Back to School

I've been off Uni for the Easter Holidays since the end of March and today was the first torturous lecture back. I don't know if torturous is a word but the spellcheck seems to accept it. But funnily enough has a problem with the word spellcheck!

Anyway, the only module I have this semester is Work Based Learning. I'm sure I've moaned about it on here before but it seems like free labour for a greedy employer for me. I've already done half of my hours at the List and I'm so, so grateful for that. That placement was amazing and I'll probably be focusing on that one in my report. However, my next placement is really taking the piss. (Sorry, couldn't think of a more elegant way to put it.)

By boss is already taking full advantage of my nice nature, inability to say no or do a half hearted job and my absolute desperation to get good marks in this module. She's got me running ragged around Warrington for her before my placement has even started! I've also found out that the journalist that I'm supposed to be working with has left. I'm going to be running the stories by myself. Lets just go over that; sourcing stories, getting interviews and photographs and writing them up for printing in the paper.

Fair enough its going to be a brilliant experience, but I have absolutely no idea how a local paper is run. I have no idea what kind of stories to cover and I have absolutely no contacts in Warrington or anywhere else for that matter!

Work experience is taking over my life at the moment and I'm kind of wishing this placement was over before it's even started. I don't want to be given that amount of responsibility when I'm only on work placement. I shouldn't be expected to have perfect shorthand, research and writing skills. I know I should be at a decent enough level to be able to write. But to do absolutely everything myself when I know for a fact the editor isn't in the office all the time is a bit unrealistic.

So basically, I'm scared. I feel like too much is being asked of me already, in a place where I'm not too keen to try and excel. We'll see how it goes. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised!