Getting It Write Book Review
Name: M. McIntyre
Course: Comm 1001
Lecturer: Patrick Prendergast
School: University of the West Indies
Due Date: November 30, 2012
Gordon, K. Getting it Write (1999). Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica. This review will cover Ken Gordon's Getting it Write; this book is an autobiography however it also aims to give a concise overview on the growth and development in the media industry, its effects on Gordon and his involvements in its development within the Caribbean region, namely Jamaica to Guyana.
It also provides information on his background and upbringing, beginning with where he grew up on St.Vincent Street in Trinidad. He describes this place to be a blast of fun during the period which he grew up. He was the only child for his mother and was raised by her along with his Aunt. He did not meet his father until he was 17, this happened while walking on the road, the recognition was almost instantaneous. They began communicating, awkwardly at first but they eventually developed a close 'father-son' bond. The lack of a father in his early stage, in my opinion, was maybe the single best thing that could have happened to him. This was one of the main reasons in which I believe he built so much character from a tender age, much of which stayed with him throughout his life. Another main source of character was his mother, Stella Fowler, who was a woman of extreme discipline. Even though his birth was somewhat unplanned, with the love that he got from his mother, it could not have been more if there were two parents. An incident at school (St Mary's) that involved a teacher calling him a bastard taught him even more discipline and self control and molded what will appear to be a great man. Even while at St Mary's, he focused mainly on the sporting aspect of his school life as he naturally loved sports and excelled at almost everything that he tried, needless to say his mother was not completely pleased at this fact as she wanted him to
Course: Comm 1001
Lecturer: Patrick Prendergast
School: University of the West Indies
Due Date: November 30, 2012
Gordon, K. Getting it Write (1999). Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica. This review will cover Ken Gordon's Getting it Write; this book is an autobiography however it also aims to give a concise overview on the growth and development in the media industry, its effects on Gordon and his involvements in its development within the Caribbean region, namely Jamaica to Guyana.
It also provides information on his background and upbringing, beginning with where he grew up on St.Vincent Street in Trinidad. He describes this place to be a blast of fun during the period which he grew up. He was the only child for his mother and was raised by her along with his Aunt. He did not meet his father until he was 17, this happened while walking on the road, the recognition was almost instantaneous. They began communicating, awkwardly at first but they eventually developed a close 'father-son' bond. The lack of a father in his early stage, in my opinion, was maybe the single best thing that could have happened to him. This was one of the main reasons in which I believe he built so much character from a tender age, much of which stayed with him throughout his life. Another main source of character was his mother, Stella Fowler, who was a woman of extreme discipline. Even though his birth was somewhat unplanned, with the love that he got from his mother, it could not have been more if there were two parents. An incident at school (St Mary's) that involved a teacher calling him a bastard taught him even more discipline and self control and molded what will appear to be a great man. Even while at St Mary's, he focused mainly on the sporting aspect of his school life as he naturally loved sports and excelled at almost everything that he tried, needless to say his mother was not completely pleased at this fact as she wanted him to