25 February 2010

to be [a cadet journalist] or not to be...that is the question

If your imagination is nearly as silly as mine, then you probably have the theme song to that American Comedy series, "Police Academy" playing in your head. Or perhaps, maybe even the theme song to the Disney cartoon series, "Recess" playing in your head.

Enough about music...

Because we are part of the INL Cadet School, we have to open an accompanying blog to go along with it, which you can check out here  http://www.neocadet.blogspot.com/  (I am not very inventive with names, as you can see).


But now, the Cadet School has got people a little confused. Besides the fact that we don't wear cadet uniforms, which is highly dissapointing, since journalists are well known for being poor dressers and an army/navy uniform might not have been a bad idea to hide our crimes against fashion. But alas, the Cadet School trust's us enough to let us pick our own clothes (bless them) as well as our own titles, it seems..

Which is where confusion on whether or not we are "cadet journalists" or simply "journalists". The logic behind the latter being that we are in a cadetship and are therefore cadets.
So my logic (which may have been taited by too much fresh air during my time in the bundus) dictates that we are all journalists and the fact that we are in a cadetship merely suggests that we are honing skills which we already possess. I mean why spend four years of your life (that you will never get back) on a journalism diploma just so you can call yourself, a "cadet journalist" a few months later?

How is anyone supposed to take us seriously if we sign off our emails with:

Regards
Neoscribes
Cadet Journalist blah blah blah??

nah, I do not think it makes any sense. And I wonder if anyone will be able to make sense of this post, which might not make any sense at all??

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