self analytical
Wow. Here it is. As I sit here with the final product in my hand, I look back at the past year. Starting with yearbook camp, I knew it was going to be a hard
year. With the absence of our head advisor, all of the editors were really going to have to step up and take control. I believe, that even though we struggled, we definitely beat the expectations. This year has taught me the definition of perseverance. Starting off with the first deadline, we dove in head first. Ashley, Sadie and I were nervous. How do you direct a class full of headstrong people? It took us a while to figure it out, but we did. We learned that in order to show our leadership and get shit done, we need to seem unbreakable. No matter what the editors always had each other’s backs. If we seemed in control, the class would be in control. As managing editor, my first job was making sure everything got done. If, for some odd reason it didn’t get done, it was my job to get it done and then ask questions. I was John’s eyes and ears. Even though my involvement is not necessarily seen within the pages of the book, it is very much recognized by the fact that we have a book at all. In all aspects, I did my job. The yearbook got done, and it is beautiful. Journalism, especially the art of yearbook, has taught me so much. As I look around my math class, on the last day of senior year, I realize just how important a yearbook is. All of these people want to look back at this and think, wow that was the good stuff. They want a beautiful book to eventually show their high school students, and that is on my head. With that, they want to remember the things that happened. That means the truth, being real to the story, is incredibly important. No one wants a book full of mush, they want to remember the football we almost one, but still had a great time at. They want to remember the haunted house that almost killed a boy. These are things they want, so this is what we have to deliver, no matter how hard it is to do so. Overall, these past three years have been incredible. They have shown me what leadership, hard work and dedication can become when out all together.