Of course, as soon as I post the long-winded spiel, I remember something from the other day that I actually want to share. 

So, to give some context, I currently take Civics, and the teacher is the same guy who taught my Pre-AP US History and Honors World History classes, which I had both of in my sophomore year. I had his class in the second term, and sophomore year was when I a lot of crazy shit went down. While enrolled in his classes, that was the time I was coming out to my parents as trans, starting medications for the first time, and all sorts of stuff like that. Sophomore year was strange, but that’s a long story for another day.

Anyways, I now have him again as a teacher, two years later. Last week I was on my way out the door after class, and he pulled me aside since I was the only person left in the room. Without any explanation, he just sort of looked at me and said: “You know, I like the new you, Jack. You’re a lot different than when you were last in my class.”

I was kind of taken aback and I asked what he meant.

“Well, you don’t keep your head down anymore. You seem so much more confident, like you’re enjoying yourself. It’s really cool. I’m glad to see you like this.” was what he said, or something to that effect.

Anyways, after he said that I thought about it a lot, and I still find myself thinking about it because it wasn’t until I really thought about it that I realized he’s right.

IDK, I just needed to hear that last week and it’s caused me to think about a lot of stuff, in a good way.