I wanted to take journalism my freshman year of high school because I knew that I loved to write and that I thought journalism would be an excellent career. Yes, by my freshman year I already knew what I wanted to do as an adult. Believe me though, journalism isn’t as easy as it may look. I learned an incredible amount of responsibility and of course, excellent writing skills by taking journalism.

My journalism teacher for my first two years was a

Working hard for something pays out in the end. I never thought I would get this kind of position. Working hard all three years for what I wanted definitely paid off. It taught me a valuable lesson, which is something that I can use during my college years. Maybe I’ll become the Editor-In-Chief of a paper at the college I attend next fall. After you finally get what you deserve by all the hard work you’ve put into something, there’s nothing better than getting the satisfaction of knowing that you’ll never give up on anything and can get anything as long as you put your mind to it.

man who I learned everything about journalism from, but was a man who did not give me the chance to prove to him and myself that I can actually be an excellent journalist. I was kicked

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