The thing about journalism is that they ignore all the rules. Paragraphs must be kept to one or two sentences so readers don't see a really long paragraph and flip to the next page. And you have to be way more direct, and weird analogies and/or wordiness is frowned upon.
I got into journalism because I love to write. I was the dream English student in high school because I wrote assignments for fun. Even now in my Children's Lit. class (which is my favourite) I cannot wait to do my assignments because I think they're all so fun.
I'm not saying I want to switch majors. I like journalism, but if I could do anything I wanted for my career, anything at all, I would sit in a hole and write English papers. All day.
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You say that now. Wait till the day you have 4 english classes... That's my next semester... oh boy!
I would still love it. I'm good at english.
I suppose love is deeper than like. I'll have to remind myself while I am writing those eight or so english essays all in one semester that I too, love english. :) It is a fabulous subject. In fact I am currently writing an essay proposal. Yay!
"smiley" has a point. It's harder to love them when you have five papers due at once...you start running out of time and getting stressed out. And I love English. I eat and breathe english, and writing.
I still love it...but it does get a bit hectic.
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