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Dear Sir:
I have been a journalist
since grade 5, well more likely a junior journalist. I have joined
lots of school competitions till 4th year and luckily have won each
one even though they all have only been division competitions.
I’m an incoming college
freshman and I’m currently choosing between two schools, UE and
Lyceum. I’m hoping you could give me some light in choosing which
would most likely provide me with a good background studies so as to
get me a good job that would help me. Please give me an answer I’m
really thinking this over really well.
Thank you for your time
Sincerely,
Sarah Joan B. Cruz
Dear Sarah,
When I was in my fifth grade in
primary school, I also started to love journalism. Even in my
high-school days, I would write for our school paper and devote my
extra time writing. I would also win competitions and bring pride to
my school. Hence, when it was clear to me that time that I really
would have to pursue a career in journalism and that I should take
mass communication.
To whatever reason there had, my
dream of pursuing a journalism study didn’t happen. Instead, I
took Electronics and Communications Engineering—pretty far from
what I love doing.
But then, when I was in my second
year in college, I thought engineering isn’t for me. Even if I
graduate and pass the board, I am certain that I will not enjoy it.
That time, I also figured out that after my graduation, ECE industry
may already be saturated. There would be a limited slot for ECE and
if I wouldn’t have a very clear edge, then I’d be left behind. I
might not get a good job, lest a good pay.
I decided to redefine my career
trail. If I’d look for some ways to harness my journalistic
skills, they maybe I’d have a greater chance to do what I love and
then be the best at it. And so I joined our student publication.
This decision has changed my life
for good. Soon I became the head of the student publication, had a
chance of creating a national organization of campus journalists,
and had the chance of writing for The Manila Times.
Our decision makes of breaks our
dreams. There are millions of people who would like this and that.
They seem to like almost everything yet doing nothing. Every
achievement has a price to pay. And making and managing a decision
is one of its prices.
Another key to personal
achievement is your ability to discern the future. Many of us make
an excuse of not having seen the future that’s why they fail. I
think every one of us has the ability to have a glimpse of what the
future would likely to be.
If we know that we are prepared
for opportunities, then our future would most likely be clear—we
will be successful. But if we know that we are not capable of
achieving something, then we can see that we won’t succeed. If we
have planted enough, then tomorrow there will be a harvest.
Success is simply about you. How
you make your future is dependent on how well you work on yourself.
It is not and will never be about the school. Over the years, I’ve
seen how irrelevant the “schools” are to succeed in life. Even
if you enroll in a high-class school and you are lazy, will you make
it? The answer is no.
Quality education isn’t
something that works from outside to inside. It works from
inside-out. You study your lessons well and get as much experience
as you could and that is the quality you will get.
Pursue what you love doing and I
promise you will be best at doing it.
To your life best designed,
LLOYD LUNA
[Lloyd Luna, the author of Is
There a Job Waiting for You?, is a career philosopher, a website
engineer and a motivational speaker. He is the president and CEO of
LLOYDLUNA Communications. Do e-mail at Lloyd@)lloydluna.com and
visit www.lloydluna.com. To send message type LUNA <your
message> send to 2299.]
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