In early October The Ministry of Education launched The Career Pathways Programme [ECCP].It is a dynamic partnership between the Ministry, the Bermuda College and various industries throughout the island. As one of the companies involved in the programme The Royal Gazette has enjoyed having Berkeley Institute student, Nari Williams work at the office every Wednesday afternoon for the last couple of months.As a part of her curriculum, Young Observer asked Nari to write an article to say how ECCP has been going for her:It has become a routine for me, a ritual if you will. Every Wednesday at 8:30 I enter the Berkeley Institute just like any other day. I attend class, listen to my teachers fill me to the brim with knowledge I doubt I’ll ever actually need, and hope that the next bell sounding is the one signalling lunch. Then when it rolls around I say goodbye to my friends, board the mini bus waiting outside and it’s off to The Royal Gazette with me.I remember the first time I came to this place. People avidly typing at desks, women and men alike chatting and conversing about pressing matters like the current news, the economy and things involving their jobs stood before me, and then there was me — small, fragile and utterly clueless. I walked to the reception desk, told them who I was looking for and that they were expecting me and then was told to wait for her to arrive.I sat in that room for what felt like hours, waiting to see who I’d be working under and what sort of tasks I’d be made to do. I tried really hard not to be nervous, but I’m pretty sure my trepidation on what was to come showed in my features. At one point I thought maybe she’d forgotten about me. I thought maybe I’d be allowed to go home and forget any of this ever happened, but then my teacher came and my journalism journey began.Over the next couple of weeks I was taught many things that I would need to know in order to pursue a career in Journalism. My instructor, Sarah Fellows, took me around the office and introduced me to many of the people around The Royal Gazette, such as fellow journalists, editors, cameramen, and even the chief editor and deputy editors who are in charge of laying out the newspaper and finalising it so that it can be printed and people all across Bermuda can read it.However, this isn’t all that I did. As soon as I was just starting to get used to The Royal Gazette and all of the numerous things that go on there I was taken to the House of Assembly and given my first job as a reporter. I honestly don’t know how I got through it. I was really afraid that I would mess up, but I took a deep breath, did what I had to do and eventually completed my first reporting job and then my first article in the paper.Afterwards I was sent on other jobs and required to write a report about them. With my trusty notepad in hand I interviewed children at Dellwood and ventured to the art gallery to take a look at the pictures students all across Bermuda had drawn. Then I wrote write ups about how I felt or what the interviewees had said.I feel like being able to do this has not only helped me as a writer, but as a person as well. Every time I see my work in the paper I feel accomplished. This is honestly a once in a lifetime experience.Thank you to ECCP and The Royal Gazette.