Thank you. Two simple words that cannot convey how grateful I am to you. You changed my life. You expanded my world far more than I would've imagined.

In the Fall of 2014, I met a teacher who I honestly thought would be just another teacher that would tell me to do my homework, come to class, and make good grades, but she was and is far more than that. I was a senior and the new girl who just wanted to take a few classes and be done. This teacher is someone who made such a huge impact on my life that she changed how I see the world and even inspired me to major in Criminal Justice and hopefully continue on to law school.

The very first day she made a promise to us. She promised that by the end of the year she would expand our worlds from a speck to something larger. I truly doubted she would be able to do this and thought it was complete and total BS. Throughout the course of the Omnibus class (Literature, Theology, and History) I was learning things I had never learned before, questioning things deeper than before, and could actually have a deeper conversation or debate than before. Bit by bit she really was expanding my world even if I didn't realize it.

Thank you for making this promise to me and doing your best to challenge me.

Throughout Omnibus I assumed that everyone always did the reading and read ahead, I was wrong. Several times throughout the course of the year, rather than lecturing, Mrs. B would postpone her lecture a class period because my classmates would not do the reading, which meant there might've been some things we didn't get through. There were many times that I accidentally, and it truly was accidental, finished the assigned book several class periods before the others because of my thirst for knowledge. It was like I was dying of thirst and the books were my water that I could never get enough of.

Thank You. Thank you, for fueling my thirst for knowledge and making history, theology, and literature enjoyable.

As graduation crept closer so did semester finals and midterms. The week of fall finals I got bronchitis and had to miss the scheduled time for the final, but I was given the chance to take the final at home on my computer and send it back to Mrs. B. That's one of the things I loved about homeschooling. If you were sick and had to miss a test or final at your co-op, most teachers allowed you to make up the exam. Even as I was sitting on the couch hacking up a lung and taking a final, I still doubted that my world would really be expanded. Despite being sick I still managed to get a 95 on the test.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make up the exam I missed and for already expanding my world even though I hadn't realized it yet.

Winter Break came and passed both quickly and slowly because I was grateful to have a month of no school, no challenging debates or assessments, and most of all not having to get up at 7am to make sure I was at school by 8:20. What I did miss were the amazing lectures, Mrs. B's encouragement and determination for us to succeed, and most of all, all the knowledge I was acquiring and challenges I was facing when it came to thinking critically. My favorite books and movies, yes I said movies, from the fall semester were "A Tale of Two Cities," "Les Miserables," and "Glory." I can honestly admit that those movies and books were ones I never would've read on my own.

Thank you for introducing me to these things because now they're in my top 10 of favorite books and movies

When the second semester began, I was not only taking regular classes but I also took a college class so I could be prepared for the full load of college classes the following fall. Although I took several honors courses and a couple AP courses throughout high school, it was only after taking Omnibus that I felt truly prepared to face the harsh and unforgiving world of college.

Thank you for treating me and teaching me like the college student I was becoming instead of just a high school girl.

For the second semester of omnibus my favorite books and movies were, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, Patton, and Dead Poets Society.

This is one of my absolute favorite D.P.S. Scenes.

Mrs. B was the captain of Omnibus, and she taught me to seize the day and the opportunities I was given. As graduation came barreling towards the other senior and myself, it was time to begin planning the ceremony. When it came down to choosing the recessional and slide show songs, opinions differed at first. Finally, it was decided that we would each choose our own slideshow songs. I, of course, chose "Don't You" by Simple Minds from "The Breakfast Club," another one of my top 5 films.

Thank you for being the Captain of Omnibus, yet empowering your sailors to take control of the ship that is their life.

As the semester came to a close you gave your final lecture of the year, over music through the ages which actually was not my favorite lecture because it was the final lecture you would be giving me. The final lecture you gave me on the last day as your student was by far the best lecture I ever heard and one I will never forget. After your final lecture, we were told we could flip our tassels and the song started. "See You Again."

"Its been a long day, without you my friend but I'll tell you all about it when I see you again. We've come a long way from where we began, but I'll tell you all about it when I see you again."

That was it. I graduated high school. I lived to tell the tales. Then it hit me. You had made a promise and you kept it. You promised to expand my world and open my eyes to new things. You didn't just expand my world a little bit, you made it explode into the size of Pluto from the size of a tiny star. You changed my life. Two years later and I am now in college and I have heard things and learned things that some of my peers have never even heard about. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to meet with you and catch up a couple times a year. So THANK YOU! You changed my life and my world for the better. Thank You. I owe everything to you.

Carpe Diem. Seize The Day. You won't regret it. I don't