University of Pennsylvania

PROMPT: Write a short thank-you note to someone you have not yet thanked and would like to acknowledge. (We encourage you to share this note with that person, if possible, and reflect on the experience!) (150-200 words) Teacher Karen, I felt like an outsider in programming classes before you arrived. I remember sharing my dream to create an immersive 3D Harry Potter game and receiving laughter and indifference from teachers and peers. Maybe I was the outsider. After all, I was the only girl in the room. I felt lonely and threatened by the overflowing testosterone in class. Amongst hostile…