I came here for a journalism and will leave with a different degree. But my passion for journalism will remain the same, and will continue after college. I'm just taking a different route to get there.
It took me about three semesters of college to realize that college classes weren't do-nothing-and-still-get-an-A high school classes. By then it was too late to retrace my steps to try and succeed to even begin in the journalism school. With embarrassment for my failure, I hesitantly switched to another arts based major.
It hasn't been easy. I see my friends scrambling through tough classes and running around campus with cameras and get incredibly jealous of the camera skills they learn that I'll have to learn myself. At low points I make fun of myself and make jokes about how I failed out when inside I'm just really upset with myself.
How lucky you are if you get to graduate from Mizzou with a journalism degree? The opportunities are endless- just the name on your diploma opens at entire set of doors for you. And beyond that, the skills you've learned and the connections you've made will send you to infinity and beyond.
I lost all that opportunity when I let my grades and myself down my first year. But a passion for investigating and writing still sets a fire inside of me, and I'll keep fighting for that devotion inside of me, now matter how I get knocked down or how I get there.
Catch me in New York in a few years writing for a publication and living out my dream, journalism degree or not. I'll have a contagious attitude for life and a spark in my step for a job that I love.
