First Post

Last year during my Sophomore year in college I decided that I wanted to use my English major to become an editor. I wanted to help other people get their works published and spend my time reading their thoughts, their stories, and their hopes for success rather than create my own because let's face it, I'm not exactly into forced writing for myself as much as I thought. But I still love reading, and my wonderful advisor, Darcy Fallon, suggested that a Journalism minor was the way to go in the path to my career of choice.

So here I am in Advanced News Writing 321, hoping that I'll be able to gain the experience I need. Upon first glance, the syllabus seems kind of intense. Then again, I usually tend to make everything look way more difficult than it actually is. But the professor seems like he'll be a real help in guiding us through all this, and I really did enjoy my beginning Journalism class with Darcy so maybe this will be just the amount of work I need to get a feel of things.

Then again, the number 321 when applied to a class is pretty intimidating. I've never taken a 300 level course at Wittenberg before, though I know I'll be taking more in the future. 300 implies a lot of work, a lot of studying, and a lot of time and effort put into getting a good grade. But this is a class I need for my minor and it's a subject that I'm interested in so I should probably just suck it up and get over it.

Regardless, I'm looking forward to listening to everyone's ideas and reading their stories. Like I said, I love reading and I've got no problem having newspaper readings as required homework. I'm still 50/50 on the class as a whole, but here's hoping this turns out to be a good decision on my part.

-Fran