My name is R. Bruce Sargent and I was born in rural Ontario; as the first son of a dairy farmer and nurse. As soon as I was old enough to walk and talk I have performed as the main worker on our family farm which has proved demanding and yet beneficial. I loved and will never take for granted the opportunity I had growing up on a farm.
In middle school I began to take an interest in student government, and in Grade 11 my sister and I won the election and served a year as Student Council Co-presidents. Being in a leadership role opened many opportunities for me and during grade 12 I was accepted into Co-op with the Head of the Technology Department at our school. During my co-op I was appointed as Director of CNN (the coyote news network) our schools video announcements. I also took the position as the Head Tech Student for the lighting and sound of all school events, where I was left after school with a group of juniors that I was in charge of organizing.
I had always known that despite my father’s pressure, the farm was never meant to be my future, and it was my senior years of High School that opened a new door for me. During grade 11 and 12 I single handily designed and completed 20 pages of our schools yearbook (even though I was only required to make two), I work as a camera man during our schools prom to make a video for the graduates, I directed CNN every day and developed all new intros and advertising DVD’s. During my co-op work I designed multiple vinyl signs and cut and constructed them.
Although this was a lot of work, and was just as demanding time wise as farm work; it did not take me long to realize that this was the work I wanted to do. I was volunteering to stay after school until 10 o’clock at night because I wanted to, not because I had too.
Now I have received funding from the Ontario Government to Launch Farm Boy Productions as a Summer Company, so let the fun begin!
