I’m
incredibly thankful this semester is over! Finally! It seriously took forever.
I can’t wait to enjoy a nice long break.
Honestly
this was a wordy semester. As a journalism major, I’m writing papers like every
hour. During break I can enjoy not having to do anything. I can enter my lazy
mode.
I
wanted to say goodbye to this semester and reflect on the good and the bad
about my magazine class.
There
were very few bad things about this class, except, annoying photographers. I
hate to sound like the bratty reporter, but it was ridiculous. Photographers
don’t need to criticize a writer’s work. I don’t understand how critiquing
every little sentence makes your photos better. That’s because it doesn’t! It
just makes the photographer feel better.
Having
to coordinate my schedule with both of my photographers was annoying. I’m
willing to work with them. However, they were not. I would offer to take time
off from work or leave class early. But, once again it was all about what they wanted to do. Give me a break!
Sad to
say there were some incidences that lead to more assignments. I honestly didn’t
mind having to keep a blog. I feel my writing has improved. I’m able to produce
better ideas, type faster, and avoid writers block. Sadly, I have not improved
on my self-editing. I’m horrible about it. My eyes see what they want to see,
and not what’s written on the screen. Oh well, one day I can hope for
improvement. The hardest part about the blogs is posting them on time. I’m
forgetful. This blog is a late make-up blog, which I’m posting late. Kind of
ironic, but better than submitting nothing.
Another
assignment that was added on due to numerous incidences was a book report. Personally,
I do not like reading. It bores me like crazy. Maybe it’s because I haven’t
read a book I actually enjoy. Or it could be because I like watching TV better.
The book report was probably the only thing I didn’t enjoy about city mag.
I
really like magazine writing though. Everything is about features, not necessarily
hard core news. There is a lot of planning into creating a magazine. I learned a
lot about the work it takes to produce a magazine. Our class was defiantly more
chillax which made things less stressful.
I
enjoyed my magazine class. It was one of the classes I actually looked forward to
going to. I have met some really cool people and hope to see them in other
journalism classes. I appreciate everything this class has taught me. I feel I
has really strengthened my writing, and brought out my voice even more. My
personal goal for nest semester is editing. I’m horrible at it! Let’s keep our
fingers crossed that I have another great semester in spring.
Goodbye
city magazine. Thank you for all you’ve taught me! I enjoyed everything a have truly
learned so much. Until next semester, adios!
