This may have been the crappiest, wackiest, stupidest, craziest and laziest assignment I wrote (But I bet I can't beat Gaurav on the "crazy" part).
Anyways, the Reporting and Writing class, undertaken by Prof. Ron Feemster, was today focused on observation and how crucial are observation skills for a good reporter. So, the assignment was to spread out, spot any location within the campus and observe the sight, smell, sounds, colours, temperature, heat, cold, anything and everything at all that you observe and write what about it in about 15 minutes.
Sounds easy? It isn't really.
Here's what I wrote. After writing this, I have realized how productive (or unproductive) a span of 15 minutes can be depending on how you decide it to be.
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The persistent sound of the squirrel made me look at the trees. I could hear it but it took me a while to finally spot one sitting on one of the branches. When I tried going near it, it hurried away until it became invisible again. But it never stopped squeaking. This noise was temporarily disturbed by the shrill noise of the horn of the yellow BGS school bus that sped by the adjacent road. When I tried distracting myself from the squeaking noise of the squirrel, which had emerged once again once the sound of the bus had died, I could hear the sound of an air-conditioner. I looked around to find one and walked further towards the college building. I probably should have looked where I was walking. But the bite of a big, fat, red ant reminded me sharply that I had stepped on an ant-hill. My shriek, that followed, beat all other noises and sounds around-the squirrel's squeak and the birds' chirps. The driver of the next bus on the adjacent road probably heard it too. Even the sight of a beautiful, red and green butterfly that dared enough to hover near me could not make me forget the pain.
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And I'm expected to be a good "reporter"....
