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Anticipating Future Needs
Why your
English
Writing
grades by college
SHOULD BE
IMPRESSIVE...NOT
average or below.
Formal
education in
English
begins
in America
mostly in KINDERGARDEN
English speaking &
writing class for
8
years
in
grammar/middle school.
Most
students in America have
4
more years
of ENGLISH speaking & writing
in high school.
*
Improvement throughout is expected by all.*
Did
YOU prioritize this???
Even after all that, most American colleges and
universities REQUIRE
more
English speaking & writing classes
during the freshmen year.
By
this point, logic should tell you...with all that
emphasis, our society THINKS
a
well educated person
MUST
have
very good to excellent
English writing skills
to
succeed !
Also
by this point in your young adult lives, your
educational experiences,
your goals and research on how to achieve your goals,
plus crucial
CRITICAL THINKING
should be telling YOU college MUST prepare you for
career & professional needs, skills and abilities.
Time
for mastering the
English writing basics
is OVER!
The final clue...the
SJSU course catalog
requires
completion and passage of ENGLISH 1a and 1b
before
Journalism 61.
This is telling
everyone...a strong basic English writing skills
foundation
is a
most important
1st
asset
and
proof of readiness
for ANY future career!
But
really... think about it...
After
12 -13 years
of
English skills education
Average
grades or barely passing grades in
ENGLISH 1a & 1b =
NOT IMPRESSIVE.
Be
honest and ask yourself...High paying jobs in very
competitive media careers...
do you really THINK they want
average
or
self limiting
performers???
Blame whomever
you want...the
school system, your teachers, your
parents,...the bottom line remains...IT'S
ON YOU!
If
YOUR basic professional skills
set,
strong English writing, verbal communication
and spelling ability
are
WEAK,
FIX
THE PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW.
Otherwise LOOK in the mirror after graduation
when asking..." Why can't I get a media job?
Laura Burstein
Henry Wofford
Carla Castillo
Will Thomas
Marc Spears
Apple Producer SF Comcast Sports
TV News Anchor Washington DC
Anchor Yahoo Sports Writer
Successful
JOURNALISM 61 graduates
DEMONSTRATED in class
GOOD
basic English writing skills...GOOD
basic
English verbal skills
GOOD...spelling
skills &
GOOD
current events knowledge with
PASSION...
ALL
THE TIME
Otherwise, you may be fooling yourself
about
what is truly needed
to have the future
YOU
want.
Keep saying you'll
do
better later
when I am paid,
or be happy getting a
"C"
grade to pass
a course now...Many professionals see
and hear that as
a
LOSERS
mentality.
Dai
Sagano majored & graduated in photo journalism at SJSU.
He never balked about learning news writing or current
events
even though photography was his passion.
He's now a
multimedia professional for the SJ Mercury News.
Dai also won an
EMMY Award for a TV documentary he produced.
Journalism 61 taught him to use CRITICAL THINKING
in
everything.
Connect the dots
NOW while in college
for survival in
the future!
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