SIOBHAN GERBER 13113144 DATE:8 AUGUST 2014 My story of how I became a publishing student!
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SIOBHAN GERBER 13113144 DATE:8 AUGUST 2014
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From the beginning Reading and writing was something I always
enjoyed for as long as I can remember. Whether I was reading to
myself or having a story to me, I had the ability to create the
scenes in my head. From a young age my favourite fairy-tale is The
little mermaid.
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Years later Although I was never one to be fully engrossed in
books round my early teens. I read the odd book, but got involved
in a really dorky comic book called Archie. Though I believe this
was the start to my love of reading.
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High School years As high school came along, we were all forced
to read prescribed books which included Shakespeare. But with high
school came my love for literature and history. The two things I
became very excited about which I exceeded by my matric year. Books
became my escape.
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Matric and the year after
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Application Though what a mission that was itself. After
deciding what my future will be I applied early in march. But
waited and waited for months eventually finding out myself and
finally accepted into The University of Pretoria.
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My inspiration Although books were not the only factors
contributing to my decision but it was found in movies, three in
particular. These were the Devil wears Prada and How to loose a guy
in 10 days. The last but most influential is Julie and Julia.
Watching scenes of food and an insight of the publisher of Julia
Childs cook book, created a spark to make my decision. The idea of
also working for a magazine that includes stories as well as
creativity highly intrigues me. The idea of reading for a living
can only be THE BEST job for me. I love you learn about new things
and stories are the only way to do so. One thing for definite is
that I always knew is that I want to work in a fun, creative
workplace.
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My inspiration 2.0 Magazines are not my only interest, it is
Food and baking.my love for food and baking was stimulated from my
early teens from my mom. She did a course in food and of course
knew how to cook. This got me interested and I started learning
from a young age. And with that every weekend there were either
biscuits being baked or cake. This had spiked my interest and it
has only grown with age. My dream is create my own baking and cook
book with my secret recipes to be shared to all. Publishing can
help me achieve this as well as work closely with cook writers and
publish their books. And better yet, I get to try each recipe to my
liking.
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Publishing- Now and the future Now in my second semester, I am
only but enjoying my course even more. This semester I have my
first publishing module and I love it from the time It starts to
the time the session ends. I never thought I would become a
publisher. Truth be told, I always thought id become a vetinerian,
Id been saying that since I was six but my love for words had
pushed me into a completely different direction. My goals of course
is to continue my love for books and excel in life in something I
love to do. Literacy has had a big impact in my life, right from
the time I read, The little Mermaid, still my favourite story to
this day.
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