Shining Through Your Eyes

My last day of school went off smashingly. I'm pretty sure I should get A's in all of my classes. The only one I'm a little concerned about is Race, Class and Gender. I wrote that paper on FGC and I wrote as much as I could but after 4 1/2 pages I kind of shut down and couldn't write another word. I hope that's enough. And it had to be in APA format. I hate APA format. But my teacher loves me so hopefully she takes that into account in case my paper sucked. I really will miss that class. On the last day we had a discussion about what we had done to make a difference in the lives of others (mostly concerning diversity) and she told me that I had made a difference to her. I took that as a great compliment because she's not the sort of person to say things like that lightly.

She was my teacher for Human Growth last semester and for all our differences we really were kindred spirits. She's quite a bit older than me, African American, and agnostic bordering on atheist who has had a really hard time with members of the LDS church. Me being younger, very white, and a member and huge supporter of the LDS church we really shouldn't have gotten along at all. But somehow we were able to relate to each other and she really appreciated my insights and the fact that I didn't come off self-righteous and overzealous like a lot of other people of the LDS faith in our class.

I didn't set out to necessarily be an example or make a difference in her perception of LDS people and their beliefs about different things but I'm glad that I've lived my life in such a way that I can do that without even being aware.