By Noelle Friedberg 

Opinion Editor

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, now is the perfect time to stop and reflect on what we’re most thankful for. I for one am thankful for my education.

School is something that is so easy to take for granted. And why wouldn’t we? It can be such a drag. At this point in our lives, we’ve all been in school for over a decade, so most of us are just over all of the work at this point.

Even if we’re feeling burnt out from too much schoolwork, we should still stop and reflect on the positive way that education has shaped our lives.

It is our education that has fostered our ability to read, to write, to think critically and has afforded us the opportunity to see the world in new ways. Without all of my years of schooling I would not know nearly as much as I do, I would not be able to engage ideas in the same way – so school is definitely something to be thankful for.

Our educations have shaped us into the people we are today. Let’s try to take a break from complaining about all of the exams we have to study for, the speeches we have to give, the group projects we have to work on and the papers we have to write, and appreciate the way that our educations have shaped and molded our lives for the better.

So when you’re sitting around the dinner table this Thanksgiving, take a moment to reflect back on all of the positive opportunities your education has provided you with.