How would you do it?
Khaleel Atkinson,Youthlink Writer

How Would You Do It? places three readers in a hypothetical situation where they are entertainment writers for the Youthlink. They are given three crazy scenarios and one chance to tell us how they would do it.

Scenario: You were told to review what happens to be one of your favourite singles. You have already made little scribbles and funny comments to include; you only have to put it all together now. But, the song is changed at the last minute. There are many ways to handle this kind of situation, question is, How Would You Do It?

The new song does not reflect your musical taste, plus you've heard it a million times already and ... well ... it's annoying and you don't think you can listen to it for another second, even though you would need to in order to do your assignment. With all this in mind you ...

Karim: That's tricky. I would clear my head and all my thoughts and channel my energy towards listening to the song.

Gileanne: Just bear it and listen to it and after I've finished, I'd listen to some good music that I like to ease the pain (smiling).

Darian: I would just listen to it and get it over with, or I would put it off until the last possible minute and probably watch some TV while listening to it.

Both the review and a paper that's worth 70 per cent of your coursework grade for school is due on Wednesday. Today is Tuesday and you haven't started either, so you've basically got half a day to complete both on time. You ...

Karim: Start cramming and jotting down ideas and views and formulate them into two pieces, the essay and the article (laughs).

Gileanne: Stay up all night and finish both, give them in and go to sleep for the rest of the day (smiling).

Darian: Miss school because I would suddenly fall ill (cough, cough) and do them both at home and hand them in.

OK, so it's Wednesday and finally you've finished your essay and completed your article and you're about to send it in when the electricity suddenly goes and when you reboot, there's no article. You ...

Karim: Tell the boss what happened and hope for the best. I mean what else could I do?

Gileanne: Hmm ... okay (laughs out loud), all right. It would take some time for me to recuperate, then I'd check if I had a back-up on my thumb drive. If I didn't, I'd get cracking at writing a letter of apology to my boss.

Darian: I would explain the situation to the boss and hope that he/she gives me an extension.

Who do you think would make the better writer? Tell us at ylteament@live.com and keep reading as we ask other readers: How Would You Do It? Who knows, it may just be you!