Day 1-Why Journalism?

Journalism is a word with many meanings, a proffesion, a hobby, a hated papparazzi photographer, or just a class to get another english credit. I'm here to learn. I'm here to learn about asking questions and translating answers, about taking pictures and using technology. School, some may say, is all for learning. Some people are lying. School is about getting through, learning how to live socially in our world with billions of other people. It's about manners, social expectations, relationships, and graduating. I have put my time in for 13 years, learning what i needed only to get to the next year. But now, Mrs Hall, i am ready to learn. At night, now, I go to bed thinking about what I'm going to do with my life, and after closing my eyes and going to sleep I dream of waiting in the waves with proffesionals, a paycheck from surfer magazine, and a journalist necklace that lets me travel the world the way I want to and getting paid for writing about it. Please, teach me the ways of a journalist.