Senior year starts in a week! It's been a hectic summer, and with 5 AP classes and Broadcast Journalism and Model UN and College Apps headed my way, I guess the chaos won't stop anytime soon.
Summer was fantastic. Spending a month at Oxford University studying Journalism and International Business was nothing but enriching and I'm so thankful for that learning experience. We produced a magazine called The Visitor in my Journo class and I learned a lot about Game Theory and decision-making in my Business class.
Journalism was truly remarkable. The people I was so blessed to work with, including my teacher, Paul, were so incredibly amazing. Staying up until 4:30 AM the night before print was exhausting, no doubt, but it was the best type of exhausting. It was hard work, but it was work that I loved to do.
During my month at Oxford I also got to tour the British Broadcasting Corporation, also known as the BBC. I got to see the BBC newsroom, live feed from the news desk as the anchors were reporting, and I even got to give anchoring a try at a mini-demo desk. I've done some anchoring before, but I was so nervous that my heart was racing and I messed up a bit! I've decided that I want to work for the BBC someday, and that might be ambitious and too "reach-for-the-stars" type of thing, but I love England and being a proper journalist at one of the best networks in the world would make me nothing but happy.
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| Robbi and I anchoring at the BBC |
After my month at Oxford I got to spend a week in London, South of France, and Paris before heading home. I must say, London was my favorite out of all of them. It might be my favorite city of all!
The fact that I'm going to be graduating high school in a year makes me squirm. I just feel so old! I can't believe by this time next year, I'll be settled in at university. It's crazy how time flies...
...and I still haven't finished my summer homework. Oops!
PS: I promise that next post will be something political! Probably about Edward Snowden and Egypt! :)
