10/13 edition

Today, the class critiqued the paper. Even though the form has seen a lot of improvement, the substance still need a lot of work.
I have the bad habit to make my sentences too long and complicated. Instead, I should try to have simple and well structured sentences.
And this is a bad habit I have since childhood. The bad ones are hard to get rid of. I can distinctly hear my mother telling me "You need to have smaller and simpler sentences" after proof-reading one of my work in 6th or 7th grade. I still have the same kind of mistake now, which is unfortunate. Only practice good change that. So my goal for this week is to write more. Write on the blog, write for my classes, write for the newspaper, of course.
This week is going to be busy. I have to work on an essay for English 2, have a presentation and report for my photography class. I also have to get all of the information for my wildlife article before friday. I also will be reporting on an art exposition on Thursday.
So yes, I am kept busy.

Last article

For last issue of the Voice, I was in charge of reporting on the Student Senate. It was the first time I had to takes notes at a meeting. The Senate takes place in a room with a big oval table which fit about 20 persons. All the senators sit around the table, and the public sit on chairs following the walls, which are actually big window glass.
So I brought my brand new voice recorder, but it turned out to be useless as I was on the side so I couldn't get a good sound. Moreover, the senators weren't very loud which made it even hard for me to actually know what they were saying. I took a few notes that weren't quite helpful either. The meeting was very long, and I left before the end after 3 hours.
I found out the hardest part was actually write about the meager pieces of informations that I got. I didn't know how to turn my article, and what to focus on. My first draft was too much like a feature story not enough like a news story. So I was a little frustrated when I had to rethink my article because I didn'thave much material for it anyway.
Eventually, I had the idea to contact the president of the Senate and ask her a few questions that would fill my article.
My article turned out fine for how it started, so that I am even happy about it.