by Evan Joseph ’23

The thing I am most proud of regarding my time at Sherwood has to be joining the newspaper. In the beginning, I was just a little freshman intimidated by the upperclassmen around me in the class, but now I could not be any happier that I stuck with it. Although I might have been unnerved by my surroundings at first, I grew out of it with time just like how I grew to be way taller than my teacher, the incredible Mr. Peter Huck. As years passed, I started feeling as though the Newspaper was more and more my “homeroom,” and I encouraged many of my friends to join. I made many friendships that I would not have made otherwise because of the Newspaper and being surrounded by different people outside my normal group. Above all, The Warrior was my first opportunity to start working towards my dream of being a sports broadcaster and was my first glimpse of the things I will have to do to get there.

When I first came up with this dream I was just a little kid watching basketball with my dad, not having any idea I had to be a writer before I could be on TV. The Warrior didn’t only teach me that writing was the most favorable path to my dream but that I also had to work hard for it and that it wouldn’t be as easy as just talking about sports. Mr. Huck taught me many lessons, but the most important one was to be accountable for my actions and not try to act like I was perfect. He also taught me that nothing is free in life and that if I really wish to achieve my goals I must pursue them relentlessly, and that my sheer desire wouldn’t get me anything. Mr. Huck has had the greatest impact on me of any teacher that I’ve ever had. My high school experience wasn’t perfect, but I will never regret a moment that came from joining The Warrior.