These are it, friends.

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Me, with cap and gown, through the magic of Photoshop, in a rose garden.  Me, with cap and gown, through the magic of Photoshop, in a desert...

Epilogue

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So, was it worth it?  I suppose so, although my experience at the College was very stressful.  I did learn a lot and was very productive which was probably more than I could have done just sitting at home.  But I was in a time warp I never managed to get out of.  So many things that make people remember college was not going to be my experience.  Often it has been the turning point of people’s lives – a place where they meet their spouse or best friends, or made invaluable career contacts that then shaped their lives.  None of this happened to me. I had convinced myself that although I was going to be in an institution and system built for people much younger than me, perhaps these days it would...

Career Design and Internship

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We were now nearing the end, and my next great worry was the final part of the Career Design course – getting an internship.  We were...

I tred into the Arena of Muckraking and Possibly Get on the Government's Hitlist

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After finishing our desktop magazine, we switched to writing for the online newspaper as we had done for the previous semester.  I could...

We Plod On Fearlessly

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Alas I have been tardy in posting again.  Tardy in finishing this off, and yes it has finished.  I have issues with starting things...

January

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My, my, it is 2011 already.  I am always surprised when a New Year rolls around.  Here I am coming into my last semester.  Funny...

December - another semester crawls to an end

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Another semester is coming to an end.  It’s so strange.  On one hand it feels like some of these days and moments have been the longest in my life, it also feels like it’s going by so fast. I created a podcast, as another assignment for the Video Production class and was proud to discover how easily I seem to take to video and audio editing.  Since I have two friends, Rose and Graham, who are bibliophiles I decided to make my podcast about the love of books and interview the two of them.  They were keen on it and in fact it turned out to be an embarrassment of riches where I got 10 minutes worth of recording that I had to edit down to 2.  Also, Graham, who can become extremely enthusiastic when...

November - New delights and old worries

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For the first time we are now writing online, for The Sheridan Sun Online – and I like it!  We chose from a selection of beats to cover and I got the Arts beat, which is what I love the best.  And no groups.  We do this all on our own.  I felt relieved also because the online publication goes out to the internet world.  Anyone searching for a topic might have the search engine come up with my article and if they’re interested, than I am writing for them.  I do not have to tailor my writing for the interests of 18-20 year-olds from the surrounding suburbs anymore. We design our own pages on Dreamweaver, search out ideas and sources anywhere we can find them, and write them for almost any length...

October - Real Life Halloween with witches and all

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I really enjoy writing editorials.  Basically an editorial is well-written opinionating.  It needs some basis in reality and being able to make sense on something to which readers can relate, but other than that it is merely an opinion, and who can question that?  Someone can question me, and my opinions, but not their validity.  So far I have been able to vent on group work and relay the positive benefits of liberal arts electives - against the opinion of some other teachers and students. What is perplexing about writing for The Sheridan Sun, is the constant, total non-reaction from the targetted readership.  Group work is universally hated throughout the college, with many people, both instructors...

September - The Second Year Begins

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Once more I am throwing myself into the second (and final) year of my Journalism – Print program.  The courses this year are, Online Newspaper Practicum, Newspaper Practicum, World History and Politics, Video Production, Law and Ethics, Ezine and as elective, I chose Life Writing, an online course in memoir writing. The four months of “summer break” were difficult, financially speaking.  The recession is still roaring and students in general have had a hard time finding jobs.  Many employers want students because they are young, with no physical or emotional limits and naïve about labour rights – none of which describes me.  So I only had about six weeks of employment.  Luckily I did manage to stretch...

April - A Merciful Rest (sort of)

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So, the first year has finally ended.  I admit being  proud of myself for some things.  I attacked each task with vigour, giving...

March - the end of the first year looms near

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I am starting to get over the culture shock.  I still feel out of place here, but I am getting used to the feeling.  I have had some good conversations with some good counsellors and it's nice to know that people understand.  I tried to get an adult learning credit in the Writing for Newspapers 2 course because I know how to do it.  I am well along in that knowledge. However, besides it costing me $85 to get assessed for an experience-as-knowledge credit I would have to submit three published, paid-for articles for each of the genres of newspaper writing we are being taught in this course.  I could do that for the profile writing, and the feature writing, and the editorial writing, but there is...

February - Observations on the teachers

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This divide between young and old is becoming more and more layered.  I think one of my great shock points is how obvious it would be in an environment like this that I am old, and the reflection of the value it has in society.  We simply do not live in a time where those who have experience with the past are much valued anymore.  We are heading into the future and the past is somewhat irrelevant. The teachers are having a rough time, not only because they are part of a changing, possibly irrelevant past, but because of the general turmoil in the newspaper print industry.  A couple have been laid off from their newspaper jobs and took up teaching as one of their few options.. I guess I hoped too much...

January - the new semester begins

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The 3 weeks of Christmas were quiet with the precious rest I needed so much.  I slept until noon many days. Originally I dreaded the idea of 3 classes a week starting at 8:00 AM but I have been happily informed that was an illusion.  The times beginning at 8:00 would mean the Sheridan Sun room would be open and can be used at that time, but it would not necessarily be for lectures.  We simply had that time frame to do our work, if we wanted to.  Friday does have a class again starting at 8:00 AM, so there I have not been spared. The classes this time are: The College Globe Lab (production of the College's weekly newspaper) Photojournalism Writing for Newspapers 2 Electronic Publishing A general elective Globalization...

Marks and the Next Challenge Begins

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Woo hoo, the western world has turned a New Year and I got my marks. The news was better than I thought it would be. History and Politics =A+ Research Techniques =A Writing for Newspapers 1 = B+ Desktop Publishing with InDesign =A Designing for Print =B History of Journalism =A Okay, let's face it, this was the easy part.  Most of that was theory. and based on knowledge of news, current events and some history.  These were studies where being 63 gave me a much better advantage, although frankly, I am surprised at the B in Designing for Print, because I barely made it over D on most assignments. This semester, starting January 11, will be putting these theories into competitive action and building the social...

First semester ends

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Unbelievably I finished the first semester. Final exams were as mickey mouse as the mid-terms. The major workload on which the marks will depend will be the big assignments, like the PowerPoint presentations, the 2-man groupwork, the 4-man groupwork. Our job is to present visible results that look like we can put what we have been taught into action and concrete results, and that we can work with others. Somehow I have managed to work with others, although this is still the greatest challenge I will have to overcome next semester and next year. I think I passed everything although we won't get our marks until Jan 6. Now we have 3 blessed weeks of rest with classes starting again on Jan. 11. I discovered that working...