1 00:00:00,620 --> 00:00:07,940 Hello students from the For the Verso! This is going to be a goodbye video. I know that this 2 00:00:07,940 --> 00:00:15,039 year went a little bit differently than maybe a lot of us anticipated originally, but that happens 3 00:00:15,039 --> 00:00:21,760 sometimes in life. I would have really loved to have been able to say goodbye to you all in person, 4 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:27,100 but unfortunately, like I said, because of the situation we're in right now, that's not possible, 5 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:34,460 so I wanted to make a video just to say goodbye and reflect a bit on the year that we've shared 6 00:00:34,460 --> 00:00:39,960 together because it has been, at least for me, a really impactful year. With all of you, with the 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:45,659 Forza Verso, I am incredibly grateful for the amount of time I've been able to spend with you 8 00:00:45,659 --> 00:00:53,840 all in a class setting in a large group, but more than that in small groups, so in pairs. I have 9 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:59,399 been able to spend a lot of time with you all outside of the classroom practicing for the 10 00:00:59,399 --> 00:01:06,500 English exams. And that has been, I hope useful, but more than useful. It's been something that 11 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:12,140 I've really appreciated because I feel like I've been able to have real conversations with you 12 00:01:12,140 --> 00:01:17,920 about what you're thinking, what you value, what is important to you. And that has been 13 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,840 so clarifying for me. And it has been something that I have really, really enjoyed. Throughout 14 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:30,459 this year, in the time that we've spent getting to know each other and talking, I've been amazed 15 00:01:30,459 --> 00:01:37,599 and impressed by not only your advanced English ability because you speak and understand English 16 00:01:37,599 --> 00:01:44,920 beautifully, but I've been more impressed by your critical thinking and your interest in learning 17 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:50,799 about more than just your individual experience. I've had conversations with so many of you that 18 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:57,140 of impressed me to my core because you're thinking about a lot of things that I was not thinking 19 00:01:57,140 --> 00:02:03,599 about when I was your age and I am so thankful to have met you all and to be living in a world 20 00:02:03,599 --> 00:02:10,560 in which I know that you are growing up. I feel like I can rest easy knowing that you're out there 21 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,360 and you're going to enter the workforce and you're passionate about the things that you're 22 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:20,539 passionate about and you are educating yourselves and trying to make yourselves and your peers and 23 00:02:20,539 --> 00:02:26,379 the world overall a better place. So I don't want to get too sappy. I don't want to get too mushy 24 00:02:26,379 --> 00:02:31,460 here, but I am really, really thankful for the time that we've been able to spend together. 25 00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:35,819 You've all really taught me so much. And like I've said so many times throughout this video, 26 00:02:35,819 --> 00:02:42,139 I am so thankful and I'm really going to miss you all a lot. Unfortunately, I will not be coming 27 00:02:42,139 --> 00:02:50,120 back to San Juan Bautista or to Madrid next year. I'm going to be moving back to Sacramento to be 28 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:56,960 a little bit closer to my family in California and while I'm excited to be closer to family 29 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:05,900 I'm also really really really gonna miss you all uh and so you know it's not all happy goodbyes 30 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:11,000 can be hard sometimes but I think it's really important that we say goodbye and it was really 31 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,699 important to me that I tell you all how much you mean to me and how much I'm gonna miss you I really 32 00:03:16,699 --> 00:03:22,860 am. I want to, from the bottom of my heart, wish you all the best. I have the utmost faith that 33 00:03:22,860 --> 00:03:26,580 you are going to really make changes in the world, that you're going to do good. 34 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:32,080 And I hope that you have the best summer and the best year next year. Okay. Bye everybody.