Behind the Pages: Shannon Luders Manuel Reveals the Untold Inspirations Behind The One Who Loves You
But starting my sophomore year, my English teacher saw me as a smart person, and I started to do better. That teacher even wrote me a letter of recommendation for a scholarship in my senior year, which I received. I hadn’t been in AP classes, and I wasn’t deemed a smart person in general, and so I didn’t believe it about myself. When I won the scholarship, I remember I went to the awards ceremony with these students that I thought I didn’t have anything in common with academically. That was a huge turning point for me.
