You live, you learn

One of my worst nightmares has just come true and it's not bothering me all that much. So the paper will have to print a retraction- big deal, it wouldn't be the first time. If Jan Wong can stand through the fire, I can too.

Problem is though, I made a journalistic mistake, she just wrote her opinion. I still stand by my article though.

This would have been my reply, had they not shut the comments section down.

Despite the inaccurate monetary amount in this article, I still stand by my point of view. $28.57 is a substantial amount of money for an unskilled job such as a station collector. There are many Torontonians out there who are making minimum wage, $9.50, yet their job requires them to treat customers with respect and courtesy. The TTC should learn to do the same. People are bitter towards the TTC not only because of the increased fare but also out of resentment of the high wages TTC workers earn but the low quality of service the commuters recieve in return.

There are also many companies out there who are cutting on staff in the recession. CEOs are taking less money because of stockholder complaints.

I do agree that the government should have more of a hand in funding, but at the same time, there are many holes the TTC needs to fix to justify the fare increase to customers.

As for Transit City, only time will tell if it is as successful as the marketing says it will be.

What can I say? I'm still learning. You don't always get it right the first time. Though this will have repercussions for my later articles- they will probably check them like a hound dog- it doesn't necessarily mean that I'm a bad journalist or that I am destined to be a bad journalist. Einstein started off really slow too. It takes courage to say what you really feel, sometimes going against the flow and sparking controversy.

I move on.