While television has been a part of my life for all eighteen years, it hadn't actually affected me up until my junior year of high school. It wasn't until then that I realized that something so ordinary could actually help shape my future. My junior year of high school I was able to enroll in the television production class that released a biweekly news show that aired on a local station in my town. It was in that class where we, the students, were able to direct, report, edit, and produce a segment of our choice that would be aired on television for the town to see.
Reading this it just seems like I'm rambling about something totally unrelated and ridiculous but actually it was in this class that I realized what I wanted to do; what i wanted to study; what I wanted to become. Mid-year, a set of anchors were selected to "host" this news show we, as a class, produced and put on the air every other week. I, along with my best friend, was chosen.
From January to June, I read the news, introduced the stories, and hosted West Orange High School's TV36 News. After that, I knew exactly what I wanted to go to school for.
To go home and be able to scroll through channels and happen to stumble across your own face on the screen and to know that there were people all over town watching the same program with you as the star was an unbelievable feeling. It was through this particular medium that I was able to see my future. I can honestly say that because of television my life has changed. My future will ultimately be shaped because of something that has surrounded me for as long as I can remember. Now, I can say that I know what I want to be and where to set my goals and ambitions...because of television.
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