The best and worst decision of my high school career took place before the first day of my freshman year. I signed up for photojournalism, the class that produces the yearbook. While it’s a fulfilling and captivating class that has become one of my passions, it’s also undeniably the most stressful and time-consuming class I have ever taken.
I still remember the first time I completed a spread. I had never worked so meticulously on something in my life. I came up with an idea, designed a spread layout, photographed my subject, pestered students for interviews, wrote copy, and spent hours after school trying to perfect my spread. Finally, after months of hard work and revisions, I completed it, and it was time to offer the teacher my progress. I was proud of it, and when she noted that it looked exceptional, I was ecstatic. Then, she promptly informed me that it …show more content…
By the end of each year, I’d swear to myself that I would quit, but I always found myself back in room 301 come September. Some days I loved it, and other days I despised it. Regardless, I am fortunate to have been on the Colonial Forge yearbook staff because it has taught me important lessons through demanding experiences. The challenging process of composing a yearbook taught me to be proud of my work, to value criticism, to be confident in my purpose and myself, and to never give up.
A yearbook of this size takes a monumental team effort. Thirty students work all year long to create an award-winning, four hundred page yearbook. When the finished yearbook arrives in May, I immediately turn to all of the spreads I’ve slaved over the past year to see them in print for the first time. As I sweep my hand across each page, everything I’ve done has paid off. All of the drafts of my spread layout, copy, questions, and captions I made to get incrementally closer to a spread worthy enough to grace the inside of our yearbook, was worth
I still remember the first time I completed a spread. I had never worked so meticulously on something in my life. I came up with an idea, designed a spread layout, photographed my subject, pestered students for interviews, wrote copy, and spent hours after school trying to perfect my spread. Finally, after months of hard work and revisions, I completed it, and it was time to offer the teacher my progress. I was proud of it, and when she noted that it looked exceptional, I was ecstatic. Then, she promptly informed me that it …show more content…
By the end of each year, I’d swear to myself that I would quit, but I always found myself back in room 301 come September. Some days I loved it, and other days I despised it. Regardless, I am fortunate to have been on the Colonial Forge yearbook staff because it has taught me important lessons through demanding experiences. The challenging process of composing a yearbook taught me to be proud of my work, to value criticism, to be confident in my purpose and myself, and to never give up.
A yearbook of this size takes a monumental team effort. Thirty students work all year long to create an award-winning, four hundred page yearbook. When the finished yearbook arrives in May, I immediately turn to all of the spreads I’ve slaved over the past year to see them in print for the first time. As I sweep my hand across each page, everything I’ve done has paid off. All of the drafts of my spread layout, copy, questions, and captions I made to get incrementally closer to a spread worthy enough to grace the inside of our yearbook, was worth