Saturday, December 19, 2009

final words (a little late i know, but i've never been in line with the world)

Hey class of reading:

to be quite honest, this class is amazing. i can honestly say that i found a beautiful thing inside each and everyone one of you :)! also, i wanted to apologize for how i acted on the last day of class.. apparently vodka and i were not on the same team that night, and probably did not help the fact that i was in the hospital a few days prior.. anyways, i just wanted to let you all know that i will never forget you and i hope to see you all sometime again in the future and we can ponder on the memories that took place in that little freezing room on wednesday nights.

- i can also say that i do not have one specific person that i would like to address, but the whole class together, because that's what we were and i felt like we were kind of a wednesday-night family:

this class is unbelievably intelligent (p.s. i stink at spelling so.. sorry!) and very moving in the way that each individual student had a different view and opinion to add to all our discussions. i loved how we did not just talk about what happened in the story, like every other reading class, but we talked about why certain things happened, and we had a chance to act out certain activities pertaining to the stories and authors, just everything was so unlike but so perfect for this class and i can not quite describe how much i will be taking out from this class.

however, i do want to say that i found almost everything Anneva said to be extremely intriguing.. maybe it was the way she said the things or just the matter-of-fact speaking, but it was all so.. true. it made me look at things in different ways, and not necessarily agree with them, but at least made me see alternative views to what i was thinking, which i found really surprising and interesting. i think that the things you said were so important because they made me ingaged in what we were talking about, they were intelligent sayings, but they also were very clear and understandable. this made me realize that there really can be multiple sides to every story and that if we just open our eyes and ears we can see those sides and look at every angel of the book. personally.. the end of the class come upon us too quickly, i wish i could have said goodbye in a different way, but i can not tell everyone how grateful i am that i got to meet you and hopefully will stay friends with for a long time. i have never been a strong reader or interpretor, but this class has helped me improve in so many ways it's kind of a miracle. life is too short to not do crazy, spontaneous, beautiful things, so i hope all of you go places that you want, do something just because you want to, and make all of your wildest dreams come true! you all truly deserve every bit of happiness that comes your way :)

1 comment:

  1. Christina

    While I do agree with you on everything you said, because my letter was to Anneva as well and she always kept me thinking on my toes throughout this entire class, I want to comment and address this comment for you. Throughout our semester in this class, you have always made me laugh and smile and helped me to reflect on things in a positive manner. You always had something insightful to say, and were a constant joy in this class. Your advice here is definitely something to live by; life is too short, and no matter how often that phrase is said and preached, it always stands true. I want to leave you with some parting advice and to tell you to please never lose the happiness that I saw every Wednesday night, because it definitely would be a loss. I am sure this is not the last I will hear of you.
    Have a very happy holiday and the best of new years!
    Michelle

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