Frankl-ly Speaking/Thankful for a Classmate

I like history. European history, American history, Latin American history, Asian history...just give me history and I'll love it. I thought I was pretty informed and educated about WWII. It is possibly one of my favorite periods of history, people often do not understand why but they do not understand or see what I see amid all the troublesome images. Frankl was able to give me a more personal meaning to their sufferings. His book is a first, where he did not go in depth about the horrors of life as a inmate in a concentration camp. No, he took his time to explain to us what kept him alive. His wife and the manuscript were what kept him afloat at the camp. Frankl mentioned that many of the inmates did not commit suicide because they had that someone or something for them out there, or so they hoped. I liked how Frankl went over the different stages that prisoners went through when first arriving at the camp. I was vaguely aware of them but the way he went out explained them really made me understand the reasons behind it. Frankl did not just explain life at a concentration camp, he showed us how many prisoners, including himself, were able to survive such a life. They all found meaning in their suffering, it was the only way that they could keep on living. 

Thankful for a classmate. I am thankful to have Sydney in my class. I have never had a class with her before but this year I have two with her, Philosophy being one of course. I am thankful for her because she always contributes to the conversation and because she was probably one of the four people I knew in that class. I always have someone to talk to during group discussions. Shes very outspoken and funny. I am thankful that I got to know her more through this class because she cracks me up every day.