling me that I did a good job. Both of my grandmas, and my parents have all of my columns hung up on the fridge. It’s great!
I liked working at the Leader. There was never a dull moment, unless it’s on a Monday because everyone is rushing to finish their stuff for Tuesday. I’m going to see if I could go there again next year for work experience. But I don’t know if they will let me, because I am being honest here, I didn’t go very often towards the end of the semester. I feel bad for not going, because people would come up to me and ask me why I hadn’t gotten any columns in the paper that week. I would always make up an excuse. But if I was to go back next year, I would put my all into my work and go every day that I was supposed to.
So throughout the semester at the Leader, it was great! (When I went, that is). But I would go back, if they would take me back. I had a few good columns in the paper, and that is all thanks to Kelly. I want to thank her for helping me last semester. I had a great time!
