Blog Post 1

I never felt like what I wrote in high school made much of a difference. Even if I submitted pieces to the schools creative arts magazine I never really understood the good it did if only a handful of people actually read it. There was always this formula to the writing that we were supposed to do that just disheartened me. I always wanted to make a difference with what I was writing, but I never really thought anything I did at the age of 15 or 16 could really have any effect on my everyday life. The thing is it never did have an effect. I wrote those rough drafts and did those peer reviews, finally turning in a finished paper months later, but there never seemed to be any point once the paper ended up I some drawer never to be looked at again.

In contrast whenever I open up a published publication I feel really legit. Whenever I open the Sunday paper I never feel any need to peruse the headlines or look at the current events I skip straight to the current celebrity news section. I choose not to buy magazines like People because I do not want to seem that shallow, but if I look like I am looking at the daily paper with all of its awards and prestige I feel more professional and less shallow. I could never get my head around the concept of hard hitting journalism.