I’m back! Well kind of back in a way. I’m the new advice nerd Liezl Laurel. I’m here to give you the advice you crave and desire. This is how it works: you, the reader picks up the paper and takes a gander at my column. Then if you have a question you send me an email or stop by the Skyline View newsroom and drop it off. Finally, if I choose your question you’ll see what I have to say in the next issue of The Skyline View. After reading this I’m sure you have some questions, let me answer them for you:
Who are you?I am Liezl, just your average everyday working student like you. I go to school, work and play video games at home. I read comics, watch football sometimes, and yell at bad drivers. I watch South Park, Family Guy, and anime. I am a completely normal geeky girl with attitude.
So, why should we send in questions to you?Well, why not? It’s a way to voice out your problem to someone who has probably never seen your face. There are no issues of embarrassment, shyness, and no judgment. You don’t have to give us your name, use a code name. It’s a way to get things off your chest with absolutely no consequence. There is nothing to lose! One question might be able to help someone else with a similar problem. It’s a way of getting advice with so little effort.
How do we know you’ll give good advice?You don’t. All I can say is you can trust me when I say I’ll do the best job I can to help you. I may not be exactly like you but I’m sure I’ve gone through some scary situations that others have gone through. After all, we all experience the same things good or bad at different times in life. I’m not a psychiatrist, but I am a person you can talk to. The best advice isn’t telling people what to do, it’s listening. I promise to listen to your problem, and help you in the best way possible. All you have to do is write to me and trust that I can help in some way.
Okay, so I’m sending my questions to The Skyline View…what’s that?I spent all this time telling you who I am without telling you who I work for. I work for our college paper The Skyline View. In case you didn’t know our school paper has won numerous awards in the past and will continue on winning. We are a bi-weekly paper, and it’s totally free! We have locations all over campus where you can pick up the paper. It’s in the black newspaper racks that have The Skyline View logo on it. Now you can find it, pick it up and start reading. We want to be your voice, so send in feedback too!
So that’s it. I’ve told you who I am, what I do, and what I need you to do. So get up and send me a question! It doesn’t matter what topic, anything you want to talk about is cool. Just email me at [email protected] with “Advice Nerd” in the subject. I’m waiting for you.