Letter to my Classmates

Dear Block 4 classmates,

                                    I have had a great first year with you guys.  It has been great to have share a class with such fun loving, caring, and studious classmates and friends.  We had a rough start in the beginning of the year.  It was hard adjusting to each other’s personalities, a brand new teacher, a different way of learning and not to mention the ox load of homework received on a daily basis.  As the weeks passed we became more and more acclimated to each other and our great English teacher Dr. deGravelles.  We participated more and even looked forward to going to class at times.  I must say the hardest book that we have read this year was Lord of the Flies.  It was the most confusing book I read during my freshman year.  Though it was hard to understand and slightly boring, I came to like the book.  It was interesting in a twisted way.  There was so many allusions in the book and once you connected one idea you couldn't stop.  It was like a wild fire once it spread there was no stopping it.  We continued on into the final parts of the semester and as it came to a close we started looking more like mature high schooler's.  I think everyone, (besides the Biology Honors students)  would agree that Dr. deGravelles midterm exam was the most frightening exam we had.  It turned out that it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be and we all did pretty well on the test. 

    Coming into the second semester was probably the hardest thing this year because you have to translate all the hard work, study habits, and initiative into finishing out the school year strong.  Most of did well of closing out this year strong.  Some of us poorly and that includes me, but that stories for another day.  The second semester flew by quickly with many laughs and two new additions to our English class crew.  We were lucky enough to get to awesome new students named Lele Keller and Peyton Gutierrez.  I'm sure they enjoyed the end to their freshman as much as me and our other classmates enjoyed it.  Overall I think I had a great freshman year in Dr. d's class it has been a very tough road and I have learned a lot from my mistakes.  I hope that I can do even better in 10th grade.  Farewell Dr. d's 4th block  English class!

                                                                                                                                 Sincerely,

                                                                                                                               Jerry Dunbar, Jr.