“Finding my forte”: Roman Pallotto, Editor in Chief

The Holly Spirit was one of those clubs I joined simply because all my friends were joining it. Writing had never been one of my fortes so going into this I thought it would be one of my many phases. Little did I know, this club helped me create some of the pieces of work I have been most proud of in my time at RV. My experience with this club can best be described as an unforeseen blessing. Do you know those times when you’re feeling ambitious and sign yourself for a bit more than you can handle? Yeah…that’s exactly the mood I was in when I signed up for the newspaper. Then you come to the realization that you may have overexerted yourself and have to resort to dropping half the things you signed yourself up for.

But with The Holly Spirit I never had that afterthought. I never felt as if I was too ambitious after joining the club. This group gave me the chance to write about things I actually had an interest in. I always thought my writing was mediocre because my English classes never gave me the chance to showcase the writings I wrote with enjoyment and passion. The Holly Spirit gives you that opportunity. Listen…I am not the person to tell you the whole spiel about “Try new things!! You won’t regret it!!” because you probably hear that enough. All I have to say is I got lucky with this club and even ended up as the Editor in Chief. It’s not because I was in the mood to try new things. I gave the club a chance. I was only following what my friends were doing and ended up enjoying being in the newspaper. But it’s because I gave myself a chance at something I thought I was bad at that allows me to sit here on my computer and reminisce about my time with the paper.

I also cannot forget to mention the ones who kept me in the club too. It’s thanks to the previous editors and writers that kept pushing me to do better. It was Mrs. Sherman especially who really opened my eyes to the joys of writing. She made something people see as time consuming and exhausting be so fulfilling and something I truly am proud of. It’s your choice to find your forte and no matter how many people tell you to try new things, it’s on you to actually give it a chance.