I am thankful for....

A classmate that I am thankful for is Morgan! A few days after the first day of school Morgan was assigned to the seat next to me. Initially I thought she was going to a mean, know-it-all, but she actually turned out to be super nice, patient, and helpful! 

After the first week of my new English class I was really intimidated and super quiet because I didn't know anyone. Then I got to know Morgan, and she became my first friend in the class. Morgan helped me break out of my shell and feel more comfortable in class. Morgan is so helpful, always has an interesting point of view on things that we are reading, and is an excellent student all around. She is a joy to work with, and anytime I didn't understand something or didn't read she was always there to catch me up.  

I appreciate Morgan's kindness, patience, and her friendship. Morgan has made me a better student in many aspects and I appreciate this as well. For this Thanksgiving I am not only thankful for living, my family, food, my home, cable, and internet but I am also thankful for Morgan! (Thank you for everything Morgan! Happy Holidays!)

I Celebrate Myself

Transcendentalists are people who believe that religion and politics are just things that cloud the purity of human beings; they believe that those who are self- reliant will prevail. Transcendentalists celebrate themselves every day. They embrace their way of thinking, style, and their individuality as a whole. These revolutionaries aren't afraid to step out the box or to run away from the mold society made has for them. 

Just like the transcendentalists I celebrate myself. I celebrate my individuality. I celebrated my uniqueness, my looks, my thinking, my style, my way of speaking, my dreams, and the way I lead my life. I celebrate the fact that I don't let a religion or political group control or narrow my views; I don't compromise my purity and virtues by going with something I don't agree with.

While it's nice to fit in and be well liked by others, my life doesn't revolve around it. Similar to the transcendentalists, my main goal is to just live my life for me! However that doesn't mean you will see me burning money, running in to middle of the wilderness for refuge,  or only feeling freedom in complete solitude. In fact, this is very unappealing and scary to me! So although I love myself and my individuality, I would be the ABSOLUTE LAST person to do some of the “out of this world” things we saw in the movie Into the Wild. I guess I won’t be a devote transcendentalist but I do possess some of the characteristics of one. One thing I realized from this unit is that I Celebrate Myself and I do so proudly because I am the only one who truly can; I love this, and I will continue to celebrate myself for the rest of my life!