Over 108 hours and 432 pages later, it is about time for a bitter-sweet goodbye. For the past three years I have serviced the FHS Press and yearbook. Although a gru-eling process, I gradu-ate with no re-grets regarding this class. However, my family may disagree.
Never did I know the true definition of complaint and stress until enrolling in Print Media Work-shop– PMW for short. After learning the truth behind such feelings through events in the class, my family was but some victims of the toll that the class took on my peers and especially me. My family’s interac-tion with the class got to the point where I would walk in the door and my grandmother would ask “Alright, who didn’t do their yearbook page?” Unfortu-nately, PMW is both taxing in school and out.
Even with the stress and consistent fretful feelings that I encountered as an as-sistant, managing and head yearbook editor, I would relive those moments over again. Print Media has been by far one of my fa-vorite classes. I continued to take it year after year because I believed that this is one of the few classes at Freedom that actually prepares you for the real world and college. I’ve learned so many concepts that I never paid any attention to before such as close and careful editing, writing styles and de-sign elements. With fast deadlines and high expectations, the course resembles what college life will be like.
In Print Media we have the option to write and design any story or page we want. We take it on ourselves to do the work that we chose to get the grade. If that doesn’t prepare you for the college, academic life-style, nothing will.
Its structure provided a well-rounded curriculum that enhanced my writing abili-ties and creativity. Print Media is one of the groups that keep hard work and academic achievement alive in Freedom High School. I would highly recommend this class to anyone interested in learn-ing all the important criteria of a great student.
In the realization that I will not be back another year to work on the year-book, I am very sad that it will be my last year. However, I am grateful for the knowledge and ever-lasting memories the class has given me. The students I leave behind the class are fully capable of continuing on the legacy of distributing an excellent FHS Press and yearbook. I leave proud to call myself an old Print Meteor.