"Time Flew" - Final Meta Post

I'm sure that people are going to reminisce on how quickly the year has gone by in this post, how it seems like it was just yesterday that we were introduced to Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor, how quickly the time has flown since writing our first blog post, how amazing it is that Junior year is almost over. In fact, I'm pretty sure I would say that, too. But the other day on the Seniors' last day of school, I overheard some of them talking and saying how quickly their high school careers had gone by. As I walked past them I thought, really? Because as a Junior right now, time is going anything but quickly (except of course when I need it to go slowly so that I can study, then it goes quickly).

I'm not going to pretend that the year has not gone quickly, because in some ways it does seem like I was walking into AIS for the first time just yesterday. But then I think about all of the hours of time I have put into this class. The hours spent reading and writing my parallels, contrasts, and questions. The time I spent agonizing over papers, trying to find things to fix, trying to be more empathetic for the reader. The weeks I spent researching Junior Theme, and then later re-reading everything when picking quotes that I would actually use. 90 minutes of class every day. Not to mention the thirty-something blog posts I have done.  And all that time spent on just this class.

Now I'm not trying to be all negative, because I have thoroughly enjoyed American Studies. I think it has allowed me to improve on my writing skills, my "joining in the conversation" skills, and I think it has  made me more confident to voice my opinions, or blog about them. Blogging is a whole different world. One where I can get anonymous people posting comments on a post, one where friends can laugh at me because I blog for homework, one where classmates can share honest opinions that can be very helpful. Blogging allows me to say things that there aren't time for in class, as well as to take what I learn in class and apply it outside. For that reason, I'm going to ask that my teachers read the post Are You Maya Moore's Mom? I think it shows me taking elements from a class discussion and applying them to my surroundings outside of class.

I just want to say thank you to Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor. Being a part of your class this year has been really fun, I truly appreciate the effort and time you both put into making our class valuable as well as a blast.

I had to end with a fish joke...