ConfessionS Of A SleePlesS MinD

Kermit suffers blow from newswriting class

By Kermit

SINGAPORE - Kermit, a student of the news writing class suffered a blow to his ego today when only one of his four articles was selected for the class online newspaper.

During news writing class today, the executve editor of the class newspaper, XXX Tan, announced the articles that have been selected for the online publication. Only one, out of a possible four articles, that Kermit had written was selected.

"I felt my ego crushed," said Kermit. "Why did they pick only one of my articles when many of the rest of the class had two or more articles chosen?"

"I feel that my suicide feature should have been selected."

Kermit chose to write a feature story on NUS students with suicidal tendencies and the adequacy of the school's counselling centre to combat this issue. He had put in a great amount of effort for this suicide piece as he had conducted three interviews and researched online for statistics for this feature story.

"The tutor gave me good comments and a high grade for this feature story," said Kermit sorely. "I don't see why it shouldn't be published."

Hao, Kermit's alter ego, feels sorry for Kermit but sees rejection as a part of life.

"He spent a lot of time on the piece but that's the kind of bitch life is," said Hao. "Get over it and live with it".

After much contemplation and self-reflection, Kermit accepted the fact that his work was simply "not up to standard" or that his piece did not have enough "newsworthiness".

"Perhaps I just overestimated and thought too highly of my work," Kermit said. "In life, expectations are not always met."

The executive editor and his team had a hard time ensuring that at least one work from each of the 20 writers was published. At the same time, the team also had to ensure that stories did not overlap and that the published articles were newsworthy.

XXX Tan and his team of had not been reached for comments because Kermit did not approach them.

Kermit has since gotten over the blow to his ego and moved on with life.

posted by KERMIT @ 2:00 AM