Personal Narrative: A Career In High School Writing

High school is an enthralling adventure. For one, it is time for one to start thinking about their future and what they want to do with their life. Thanks to a news-writing class during my sophomore year, I was able to get an idea. Thanks to the past two football seasons, I was able to get an assurance. During that aforementioned news-writing class, I started to become a more regular contributor to news stories for Mayfield High School’s student newspaper, The Paw Print. By the start of my junior year, I had a firm grasp on what I was doing as I was elevated to chief editor of the publication. Despite that, my thirst had not been quenched. I greatly enjoyed what I was doing with The Paw Print, but I knew that in order to grow not only myself but the publication as well, I had to develop more experience. Scrolling through my Twitter timeline one night, I noticed that a local newspaper was searching for correspondents to join their high school football beat. Knowing that I would be attending the games anyways, I sent in my resume. Likely scenario, I thought, is that they hand-off to someone with more experience. …show more content…
Then, an email. Next, an assignment. Truly, it didn’t hit me until I felt the plastic cover of a press pass in my hand. As it neared kickoff of my first assignment, I had butterflies in my stomach. How was I going to meet my deadline? What kinds of questions should I ask the head coaches? How am I supposed to track down the head coaches? My mind was moving a mile a minute. Despite my fright, the game went fine. The article, on the other hand? Not so