Thank You, and You, and You!

Happy Thanksgiving, Stuyvesant! In honor of the festivities, here are a few things that The Spectator’s Editorial Board is thankful for:

- Energetic dancers in the hallways after school, skilled in all forms of gyration.

- Teachers who play music at the start of class.

- Teachers who go on passionate tangential rants during class.

- Teachers who try to learn their students’ names.

- Teachers.

- Food, coffee, and halal carts that did NOT adjust for inflation.

- The bathrooms––specifically those on the eighth floor and above.

- A view of the Hudson and Pier 40’s cryptic gratitude.

- The custodial staff, who works hard to keep the building clean.

- Free lockers!

- Subway buddies.

- Walking buddies.

- Talking buddies.

- Hugs in the hallway.

- Going-in-for-a-handshake-but-ending-up-with-something-close-to-a-fist-bump in the hallway.

- Motivational graffiti in the bathrooms (“I believe in you!” is just what the bladder needs to hear!).

- Vending machines that actually have food in them.

- The thrill of realizing that the low-fat variations of our favorite vending machine treats are the same as the originals, in essence.

- Classes shaped like U’s with back rows for engaging discussions! And sleeping.

- Sleeping (when and where we get it).

- The librarians and the library they so dutifully take care of.

- People who don’t stare at you when you take off your mask to drink water.

- The 30-minute homework policy (in theory).

- The individuals across the building who miraculously keep the guitars in something resembling the correct tune.

- The new print station in the Student Union room.

And kind people of all ages.