The Day Times Year Begins!

As the Day Times starts to begin layout for our second issue of the year, I have started to become accustomed to my role as a Senior Editor. To be honest, there is more work than I anticipated; I expected more of an advisory role to young, inexperienced Day Timers, but have received actual assignments they need work and much thought. For instance, this issue my fellow Senior Editors and I are responsible for both the editorial on Plum Market and the design of the back page. In order to be successful, I needed to fully embody IB learning outcomes 4 and 5: working collaboratively with others and showing preservance in my activities. As a senior, a bit of “senioritis” has threatened to creep into my formerly diligent work habits. I know the effects will first be seen in an activity like newspaper, where perceived less responsibility would cause me to “slack off” and neglect my duties to the paper. I have to actively remind myself that I still have to serve out the last year of my time on the newspaper and do so with energy and enthusiasm for my love of journalism.

Nirali, Sunny, Nithya, Lulu, and I have put in hard work this issue that we maintain the quality of the editorial and back page to the high standard it has always been kept. Though we suffered some setbacks in regards to meeting deadlines, we got the work done and we did it well.