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June 17, 2011

Dear Portfolio Reader:

I am not responsible for any brain damage or heart failure that may occur when you read my writings, but I do hope that you will enjoy my amazing works of literature. The amazing author of these wondrous works of art is not a famous old person but a fifteen year old Asian male named Michael Lee. I’m not as weird person as my writing implies, I’m actually a pretty chill guy (from what I’ve been told) that enjoys sleeping in than going for an early morning jog or browsing the internet rather than enjoying the fresh air. This year in English 09 was not as fun as you think from my writing we had a hard year with all the work we did in there.

My previous years in English were almost all the same, same boring essay, unexcited readings and copied straight from the book test. Although my 8th grade English teacher changed all that, Mrs.Gilman was one of the coolest teachers ever she actually tried teaching us not just reading whatever the state curriculum is. She had some fun projects too like the Holocaust project in which we acted like we were in a concentration camp. I can’t say the same about my previous English teachers.

My first thought when I entered Mr.Merritt and Mrs. Devnew room was that Mr.Merritt was fat and Mrs.Devnew looked like my second grade teacher who was a mean lady. Although my views changed drastically with the more time I spent in that class. Soon I started to look forward to going to English class without me even noticing. The writing assignments were definitely very unexpecting, sure the very first few were pretty cliché, like how your summer was and your favorite place. I admit I thought this year was going to be a long, painful year but their teaching really made that class probably one of the most memorable classes in my short life. I can honestly say this has been a fun year in English 09 but all the credit doesn’t go to the teachers, they can only teach you but it is up to the student to learn. So I think I deserve some of the credit for actually trying o learn and participate in class. It’s up to the student to make boring essays into new unique works of art, and can I say do Mr.Merriett and Mrs.Devnew love unique and creative writing. So in conclusion this is probably one of my most memorable classes in my short fifteen year life.

Sincerely,

Michael Lee

Michael Lee