Ruhika, Week 16 - Memories Bring Back, Memories Bring Back You
As this is the last blog I will ever write, I wanted to share one memory I will remember with all of the people in my class. AP Lang was a rollercoaster of a class… the amount of stress it caused me is immeasurable. However, I am so grateful that I got this experience since I think this class is the one which has the most tightly connected community.
Suhas Bathini: I will not forget how terrible of a dancer you are. I am glad that the Gartic telephone allowed me to become friends with you.
Ananya Bhardwaj: Your Michael Jackson impression is amazing. I will need a full length cover.
Yuhaendan Bhaskaran: You are a bad mafia, letting your hands give you away.
James Chan: Your stage presence is amazing, which was evident in your POAS. I have had the pleasure of having English with you twice and getting to witness incredible performances more than twice.
Devyani Choudhury: You whispering under your breath, “[A 3] is not the same to me,” will always make me giggle.
Ritwik Deshpande: I am so sorry for terrorizing you that time you were in our table group.
Sohila Elattar: Your substitutions for curse words in your presentation about Tupac were really silly.
Elina Fan: My NVIDIA queen! Can you please make my stocks go up?
Elsa Fan: My cutie. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, please don’t take my man!
Max Ge: Margaret Sanger, I am sorry I missed your light cue! If we don’t have any classes together next year, I am going to cry.
Juliette Karkanen-Molaug: When I met you, the first thing I guessed was, “She seems like she is into Psychology.”
Arnav Kheni: I just remember you rolling on the floor during the Gatsby party. 11/10 staying in character.
Choeunchan Lee: Wait, the way your presentation lowkey moved me. I think your person was one of the only people I went home to google.
Michelle Li: The most creative person I know hands down, using that creativity for either the most obscene brain rotted statement or such insightful blogs.
Yumi Liu: Let me say, I did not know about “Cocaine” Kate.
Rafael Montes Barrera: It was fun getting to know “Ye” (it is a pun).
Abdul Muhaimin: Your POAS presentation was intimidating. The “clicking the projector” thing, so creative.
Nidhi Mukherjee: That time we took the MCQ diagnostic test, I am glad you didn’t get pressured into choosing the same one.
Arushi Naidu: You are such a kind and innocent soul. I should have known you were the mafia.
Tanishka Nath: So your dance for Frank Sinatra ATE.
Alexander Natividad: The victory dance. Also, AP test table buddies!
Krish Patel: So locked in, and yet…locked out. “Hop on apes.io. It’s fortnite, but with monkeys.”
Colin Phan: I didn’t really know anything about you until after Gartic, but you are really chill.
Svitra Rajkumar: I learned so much about Frida Kahlo.
Sara Santhosh: We never really talked until that one table group and I got to know you are so cool. Thank you for that one moment, iykwim.
Ritisha Saxena: You presented as Neil Armstrong really well. I actually had no clue about any of that.
Pranatee Shah: You made Mrs. Smith’s face go fully red. I couldn’t stop giggling during your presentation.
Ayush Sharma: I should have trusted you, I don’t know why you are so good at Mafia.
Neev Tamboli: The most chaotic presentation, and I quote, “Balls of American Steel.”
Avni Tewari: Bro. If I sit next to you one more time. But you are one of my bestest friends; aren’t we lucky we got the same class?
Emily Ung: The Ballet and the Jazz performances were so good. You are so cool.
Julia Wan: Making you mad will always be my favorite activity. You should have danced as Britney.
Dionne Wong: HOLY! Both the trumpet at Gatsby and the piano for Gershwin, you are so talented.
Mrs. Smith: I love English now. Thank you for being an incredible teacher. You are so funny, and the way you present is so engaging.
If you managed to make it to the bottom, I am going to miss you all so much! This was my favorite class. Please keep in touch. I’m acting like I am graduating, even though we still have one more year in hell but it would suck if I lose touch.
Hi Ruhika,
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, this is the best blog to end off all blogs. I find it fascinating how you wrote this with a similar yearbook-signing style format. Thank you for sharing your top memory of me this year and I really enjoyed the memories that came from our two tables. On that note, I feel like I want to do a victory dance soon, maybe on the last day of school. I also like how you encapsulated everyone from this period and you definitely should find a way to show this to the class. I agree this does feel like a graduation note, but we still have one more year to go. Great end!
Hello Ruhika,
ReplyDeleteThanks for appreciating my POAS presentation, I had no actual talent so I had to substitute it with wit and I feel thankful because you mentioned it. I genuinely believe you are one of the kindest people in our entire class. Your presence was a small but welcoming part of my AP lang experience, like how you made the Vocab prep on Quizlet which helped the majority of the class of the class prepare. I had a wonderful experience in AP lang, and it would not have been the same without you.
Hey Ruhika, this was so funny to read — just such a lovely mix of adorable, silly, and a bit chaotic (in a good sense). I loved reading all the small stories you've managed to gather from everyone. It's incredible how much we've all changed together over the course of one year. Your shoutout had me laughing out loud — IKWYM. I'm truly glad we were able to talk more this semester, and I hope we stay friends next year too. Thanks so much for condensing the best of this class into something so lovely.
ReplyDeleteHi Ruhika! I didn’t really process that this year really is about to end until I read your post—the realization hit me like a pile of bricks. It is so sweet of you to take the time out to address each and every one of our classmates. Sixth period has been one of the most tightly knit classes I’ve had the pleasure of being a part of; we all have made core memories with each other during this year.
ReplyDeleteTo anyone who is taking AP Lit next year, I hope to share a class period with you again! To anyone who is not, I still do want to be able to keep in touch and have a different class together; the idea of entering senior year feels surreal, I’m not ready for it.
Hi Ruhika,
ReplyDeleteThe title of your blog reminded me of a song from my childhood so I was intrigued from the start. I’m so surprised you managed to remember everybody’s POAS, and wow. Thank you so much for the compliment! You yourself were an amazing presenter. And this blog goes to show how your attention to the people around you is so impressive and important. Seeing my name on this list considering we don’t talk alot made me smile. And I’m sure other people feel the same way. This blog really made me realize how quickly junior year has come to an end feels like only yesterday; where I was trying to navigate myself through the hallways at the start of freshman year.