Bye...

           Every class has its own personality. The class of 2010 always seemed very cohesive from my perspective. Their personality is probably best described as the smart, athletic older sibling that you can never fully live up to. The role of younger misbehaving child who gets all the attention is filled by the sophomore class. We are the middle child, just trying to achieve adequacy. At least that is how I saw it throughout most of high school. However, that was before I took AP English. I am going to continue my clichéd metaphors theme and compare our time in AP English to classic 80s flick The Breakfast Club. At first, we were an odd collection of self-conscious teenagers without a clue as to what we were supposed to do. We did not have any screaming matches in the library or break out of the classroom to roam the hallways with Ms. Serensky chasing us. Yet, we did take awhile to break down our barriers and learn how to function in the environment that is so different from any other high school class. This happened slowly, but surely, thanks to some heated discussions over a former slave and a foolish boy. By the end, the nerd, jock, princess, and so on, learned to appreciate each other. This metaphor break down when you realize that we are all actually nerd and there is no role in the movie for a “tough love” teacher who inspires us to do our best work. Nevertheless, my point is such: taking AP English gave me a feeling of class unity that I had never experienced before. It is the one class where I felt I could say what I actually thought without fear of judgment. Ms. Serensky never treated us like children but, rather, young adults capable of intelligent thought. I learned so much more than how to write in this class and it will be one of the things I miss most about high school. So, if I had to give our class a personality now, I would say that we are smart, in a subtle way, witty with a fair amount of sarcasm, crazy for taking this class for two years, just the right amount of quirky and dedicated even if you do not realize it at first.

Thanks for two great years my fellow APers and best of luck in the future!