Being a senior I was apprehensive about coming to MGA as a first-timer this year. I took on the job as reporter, which my fellow peers at home dubbed "the freshman job." Well, I wouldn't mind being a freshman, because I loved reporting!
I got a press pass that allowed me to to go to the Senate and Delegate houses and pull students for interviews. Being a social person anyway it was great to have an excuse to talk to new people and get to know what makes them tick (and I think many were relieved to stretch their legs a little after a long day of debating). I got to write an article on a candidate for Youth Attorney General, and it was so much fun to do. I wrote about her political stance, but also her interests and things that we bonded from (such as the fact that she's enrolled in a VASTS online course, which I did last year), which I knew would make her smile. After we waited for the paper to be xeroxed, which ended up being 14 pages long, we put them everywhere people would see them. I was so proud to have my name under my articles for all of MGA to read.
My perspective on MGA might be a little different from most, because I'm going into a performing arts major in college next year, so politics is not in my future thus far, but I found it to be very beneficial in that respect. The more an actor is able to understand different lifestyles the more diverse she can be in the roles she plays. I was put in an environment where I was allowed to act like a reporter, secretary, and politician while observing other people who have those as actual jobs. It gives me a real look into the lives of these people and how hurried, stressful, yet rewarding these jobs can be.
I loved the experience at MGA and my only regret is that I did not attend earlier in my high school career, but even from just one year at MGA I have learned so much about my peers and my role models.
Caitlin McAvoy (Turner Ashby High School)
I got a press pass that allowed me to to go to the Senate and Delegate houses and pull students for interviews. Being a social person anyway it was great to have an excuse to talk to new people and get to know what makes them tick (and I think many were relieved to stretch their legs a little after a long day of debating). I got to write an article on a candidate for Youth Attorney General, and it was so much fun to do. I wrote about her political stance, but also her interests and things that we bonded from (such as the fact that she's enrolled in a VASTS online course, which I did last year), which I knew would make her smile. After we waited for the paper to be xeroxed, which ended up being 14 pages long, we put them everywhere people would see them. I was so proud to have my name under my articles for all of MGA to read.
My perspective on MGA might be a little different from most, because I'm going into a performing arts major in college next year, so politics is not in my future thus far, but I found it to be very beneficial in that respect. The more an actor is able to understand different lifestyles the more diverse she can be in the roles she plays. I was put in an environment where I was allowed to act like a reporter, secretary, and politician while observing other people who have those as actual jobs. It gives me a real look into the lives of these people and how hurried, stressful, yet rewarding these jobs can be.
I loved the experience at MGA and my only regret is that I did not attend earlier in my high school career, but even from just one year at MGA I have learned so much about my peers and my role models.
Caitlin McAvoy (Turner Ashby High School)
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