Our high school seniors graduate today. It's always a joy to go through this exercise as part of the faculty because there is so much therapy in releasing these kids into the wild. Today, though, I am looking at my own "graduation" of sorts--leaving a job field that I have been passionate about since 1992. I love journalism. I love the success that my students gained in this field. But, as with all good things--time to move on.
I really knew I had made the right decision about two weeks ago when two adorable sophomore boys decided to pour glue all over their hands while we were evaluating presentations on media history. I didn't even get upset. I just stared aghast. But I firmly sent them down to the principal's office. They were truly sorry. But I wasn't. I'm feel like I need a change. Those types of incidents are not why I love the field of journalism or teaching.
So, even as I embark on my new job as a technical writer--unknown, different, foreign come to mind--I know that everything I have done in my life has led me here. And I can truly thank the online master's degree from Full Sail for getting me here.
Thus, even though graduation day is still two months away, I feel like I am at graduation rehearsal by sending in my Action Research project this week. It's a culmination of stuff that is currently going on in the journalism world and a chance to show off my skills as a pretty successful student.
Along the way, I have had caring and helpful teachers give me information that I didn't know that I needed to know. I hope I have provided that same level of care and teaching for these graduates today as well. So congrats to all the seniors this year and to my EMDT cohorts for making this far as well!
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