Hello everyone, for one last final time! I can’t believe that the end of the semester and my first year of university is here! It all seemed to go by so fast and crazy. My initial expectations for this course and my first impressions before taking it were beyond anything I could imagine. My high school teachers always told me that they were preparing us for university, but they were awfully wrong. My experience in this first year was unlike anything that they ever told me. The creative freedom that we had and the much more relaxed vibe that everyone had here was amazing, and I found the transition a Lot easier than I was told it was gonna be. I’ve found this first year of writing, producing, filming, and even acting (!!!!) so much easier to work hard at and enjoy than sitting in math class in high school. My classmates have all been amazing and I have never connected with a large group of people so easily. I made so many good memories this year, I cannot wait until the next to make even more! Is;m super grateful as well to have amazing instructors to mentor us, and joke around with us. The energy in class is always relaxed and easy going, which really allows me to be more creative and reach farther with my thoughts than ever before. This really affects my writing as well; I hated writing before this year, as the only form of it I was subject to in high school were essays and the odd poem here and there. Now I get to be goofy writing ads, write for the ear and not the eye, and just feel loser than ever before. It gives me a sort of feeling of relief to how free I can now be when writing. College has also broadened my horizons in the world of audio and video editing. I never new how to make somebody sound amazing or stitch video together seamlessly, let alone “make an edit” until this year. I now feel super confident in my production abilities and always have a blast making videos or commercials. To top all this off there’s even acting! I have never acted before this year and never planned in having any interest in it, but theater classes this year really opened my mind to it. I feel more comfortable in my own skin, and feel like I can collaborate with people more easily than ever before. Plus, acting is an amazing break from any stress and worry in life. just spending hours down on the stage goofing around with friends really takes lots of pressure of your chest, and gives a mental reset for any work left to do. Overall, my first year out of high school blew me away with the possibilities that life has to offer, and gave me so much optimism to my future in radio and media. I have learned so much this year and enjoyed all my experiences that I cannot wait until next year starts learn even more. My Teachers, classmates, and new mindset on school has made me enjoy getting up in the morning and going to class more than ever before.
I hope I can share some of my experiences of next year with you when the time comes, but I guess this is so long for now!
-Cole ❤
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