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Letter: Reflections on the year from a thankful teacher

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Staff

Recently, schools around the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School district are winding down the school year, preparing for final exams and reflecting on lessons learned from the past year. This past year, I learned a great deal. The greatest personal lesson from this past school year is the fact that the Chapel Hill-Carrboro communities are true communities, helping those in their greatest time of need.

Currently, I teach government and economics at Chapel Hill High School and reside in Chapel Hill, calling Sunstone Apartments off of East Franklin Street home. As I prepared my students to take the North Carolina End-of-Course Civics and Economics exam, I began reflecting on this past school year. Thinking back over the year, I began to remember all the good times I had with my students, truly connecting and engaging them in the political and economic processes of our local, state and national levels. After remembering the good memories from the 2009-10 school year, I began to reflect on one of the most difficult times in my life: the day my apartment (207 Conner Drive, Apt. 13) burned down.

It was a cool morning (October 22), when at 4:30 a.m. I was awaken by shouts instructing me to exit my apartment and the apartment building due to a fire. After watching my apartment burn down, along with all my belongings, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro communities began to mobilize to collect money and materials: starting with the students, teachers, staff, parents and friends at Chapel Hill High School. I cannot thank everyone enough for their generous gifts, love and support given in the following days and months of rebuilding my life. This letter is written to thank everyone for their assistance. I am forever thankful and indebted to this community.

I look forward to the upcoming year with optimism and hope, where my strength is sustained due to the support of my community.

Thank you.

TOM GREENE
Chapel Hill

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