So school has started. I am up unable to sleep. So much to do and this is only the first week. I have a document to read for a course in Legal/Ethics. I am supposed to be reading Near v. Minnesota and finding something in it that has to do with the 14th Ammendment. It is a struggle. All legal speak. I’ve read pages 1- 4 twice. The document has 43 pages. Thank goodness this assignment won’t be discussed for another week because of the holiday.
And speaking of holidays, an assignment was given in Broadcast News Writing and Production today and is due on Monday. Monday is a holiday for all you 9 to 5′ers unless you are a fireman, doctor, nurse or work for the Parks Department or a journalist. On Monday morning at 10AM a 3 minute newscast script for radio is due by email. I’m proud of myself. I have already created an account for the broadcast lab assignments. I’ve read all 7 of the AP stories. Now it is just a matter of writing and timing myself.
It has been a long first week. I am not used to sitting in a classroom from 9:30 to 1:30 with one break, five minutes.
Yesterday was my first reporting day. It was a getting acquainted assignment. Each student was given a neighborhood beat. My beat includes Crown Heights. We were instructed to find fives sources with names and contact information. Our deadline was 4 o’clock for a debriefing session in our Craft Writing class. This sounds easier than it actually was. But I got it done.
I’ll go back to reading articles assigned on an electronic resevations list with the research library. This is a great new feature about going to back to school. Back in the old days, I would have had to hoof it to the school library to find that someone had the book out at the copy machine. And I can do it from home, at 1:48 in the morning!
The week isn’t over yet. I have a class at 9 AM-Research Tools. It’s really at 9:30, but if I tell myself otherwise, I’ll be late. And there is no being late with this program. I might make it easy on myself. If I shower now, and put my clothes on, I will be ready to leave at by 7 AM assuring myself a seat on the subway and time to read the papers before class.
