Last Monday, Arianna and I were told that our article was not going to be published in the magazine. The moment I heard those words, my heart stopped; I felt really disappointed in myself. While we were given an explanation about why the article was not to be published, I started to understand. I was really, really worried. Not about my grade, because I've got to understand it's just a number, but about how I had let down Mr. Bon and the writing editors. Even though we were given a small extension that might have given us the chance to publish the article, I still felt that guilt inside me. That panic moment really struck me.
Arianna and I stayed that same day in school to finish the article and when we did I felt some kind of relief. By now, I was starting to realise that even though I didn't want to believe it, the article was in no shape to publish it. It wasn't polished completely and it was still on the first draft since we had changed everything. I was scared.
Up until Thursday I had started to understand why it shouldn't be published (even though we still didn't know if the article was going to get published or not). When we were told that even after re-making our article it would not be published I completely understood, even though I was still a little disappointed. It took a lot of thinking about that panic moment that made me realise that we need to stop taking things for granted. We were counting on an extension which had yet to be settled to actually finish the article. With the magazine's layout and the cover soon to be due, my mind had completely forgotten about the content part that I had to fulfil.
I'm still trying to figure out what is the biggest and most important takeaway from this experience, but up until now, I've had several thoughts come to my head. Even though this is very weird to say, I feel grateful towards Mr. Bon, Vale and Cristobal for telling me my article was not going to be published. It takes a lot of trust and bravery to say it and mean the best.
Arianna and I stayed that same day in school to finish the article and when we did I felt some kind of relief. By now, I was starting to realise that even though I didn't want to believe it, the article was in no shape to publish it. It wasn't polished completely and it was still on the first draft since we had changed everything. I was scared.
Up until Thursday I had started to understand why it shouldn't be published (even though we still didn't know if the article was going to get published or not). When we were told that even after re-making our article it would not be published I completely understood, even though I was still a little disappointed. It took a lot of thinking about that panic moment that made me realise that we need to stop taking things for granted. We were counting on an extension which had yet to be settled to actually finish the article. With the magazine's layout and the cover soon to be due, my mind had completely forgotten about the content part that I had to fulfil.
I'm still trying to figure out what is the biggest and most important takeaway from this experience, but up until now, I've had several thoughts come to my head. Even though this is very weird to say, I feel grateful towards Mr. Bon, Vale and Cristobal for telling me my article was not going to be published. It takes a lot of trust and bravery to say it and mean the best.