That’s it, it’s my last day at work and all I can I can say
about it is: THANK YOU Veejayen, Vishal and all the PR lecturers of Curtin. I
would never have thought that those boring PR tasks you gave us would have been
so useful one day but, hey guess what? THEY ACTUALLY ARE!
Without the module PR250 I would never have been able to do
those media clippings at work or know how to write a newsletter or a media
release without the module PR220. Thanks to my lecturers for pestering us to
complete those PR tasks.
We always hear everywhere "once you start working,
you'll know that you don't know anything about PR, it is all about experience
and nerves," it is right in a certain way and I prepared myself to this
ugly truth. But it seems that it was not completely true.
My colleagues (who did not study but have a lot of
communication experiences), were quite impressed by the PR skills I already
have, for example, I have been able to write a media release without any help,
which for me is one the most basic skills for a PR practitioner, but they told
me that they didn’t even know how to write one at the start of their career.
I told them that it was all about theory and certain
knowledge of case studies we did during tutorials. Then I realized that yes,
you do learn a lot with real-life experiences at work but we already know the
basic skills for a PR practitioner and this internship is meant to “complete”
our PR skills.
This is small message to remind all of us that if we are
here today, narrating our real-life experiences at work, it is all because of
what we have already learned at college, so be grateful for what you are
learning everyday.
The greatest gift I've been given has been the gift of
opportunity and learning, and I’m grateful for that.
Anne-Laure Ferry
15886512
CTI
