As you prepare to gather as a family and have turkey, kosher turkey, or tofurkey, take a moment and think about what you have that the rest of the world doesn't. Reflect in a moment of gratitude. If you are reading this message, then you somehow accessed a computer--an act that places you above and beyond many of the world's citizens in prosperity. And for that, if nothing else, we should be grateful--that we are here, and recipients of a free (mostly) education, and together.
The great American writer Stephen King (just kidding, but I do think he's pretty cool) wrote an essay called "What You Pass On." In this essay, he refers to the car accident that almost killed him in 1999 and the epiphany he experienced while lying in a ditch on the side of a quiet road with glass in his hair and a bone protruding through the skin of his leg. He realized that he had a MasterCard in his pocket, and that the credit card would do him no good at that moment. He further states that we are only as good as what we pass on--the non-physical elements that we leave behind, the vestiges of our best. So on this Thanksgiving holiday, embrace your family, your friends, your faith (whatever that may be) and relax. Let gratitude sweep over you before you return to the grind.
Today in school:
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: Writing workshop. You have a focus draft due Monday in class on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Gifted English IV: Make-up work and review for the Mactest on Tuesday.
Gifted English II: "Janet Waking" by John Crowe Ransom (I thought it poetic to do a poem about a dead chicken on the day before Thanksgiving) and misplaced modifiers.
Have a safe and blessed long weekend!!!!
