Aspiring reporter learns a hard lesson in the rules of journalism
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EL PASO – Ever since I can remember I have always wanted to be a writer. When I was in high school I was a student who constantly got into trouble for various things, and once an angry teacher asked me what I was going to do with my life. I thought he wanted to open up and talk and I answered him that I wanted to be a writer. He laughed at me and stated: “The way you’re headed, I wouldn’t be surprised if I see you asking for money in the streets and living under a bridge.”
Those words always stuck to me, that is until I enrolled in college. I never finished high school and began working, eventually got married and had a daughter.