Her reputation preceded her;

challenging, demanding, tough grader,

my classmates quivered with nerves,

but English 2 Honors did not scare me.

I was up for the challenge, I wanted to grow.

Beowolf, Illiad,1984, research papers.

Her syllybus equated her reputation.

Laborious, daunting, difficult.

Intimidating? Yes. Impossible? No.

Mrs. Sickler wanted us to grow.

Syntax, Subtext, Similies, Style

Her eyes flooded with excitement,

riveted by our ideas and discussion.

We all wanted to impress her,

but she treated us as equals.

We studied, imagined, wrote and blossomed.

She pushed us past mental limits we didn't even know existed.

Caring, compassionate, brilliant, and inspiring.

Difficult she was, but in all the right ways.

Her teaching prompted incessant thinking.

Sadness dwelled as the class's end loomed near.

A hope for the future and a thirst for more

enticed me to endure

what many would call craziness.

I just called it AP Language.