Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
The Pirates’ Hook (PH): What interested you in the role you are in a yearbook?
Samantha Fischer (SF): Well, the role that interests me most is probably interacting with other students and being able to see the yearbook come together throughout the year.
PH: What was the thing you liked about yearbook?
SF: I would say just seeing the yearbook coming together and being able to see students, especially seniors, enjoy the yearbook. But they don’t know the hardship that we did to put it together for them.
PH: What were some benefits and skills you’ve learned from being in yearbook?
SF: Benefits that I have I’ve learned while being in the yearbook is talking to people. I’m already good with being able to talk to people.
PH: Llike to communicate?
SF: Yeah. But sometimes it can be harder to talk to people that you don’t know. Usually, people don’t know what to expect when you have interviews, so making people feel comfortable is also important. I also learned how to be able to expand my critical thinking, coming up with captions and stories.
PH: What is the yearbook like on a day-to-day basis?
SF: On a day to day basis, the yearbook students come in, do the bell ringer. [Then] either interviews or figuring out who would do coverage for the day, whether there’s an orchestra event or like a sporting event and how we’ll cover that event for photos.
PH: Since you’ve done everything in the yearbook, what would you say were the hardest things you’ve done?
SF: I don’t really have a hardest thing that I’ve done ’cause I feel like now, since I’ve been in yearbook for so long, I’ve adjusted to it. But I would say my hardest thing would be in my first year just because I didn’t really understand how to work the software. And realistically, I was in there because my friends were in there, but I ended up taking it longer than I expected. But overall, I do enjoy yearbook and I think that students should join because it’s a very fun class and you can learn a lot.
