Quite the Learning Curve

Since starting this job at the Phillips County Newspaper, I have received a lot of encouragement and positive feedback from many of our readers. For that, I am very thankful. I was very nervous taking this job, mainly because it is something that I have never done before. Nothing like it at all. Not since high school have I written so much. And my teachers back then would probably tell you I didn’t write that much then.

I did send my high school English teacher a message, telling her what I was about to embark on. I’m pretty sure she fainted. It took a few minutes for her to reply, but when sh...