
“How was your day?” My friend asks me, the same lines we’ve repeated since seventh grade. “Alright,” I say. I look up and smile, waiting. “Just alright?” She asks. “No, it was good,” I say. The bus driver comes then, sporting her usual stone-cold, don’t-even-try-me face. Swaying in step, each foot after the other. She reaches the doors, and prys them open with her long, gold-painted fingernails. We pour on through.
Our seats have been taken this year, and we slide into R9. I always take the window seat in the afternoon. We sit there in silence, and I look out through the glass.
I come home to be greeted by a wailing cat, and the music of my dad’s guitar. Set down my bag only to swing it back upon my shoulder, haul my rusting cruiser down brick steps, and ride on into town.
Just four years ago I stepped into my first journalism class, to find my all-consuming passion. I love it all: the hours of editing videos, meeting new people, photographing events, sitting in on town meetings, reading and writing…
I arrive, and park my bike by the street curb. Walk into the Sanford Herald. “Hey, Aida!” My editor calls out. “Hi!” I reply. “Come on back”.
I walk past people and piles of paper to sit down on the same broken rolly chair as I have for months. It squeaks as I scoot towards the desk. We discuss my recent article on the “Pirates of the Saint Juans Festival,” and the events that I’ll be covering for future issues.
Journalism is my passion. It’s all about the stories, the people. I don’t know where I’ll be a year from now, but I do know that all I want to do is film more videos, write more articles, and photograph more events. Who knows? Maybe someday I will be a National Geographic journalist.

Aida Lashinsky, Editor-in-Chief
May 02, 2016 | SEMINOLE REMINISCES ON PAST AS 2016’s SENIORS LEAVE (Story) |
Apr 01, 2016 | CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL (Story) |
Mar 02, 2016 | THE BIRDS AND THE BEES: ANIMALS GAIN PRESENCE ON CAMPUS (Story/Media) |
Feb 26, 2016 | PHOTO GALLERY: BLACK HISTORY SHOW (Media) |
Jan 29, 2016 | DAY IN THE LIFE: Girls Varsity Soccer Edition (Story) |
Jan 29, 2016 | SHS HOSTS DINNER WITH LANGSTON (Story) |
Jan 21, 2016 | FIRST WINTER WEEK OCCURS AT SEMINOLE (Media) |
Dec 11, 2015 | SHS TAKES ACTION AGAINST EXCESSIVE PRINTING (Story/Media) |
Dec 08, 2015 | LEADERSHIP HOLDS ANTI-BULLYING PEP RALLY (Story) |
Oct 21, 2015 | DAY IN THE LIFE: Step Team Edition (Story/Media) |
Apr 24, 2015 | ART SUBCONSCIOUSLY MOLDS MINDS (Story) |
Feb 05, 2015 | DAY IN THE LIFE: Leadership Edition (Story) |
Feb 03, 2015 | DAY IN THE LIFE: Football Edition (Story) |
Feb 03, 2015 | DAY IN THE LIFE: Dazzler Edition (Story) |
Jan 26, 2015 | DAY IN THE LIFE: CHEERLEADER EDITION (Story) |
Jan 07, 2015 | SHS MASCOT DESERVES MORE RESPECT (Story) |
Nov 20, 2014 | SEMINOLE PERFORMS IN ARTS ALIVE (Story) |
Nov 01, 2014 | NOVEMBER BRINGS NOVEL WRITING (Story) |
Oct 24, 2014 | INTERACT CLUB STANDS AGAINST SCHOOL BULLYING (Story) |
Sep 27, 2014 | IPADS ENTER CLASSROOMS (Story) |
Sep 24, 2014 | ALS CHALLENGE GOES VIRAL (Story) |
May 05, 2014 | CHUNKABLE: ACE THOSE AP EXAMS (Story) |
Apr 01, 2014 | SHS TO TEACH NEW LANGUAGES (Story) |
Feb 27, 2014 | BEAR-HUMAN INTERACTIONS IMPERIL ALL PARTICIPANTS: HOW TO PREVENT THEM (Story) |
Feb 25, 2014 | SHS DEFENDS TITLE IN ANNUAL ENVIROTHON (Story) |
Feb 24, 2014 | SHS SHOWCASES TALENT IN ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY SHOW (Story) |
Dec 11, 2013 | SHS’S CHORUS PERFORMS IN DISNEY’S CANDLELIGHT PROCESSIONAL (Story) |
Dec 07, 2013 | CHUNKABLE: SEMINOLE COUNTY’S DECEMBER HOLIDAY EVENTS (Story) |
Dec 05, 2013 | BULL RUNNING COMES TO U.S. (Story) |
Nov 23, 2013 | CHARLIE CRIST RETURNS (Story) |
Oct 21, 2013 | WORLD OF GERMS: EVERYDAY ITEMS HOUSE POTENTIALLY HARMFUL GERMS (Story) |
Oct 16, 2013 | U.S. STOPS VACCINATIONS: COULD POLIO RETURN? (Story) |
Oct 15, 2013 | LITTER LEFT ON CAMPUS: WHEN WILL STUDENTS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY? (Story) |
Sep 25, 2013 | WOMAN DIES ON SIX FLAGS ROLLER COASTER: HOW SAFE ARE AMUSEMENT RIDES? (Story) |
Sep 24, 2013 | 3D PRINTING WORKS ITS WAY INTO MORE PEOPLE’S LIVES (Story) |
Sep 23, 2013 | INVASIVE BURMESE PYTHONS MIGRATE NORTH (Story) |