If there’s one piece of advice I can give to everyone entering college and in life it’s simple: Get involved.
Nothing annoys me more than when a person says that they want to succeed in a career field and yet all they do is school and parties.
People like that will never get ahead. I don’t like to quote R. Kelly but you’ve got be a “go getta.”
I want to go into sports journalism.
Whether it is in broadcast or print, it doesn’t matter to me.
Since my freshman year I’ve produced sports television shows on WMJF (campus T.V. station), written for The Towerlight, and spent time with XTSR and WTMD radio.
No offense to any of my professors, but I’ve learned so much more by working in these fields than I did in any classroom and I feel sorry for anyone who is relying on just that.
Motivation can take you anywhere no matter where life takes you. I used to play basketball in high school and I was pretty good.
But after my sophomore year I developed a spinal injury that ended my playing career.
It was devastating to me but it made me mature as a person.
I came to realize that everything happens for a reason.
My next year I was placed in a newspaper and television production class by some random guidance counselor and it was there that I realized that my dream of a career in sports didn’t have to end.
So I started working hard towards my goals, spending time after class and making as many connections as possible.
By my senior year I was the sports editor of the paper, an intern for Comcast SportsNet and the assistant coach on the varsity basketball team.
I came to college at Towson and within my first week I was working at the paper and television station.
The point is that I wasn’t expecting to get a back injury and it ruined what I thought I was going to do with my life.
But now I can thank God for that disaster because it made me who I am today.
Now when I apply for jobs I have a lot more on my resume than the average college graduate and it’s all because I was willing to work hard and learn. Get involved, go for what you want and positive things will follow.
I promise you that.
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