u/Dead_Head1421

Hi I'm 15 years old and want to start a band. Does anyone know how to go about this? None of my friends can play instruments.

Hi, I'm a fifteen year old from Scotland who wants to get started in journalism. I've loved writing since I was a child, however when I was younger I thought my only option was to be an author, which I thought wasn't grown up enough and quite frankly, unrealistic. Since then I've turned to other job ideas for the future. I've had a recent injury that's kept me out of school, resulting in my attendance being below 50% (I'm usually above 90% atleast) due to this I believe getting a medical degree is unrealistic as I've went from straight A's to a D or F in every subject other than English. Now that I've had to rethink, I've realised that jobs to do with writing isn't not a grown up job, and as a child I wanted to do something that sounded good rather than something I'd be happy doing. This has lead me wanting to pursue journalism, however I don't know whether a university course, or real life experience would be the best way to go (I have plenty of time to figure that part out) which is one thing I'd like suggestions on. Another part is I have no clue what field of journalism I'd like to pursue, another thing I have a good few years to decide on. Is there anyways I could start building skills? My school has no paper to join, and places don't accept jobs till 16, which is very few. However there is a decent amount of work experience I can do from when I turn 16 which I plan to do. Any help is well appreciated, thank you.

Hi, I'm a fifteen year old who wants to get started in photography. I've wanted to do photography since I was a child, however I thought it wasn't grown up enough and turned to other job ideas for the future. I've had a recent injury that's kept me out of school, resulting in my attendance being below 50% (I'm usually above 90% atleast) due to this I believe getting a medical degree is unrealistic as I've went from straight A's to a D or F in every subject other than English. Now that I've had to rethink, I've realised photography isn't not a grown up job, and as a child I wanted to do something that sounded good rather than something I'd be happy doing. I understand that many photographers have a 'main' job too, which is cool cause I'd really like to do journalism too. I know I'd be too young to get any paid gigs and shit like that, but with something like this I'd like to start sooner than later so that when I'm an adult I know my way around a camera. Basically to sum this all up, I'd appreciate tips. I don't even have a camera yet, which is partially why I'm making this post so that I can get recommendations for that too. Any help is well appreciated, thank you.

**edit** I'm from Scotland