Dear Ms.

Figueroa

High school was both fun and stressful. I don’t know how something so fun and

memorable can be stressful. I hate to admit it, but your class stressed me out the most, but the

environment I was surrounded by balanced out the stress. Your class was enjoyable and

extraordinary. It will be a class that I will look back to and laugh and sadly miss. YOU made this

class my favorite by simply coping with me and standing out like no other teacher has ever stood

out. I know to you I am just your student, but to me you are my friend. You understood me the

best, you helped me out the most, you made 3rd period gratifying. You made me regret missing

days of school. As you know, I struggle with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and I used to be

ashamed, embarrassed, and upset because I felt different. I didn’t want to be seen as a kid with

special needs or a kid that needed extra help as my ignorant self-thought that those who are

“normal” were treated normally. This class made it easier for me to accept my “disadvantage”

and made it easier for me to no longer be ashamed of who I am. ADD was my biggest struggle

this year and because of your class and yourself, I no longer struggle with my image. I am no

longer battling with my thoughts. Till this day, I struggle with my writing, but not my writing in

particular. English has helped me developed my writing and made me an enriched writer and

reader. As a result of the various tweaks in my writing, I am now rather battling with the time

duration given for an assignment. When writing, I tend to strive for the best, and as a result, most

of my completed essays were turned in late. Not because I struggled with my witting, but instead

because I have clashing with the amount of time it takes to perfect my essays to the best of my

ability. My struggles only get easier from here. My writing has improved vastly, from my

sentence structure, to my vocabulary. The improvements made within my writing and vocabulary

shocked my mom. I had her revise one of my assignments and she had thought that I copied and
paste my information from another website. I find myself using words I have never knew existed

or words I do not use in any of my papers. By far my favorite essay I have ever completed would

be my senior paper, solely because it was an argumentative essay which open many

opportunities to use vocabulary that was out of this world. Unfortunately, my essay got weaker

and less detailed towards the end as time was an issue.

Though I did declare that ADD was my biggest struggle, homework comes very close to

tying my ADD. Some might consider me a druggy or even a crack head as I take Adderall to

help me focus in school. Unfortunately, my Adderall tends to only last an entire school day and

its affects have a tendency to ware off after three o’clock. Due to the side effects of Adderall, I

am fatigued, and tremendously hungry when I get home. Consequently, I forget about any

homework assigned to me and take the time to instead make a quick meal, find my way to my

room, grab my favorite pillow and simply fall asleep. Senior English was my biggest enemy

when it came to homework purely because of the lacking amount of time given during class to

complete an assignment. If not completed in class, we were responsible to complete it at home. I

cannot recall ever going home and completing a single homework assignment. Honestly, I can

say that I have grown in this class and it has been fun. Most of my struggles all orbits around my

ADD, but this class made it an enjoyable, memorable, humorous, struggle and I will not forget

about the lessons I have learned.

Sincerely “Your student”,

Julian Moreno