I’m heading out soon and for those of you who I didn’t get a chance to see before I left I just wanted to say goodbye. It was nice knowing you all.
Gosh it went by fast huh? Too fast.
-Sarah D.– Features (for the next hour)
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This is the end
When today closes, the summer 2008 internship class at The Oklahoman officially graduates. It’s been about two months since the class first met at that oh-so-long one-two punch called orientation. I think it’s safe for me to speak for everyone when I say these two months have flown by. I also think it’s safe of me to speak for everyone when I say we’ll be walking out of here with a tighter grip on our craft. After all, that was the point of this internship.
As I sit in the newsroom at 7:50 a.m. this fine Friday, I find myself wondering “what if?” What if I never talked to Joe Hight, who mentioned an internship to me? What if I never acted on it? What if I went to college to study chemisty like I had planned? Oh, what ifs are fun to think about. But sometimes I’d rather not ask that question; I’d rather just relish in the moment.
This two-month period has been one gigantic moment, and I’ve relished it to the point of exhaustion.
There are no regrets from this intern. And to quote Bilbo Baggins: “I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” Kidding about the second part.
So, fellow interns, and even you, bosses and bigwigs: it’s been good. (And feel free to hire me at any time.)
-Richard Hall, NewsOK.com
