Not Saying Goodbye Quite Yet

I do not want to make this a goodbye blog because that simply would not make sense. In a short term perspective, I will see all of you at graduation, senior activities, graduation parties, and blossom very soon. But also in the long term perspective, I know that many of my fellow AP English classmates are the people I am not going to let fade out my life. Moving on from high school is a really bizarre feeling because you know that even after you leave everything still keeps moving almost exactly the same without you there…the only change is that now the overwhelming feeling of not belonging in that building in the way you did before. It is pretty much the perfect definition of bittersweet as we try to let go of this familiar lifestyle and plunge headfirst into the new life changing circumstances of college. So, I am not saying goodbye to anyone yet…but I would like to say thanks to Ms. Seresnky and all the AP Englishers for an amazing two years.

I would like to end my blog with three of my favorite quotes  (Ms. Serensky-feel free to use these gems on the board next year if you want J)

“"so often times it happens, we live our lives in chains, and never even know we have the key." -The Eagles

"In order to discover new oceans, you must let yourself lose sight of the shore."-anonymous

"Sometimes good things falls apart so better things can fall together."-Marilyn Monroe

Time of My Life

Time of Your Life-AP English Tribute

Another soapstone done,
and a book stuck on the shelf.

Complaining consumes again,

As Juniors try to cope.

So make the best of this AP 11 test
and don't waste time.

It’s not an option,
but a duty to succeed.

Ms. Serensky’s voice rings in your head,
and forces you to endure.
I hope you wrote the essay of your life.

So take the data sheets
and poetry papers from your binder.

Put them where you want,
to cherish or to burn.

Stickers on papers,
and funny quote sheets stay.

For all this work,
it went by so fast.

Now the AP 12 test is past
and it’s all come to an end.
I hope you learned all you could.

It's simultaneously disappointing
to have to say goodbye to English.

I know I had the time of my life.



TIme of Your Life-Green Day



To: 10th Grade Honors English Student

Deat Tenth Grader,

Just do it. It is impossible to describe exactly the way that AP English makes you smarter, a better studier, a harder worker and all around more balanced person…it just does. I feel like we do not give the class justice as when we stomp around the halls complaining about soaptstones, data sheets, papers, too many quotes to memorize, and all the rest of the work. But all of those things are just part of the day-to-day struggle that do not even come close to comparing to the amazing feeling at the completion of a paper, a discussion week, a month, a year, or even two years of work. Accomplishment does not really mean anything unless you actually work for it, so in AP English you know that the accomplishments are real. We all know that there are some joke classes in this high school, so why not take one that actually challenges you? Why not accept the struggle and the workload and learn how to push yourself like you have not had to before? Why not get over the idle laziness and fear and attempt to expand yourself as a student and person? I swear I am telling the truth when I say that this letter is not short because I am tired from the AP 12 test we just took, it is short because there is not really any way to put into cohesive words why to do AP English. Challenge, struggle, eustress, learning, work, dedication, commitment, raised expectations, overcoming, successs. Just do it.

Love,

Carolyn 

Rodney, Jack and Harding

Rodney: “I don’t know what that means”(Currie 131). (peering over Carolyn’s shoulder at AP test)

Jack: “I have no doubt about that”(Wilde 3).

Rodney: “ Take it easy”(Currie 52).

Jack: “What?”(Wilde 15) (aggressively)

Rodney: “ I don’t want you here. I’m sorry to be rude”(Currie 135).

Jack: “You always want to argue about things”(Wilde 15).

Rodeny: “I don’t like making conflict with anyone”(Currie 132).

Jack: “You never talk anything but nonsense”(Wilde 18).

Harding: “the cracked pots of mankind”(Kesey 238). (mumbles this to himself while rolling eyes)

(moment of tense, uncomfortable silence before shifting their attention back to Carolyn)

Rodeny: “It’s an off day”(Currie 135). (watching Carolyn struggle).

Jack: “Why on earth do you say that?”(Wilde 5).

Harding: “You underestimate her!”(Kesey 64).

Jack: “There’s a sensible, intellectual girl!”(Wilde 18).

Harding: “You see my friend” (Kesey 83) (points at her completed test).

Rodney: “Really? Already?”(Currie 135) (shocked)

Harding: "Yes"(Kesey 190).

(they exit the testing room)

Jack: “Charming day it has been”(Wilde 10). 

Jack

Harding 

Rodney?