Thankful

Hey, this may be a little late, but it's never too late to be appreciative of those who are essential in making your day to day life a little less awful.

To start,  I am thankful for the fact that I was placed in the Brit Lit class that I'm in. It is one of the only classes at Whitney that I can tolerate anymore, and I am obviously very grateful for that. I enjoy the fact that Mr. McCarthy actually allows us to give our opinions and (seems to) respect them and take each one into consideration. This class is, I believe, the only one I have raised my hand in all year. I also like the way we approach the topics that we do, and that Mr. McCarthy uses other resources to further explain the main idea behind something which allows us to think much more than we would if we were just constantly answering questions out of a textbook.

Although there are a lot of people in my class who's company I enjoy, I have to give major props to Shiri and Carolyn. They're always there for me even when I don't deserve it, and without them I probably wouldn't have made it this far into the year. If either of you end up reading this post somehow, you have both helped me through a lot of very difficult things in such condensed period of time, and for that I am extremely grateful.

I am also grateful for the fact that this class is my first period of the day. In the past I have had gym and geometry as my first periods, which always made me dread the start of the day even more. I can honestly say I have never woken up and thought anything negative about going to English, and when you have a class you actually enjoy as your first period, it definitely sets a slightly more positive vibe for the rest of the day, as opposed to having to wake up early and make a long, terrible commute to a class that you can't stand.