I distinctly remember the day I wrote my first story for Journalism 1. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of comments there were on my story. “Who said this?”, “WHO’S “THE JUDGE?”, “Your structure makes no sense.”

I vaguely remember Journalism 1 was a little underwhelming at the time considering it was over Zoom, however, I couldn’t help the fact that I was mesmerized by Mr List. I thought he was the coolest person ever being somebody who worked at the LA times and was passionate about politics. One of my favorite memories from Journalism 1 was when Mr. List couldn’t get into the Zoom call until five minutes before class ended. Another being when Jeremiah Jung forgot to mute his microphone while being on call with Ethan Ro.

I was overwhelmed with what was soon to be my main extracurricular for the next four years of my life. My first year on the Bullseye was one I’ll never forget. I can’t forget the multitude of lunches I spent in Ms. Chen’s room trying to meet high expectations when it came to designing my layout. Although it was (at the time) very stressful to meet deadlines and learn how to use Indesign for the first time of my life, I believe that was the last and best year of Journalism there was.

After experiencing my all four years of different advisors, I saw how the Bullseye is going in a completely different direction. I couldn’t be more grateful to witness and work with the people beside me. I’ll never forget our memorable deadline nights, our laughs, and stressful moments.

Many people overlook and don’t realize the amount of effort that goes into constantly editing stories, editing layouts, designing graphics and more. However, I believe that the paper taught me how to work hard and how to work with others, even if it’s hard to. I discovered a version of myself that I found while being on the paper that I don’t think I would have discovered for any other extracurricular.

This year, we decided to go hybrid: going back and forth from publishing on our website to publishing our newspaper. It was a big adjustment getting around bad communication and overcoming senioritis, however this year I’ve never felt more connected to the staff than this year. I loved doing the Connections everyday with Jianlan, Evelyn, and Joanne as well as playing Brawl Stars with Hilary and Jeremiah (after our work was done of course)…

Outside of being just a Journalism student, I’ve enjoyed most of my high school career. The people I met and lost have truly shaped me for the better. I’ve learned to say yes to more things that put me out of my comfort zone and have discovered beautiful things through them. As much as I’m going to miss my high school days and afterschool missions with my greatest friends, I’m so excited to see what lies ahead of me in the future.