Personal Narrative: Sophomore Year

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Sophomore year was the year I had drive. I was a very studious, hard-working, and determined student. That same year I had joined the newspaper staff. Journalism was a big part of my life and I expected it to be a part of my career. I knew that I wanted to be a journalist since I was 12.
Joining the newspaper staff was really fun, but what was more fun was getting a chance to go to Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and mass communication (ASU) with some of my journalism classmates.
We went to the school on a Friday and I could not contain myself. I Expected to enjoy the experience but I did not realize how much I would really enjoy it.
The purpose of being at ASU was for a workshop. So, the first thing we did was take some notes on how

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