Dear Ma’am Roan,
Thank you for teaching us this semester. I appreciated that you were strict when you needed to be and laid-back enough that class still felt comfortable. I liked that balance about you.
I’m sorry if I ever looked bored while you were discussing a lesson. I’m usually quiet in class because I tend to listen more than I speak. In my other subjects too, I sometimes doze off after sleeping late, or I get distracted and start daydreaming even when I’m trying to pay attention. I’ve wondered if I might have ADHD, but I haven’t been assessed. Even on days when I looked distracted, I appreciated your class.
Also, Ma’am, Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale is a Christmas animated film released by Warner Bros. in 2007. It runs about 47 minutes and was directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. The story came from an idea by Joseph Barbera, one of the creators of Tom and Jerry, and the film uses music from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker. It begins in an empty opera house, where Jerry wishes he could perform onstage. His wish takes him to a magical kingdom with candy forests and toys that come to life. There, he dances with a ballerina from a music box. Tom and a group of alley cats interrupt the celebration and take the ballerina captive, so Jerry sets out to rescue her with help from another mouse named Tuffy and the friends he meets in the kingdom. Chantal Strand voices Tuffy, Tara Strong voices the ballerina, and Richard Newman voices the Toymaker. The film keeps Tom and Jerry’s usual rivalry but gives it a different setting. This time, Jerry has a whole kingdom to help save, and the ballet music accompanies both the dancing and the chase scenes. Anyway, Ma’am, that’s what A Nutcracker Tale is about.
I’m glad I got to use what you taught us to make this card for you. Thank you, Ma’am Roan.
With appreciation,
Kurt Russell Cabigas