Success can be disguised

round 11 Ashleigh and I were walking to Mr. Chambers office after our eleven o'clock class was canceled. When waiting for the gentleman in his office to leave me and Ashleigh saw a man in short cotton shorts and a worn out t-shirt walking down our halls. Ashleigh and I did everything we could from laughing in that mans face... although we did let out a chuckle or two. Two our surprise the man we were laughing at was our guest speaker in Mr. Chambers 12 class.

Jay Fagoust is a former eagle, Fagoust graduated from NCCU in 90's and was telling us about his journey down the road of success. He's a man of many talents, he use to be a boxer but got into journalism. He worked in the Campus Echo helping it develop a format and a standard. He talked about his opportunity to work either at a large newspaper or a smaller newspaper and how the best decision he could have made was to work for the smaller paper. Now he works for USA Today as a sports editor he is able to travel and really use his job to his advantage. I was telling us to know our particular interest like the back of our hand, and that it was also important to be good at more than one thing. Especially since our economy isnt the greatest, he said give them a reason to keep you around. Like every guest speaker he stressed the importance of internships. One thing that was different about Mr. Fagoust was that he offer to read our works and send back constructive criticism. I haven't heard any of our guest speakers said that which really means a lot. But we see how quickly he responds when i send him one... I kind of learned that patience is the key and not to just jump for the lime light or the newspaper with the highest circulation. I learned that you really need to take the small opportunities if they are presented for thats when you might learn the most.
Who knew that the man walking around in work out clothes would be a journalist for USA TODAY.... Success can be disguised....