Show thoughts...

As outlined in my Grad application (and were I to do a project instead of a paper), I'm interested in creating a show aimed at current and future post secondary students, their families, friends, etc. It would take a look at issues, programs of study, schools across Canada and perhaps even feature a contest or a live band. Info/talk/variety, with a cool host (or two). A show one might see finding a home on CLT or Rogers. I was originally set on shooting it in our HD studio, but I think I'd be just as happy to take an HD camera out into the field to, say, Western or U of T. Hell, it'd be fun to take the show on the road, so's I could prove all Torontonians aren't so damned ethnocentric. ;)

My purpose? Well, I was the first in my family to go to university. I didn't get much help in the way of decent direction/tips/advice from my high school, and there was no one in my family to consult. I ended up at the wrong university in the wrong program, and (pretty much) wasted several years in the process. Thankfully, it all worked out, but still. A show that could provide students and their families with an informational and entertaining look at options and issues...definitely something I could have used (and would have watched!). It would be a relatively cheap show to produce (should CLT or a similar outlet be interested in picking it up), and it would fulfill my "giving back" goal; I find myself sincerely caring about students, and that's entirely Ryerson's doing.

I still need to decide whether to do the project or the paper. In my next entry, I'll discuss my paper ideas!