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Famous Last Words: End of this Class

Painting in the Tanjore Big temple (Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The day has come. It is finally my last day in the course. I have achieved the grade that I want and I'm going to complete my "Finished" form after I publish this post. I'm thankful for this class because I got to revive the creative child within myself while also improving my reading and writing skills. I loved how I got to use this class as a break from my other ones to detach from a world of economics and tragic environmental degradation and escape reality for a second as I wrote stories about Krishna and turtles. This class gave me insight into my mother's Hindu faith in a way that was separated from religion, but still carried the same lessons of karma and benevolence. Most importantly of all, I am going to learn what it means to be a great teacher thanks to Laura. I have never encountered someone in my life that was so invested in seeing his or her students grow. While she did not teach s

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