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Today is thank you day and I am thankful for a lot of things.
Firstly I never thought I would say it but I have to do; I am grateful to coronavirus for showing me how lucky I am to have a family who is healthy and safe and also for having demonstrated to me how little things, like going to school, watching a movie in a cinema and going to a restaurant, are beautiful and special.
In addition I am thankful to all the doctors who have worked hard to save a lot of people, including some of my relatives.
But, most above, I am grateful to my parents and my friends who have helped me to keep smiling, even this bad period.
M.B. 4^C

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These two words are very simple but so meaningful to receive and also to say. They express gratitude and appreciation to people who have done and keep doing something for you, even though it means for them making big efforts which are not always paid back.

So I would say thank you to my parents and my family, for the sacrifices they have made to help me, for the huge amount of patience they have, for everything they do to make me a better person.

Furthermore, I would say thank you, in addition to my family, to teachers, to trainers and to every person who has taught me something in life. My gratitude for teachers is particularly heartfelt because of their extraordinary efforts to make online school as good as actual lessons.

Then I would say thank you to my friends and to everyone who made me laugh, and supported me in difficult times.

Last, but not least, I would say thank you to every single person who tries, even in a very simple way, to make our world a better place, even though it is really a difficult task.

To every person I have mentioned and to other people who would have deserved to, but I have probably forgotten,

Thank you

SP 5B

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Nowadays saying “thank you” is underestimated, things are often taken for granted and this is an enormous mistake, we should all learn to say thank you more often, even just for small gestures and acts of kindness.

Today, on the International “Thank you” day I would like to thank my close friends and my family.

2020 has been a very difficult year and having them always with me has been crucial,they have been with me in the most difficult moments and have been able to help me, keep me company and distract me, but they also have been with me in the best times and have allowed these to be.

Next, I would like to thank a very special person to me, THANK YOU for always being there for me, for making me grow and for always making me discover new things, thanks to you I became more confident and I faced my fears, you’ve always had a good word for me, a word of comfort, and when I’ve needed it you’ve always been able to give me good advice, always supporting me. I’m grateful for having you in my life, thank you!

F.M. 5^B

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The international Thank you day
Adolescence is an important period of our life, full of hard decisions and difficult moments. A young person has to be well-influenced to make the right actions. For this reason I would thank my parents and my brother. Teenegers are used to having some difficulties asking for information or advice from their parents and so do I too. However, I am lucky because my parents have known how to talk and give  advise, without me explicitly asking. I had to choose which school or which university to attend and they listened to me to understand my preferences and what I like, without imposing themselves by deciding my future. Therefore they tried to explain to me which kind of school I would like to attend and I started collecting information about, so I could make the right decision. Moreover my brother is an important person in my life: surprisingly I had difficulties in approaching with others when I was younger, indeed he helped me so much, also when I had some arguments with my former friends: he explained me why it was not my fault, but theirs and that was better losing people, who pretended to be friends only for some advantages, than to remain with them, giving the opportunity up to meet a real friend. 
In conclusion I would thank my family, because they are actually helping me to grow up and also because without them I would not have done what I love and I would not have met some friends, who have now become an important part of my life, too.
AM 5B

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Thank you A.M. 5B
Today, I would like to thank my good fortune, something we all need, especially during this difficult period. I would like to thank my “luck” because, despite the bad news and the terrible moments I have been through, I was not alone. I would like to thank my family and friends and because all of them are fine and in good health. I know this is not guaranteed in this particular moment and that is why my “thank you” is really sincere. I am thankful for having my parents’ support in every situation, for having my siblings’ love, for having my friends’ company: for having a good life in spite of everything.

Another thing I am thankful for is being born in Italy; that is something I often forget about, but it is also something very important, because here we have our rights guaranteed, liberties, possibilities to realize the future we desire and also a wonderful thing we all consider taken for granted but that is not: a public health system.

In addition to this, I also thank people that have been taking care of others since the pandemic has spread, although it was dangerous for themselves.

Moreover, thanks to them, we all have been able to live our lives in the most normal way possible.

On one hand I thank people like doctors and nurses but, on the other hand, also people who coordinated and managed at their best all the country should be thanked.

In conclusion, thanks to everybody that makes other people’s life better, or less lonely and sad.

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Thank you
Today, I would like to thank my good fortune, something we all need, especially during this difficult period. I would like to thank my “luck” because, despite the bad news and the terrible moments I have been through, I was not alone. I would like to thank my family and friends and because all of them are fine and in good health. I know this is not guaranteed in this particular moment and that is why my “thank you” is really sincere. I am thankful for having my parents’ support in every situation, for having my siblings’ love, for having my friends’ company: for having a good life in spite of everything.

Another thing I am thankful for is being born in Italy; that is something I often forget about, but it is also something very important, because here we have our rights guaranteed, liberties, possibilities to realize the future we desire and also a wonderful thing we all consider taken for granted but that is not: a public health system.

In addition to this, I also thank people that have been taking care of others since the pandemic has spread, although it was dangerous for themselves.

Moreover, thanks to them, we all have been able to live our lives in the most normal way possible.

On one hand I thank people like doctors and nurses but, on the other hand, also people who coordinated and managed at their best all the country should be thanked.

In conclusion, thanks to everybody that makes other people’s life better, or less lonely and sad.

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In our life the term “thank you” is used a lot with a superficial meaning. We used to be thankful for everything even when it was not necessary. Doing this,  we are going to lose the real important power that this term has. I think also that a deep “thank you” is difficult to say so we find it easier to remain  in the superficial one.

Despite this difficulty, today I want to say thank you to a person that I really appreciate and respect, she is the closest person to me and I want to dedicate this poem to her. Even if we live in the same home and we stay a lot together I don’t thank her often, maybe because i think that is an obvious thing, or because I am embarrassed to show my personal feelings.

I want to highlight how much she did for me every day, from morning to night, she supported me every time I was not in my best mood making me laugh and supporting me.

It often happens that school or other things in life make me confused and stress me she is always involved, she is there when I need help.

On the one hand this person sustains me in my path of life, on the other hand she teaches me strictly, making me understand my mistakes.

She is the best person in my entire life. If you did not understand the addressee, she is my lovely mother.

A.M. 5B

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It was the 12th of January, my mother’s birthday, and I did not find a way to say thank you to her in the best possible way. I had to say thank you to her because she made me grow and she made me the person who I am, she taught me to resolve problems and to enjoy my life.

Therefore, I thought that the most beautiful thing that she shared with me is the love for cooking, so I decided to cook something very special for her. She loves chocolate and, in my opinion, this ingredient is like a cuddle, a hug, it is a symbol of love.

I do not say enough thank you to my parents, because I think that we are losing the importance of these simple words, we regard them as obvious. Not always to express our gratitude we have to say these words, we can also pass time with these people or prepare something for them in order to make them feel important and  loved.

FOR THE PASTRY:

150 g of butter, 125 g of sugar, one egg, salt, 250 g of flour.

Beat the butter until light and fluffy, add sugar and a little bit of salt. When the ingredients are mixed, add also the flour, working the pastry quickly. Then it has to rest in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Thereafter roll out the pastry and put it in a baking-pan. Put some beans on the pie, so that it would not puff up and bake it at 180° for about 15/20 minutes.

FOR THE CHOCOLATE CREAM

Two egg yolks, 100 g of sugar, 200 g of dark chocolate, one glass of milk.

Mix yolks with sugar, in the meantime heat milk on a stove. After that, add milk to egg and sugar and stir. Now put the mixture on the stove and continue stirring, until it reaches 80°C. Next, pour it on cut chocolate and stir until well melted. Leave it in the fridge for 12 hours.

FOR THE COFFEE CREAM

200 g of milk cream, 200 g of white chocolate, two spoons of instant coffee

Heat the cream until it starts to boil, turn off the stove and add instant coffee. After that, pour the cream on the cut white chocolate and mix. Put it in the fridge for 12 hours.

Finally, we are ready to realize the cake. Pour the chocolate cream in the base of the pie. In a bowl, whip the coffee cream and then, with a sac à poche, decorate the cake.

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Thank you A., A. and F.,

for being the most important person in my life.

We met fifteen years ago and together we created a very strong bond;

every day seeing you, even just for five minutes, makes my day better.

I know that with you I can be 100% myself without being judged and I can also tell you about all my problems and count on your support.

Together we have been through family problems, arguments, failures, breakups and depression, helping each other.

You are beautiful, intelligent and full of qualities that make you wonderful people, the best I know.

I love you from the bottom of my heart, I really need you and I know you will be there.

I would give you my life

Thank you

V.L. 4F

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Thank you because you got me through a lot and you helped me to grow.
Thank you because you gave me the chance to understand which people are real.
Thanks to you I was able to understand who I can really count on, especially in the moments when I feel weaker.
Thanks to you I was able to comprehend how things I have are so important.
The distance from people helped me recognize who I really care about.

I am grateful for the year 2020, even if it caused a lot of pain, it also taught people respect for laws, it taught how to respect rules to help people who are in a difficult situation.

Year 2020 gave us a lot of emotions, especially when we had the possibility to see our friends again and share our life with them.

“Gratitude explains our past, brings peace to our present and searches for a vision for our tomorrow”.
(Melody Beattie)

GR 4D

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Thank you P

Because when I was going off the rails of my life and I didn't realize - as if I were hibernating - that my days were taking a turn that made me uncomfortable, you managed without even knowing it to make me find my true desires, what I really wanted.

Thank you G

Because although our relationship is unclear, what you managed to give me with simple words is incomparable. My lifestyle and self-confidence have glowed up because of you.

Thank you A

Because when I'm alone and no one is able to help me or really listen to my troubles, you are the last lifeline to keep me from going to the bottom. I'm sorry if sometimes I make you my psychologist, but - I don't know why - you always have the right words to say to me, not judging me for a second.

Know that as I can count on you, you too can do the same with me.

This is precisely gratitude: it is not only the best way to have a better attitude in life, but it is a feeling that pushes to reciprocate the good.

DC 5C

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Worms- Carl Dennis

Aren't you glad at least that the earthworms

Under the grass are ignorant, as they eat the earth,

Of the good they confer on us, that their silence

Isn't a silent reproof for our bad manners,

Our never casting earthward a crumb of thanks

For their keeping the soil from packing so tight

That no root, however determined, could pierce it?

Imagine if they suspected how much we owe them,

How the weight of our debt would crush us

Even if they enjoyed keeping the grass alive,

The garden flowers and vegetables, the clover,

And wanted nothing that we could give them,

Not even the merest nod of acknowledgment.

A debt to angels would be easy in comparison,

Bright, weightless creatures of cloud, who serve

An even brighter and lighter master.

Lucky for us they don't know what they're doing,

These puny anonymous creatures of dark and damp

Who eat simply to live, with no more sense of mission

Than nature feels in providing for our survival.

Better save our gratitude for a friend

Who gives us more than we can give in return

And never hints she's waiting for reciprocity.

"If I had nickel, I'd give it to you,"

The lover says, who, having nothing available

In the solid, indicative world, scrapes up

A coin or two in the world of the subjunctive.

"A nickel with a hole drilled in the top

So you can fasten it to your bracelet, a charm

To protect you against your enemies."

For his sake, she'd wear it, not for her own,

So he might believe she's safe as she saunters

Home across the field at night, the moon above her,

Below her the loam, compressed by the soles of her loafers,

And the tunneling earthworms, tireless, silent,

As they persist, oblivious, in their service.

I think this poem, written by Carl Dennis, perfectly captures the reason why we should be thankful even for the little things and how small actions that may seem meaningless or insignificant can make a huge difference in someone’s life.

I think most of us can agree that 2020 was not a good year and has taken a toll on our mental health and, in some cases, our physical health.

Despite that I still find myself being somewhat thankful for some of the things this year has brought with it.

COVID-19 and the consequent quarantine, for example, allowed me to spend more time with my family.

All things considered, I think the most important thing this year has taught me is to appreciate the small things.

Many times during this year I found myself feeling hopeless or in a state of extreme sadness. During those moments what made me feel better were my friends that, by just sending me a message or a funny video or by talking to me on a video chat, much like the earthworms in the poem, involuntarily made it so that happiness and hope could blossom again inside of me.

Despite all the times I tried to express my gratitude to them I don’t think I’ll ever be able to truly explain how much even a simple “hi” from them really means to me or how much, without even knowing it, they helped lift me up in a time of need.

Maybe, in a way, I don’t want them to find out how much their words, even the simplest ones, truly mean to me, how much they make me feel as if maybe, after all, I am not as worthless as I keep repeating to myself, how much they help me feel as if maybe I do matter to some people.

I feel as though, then, on this day, I should thank my friends, who despite everything are still sticking by my side and, like earthworms unknowingly help flowers grow and blossom, they unknowingly help me grow and blossom through every obstacle.

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Thank you grandparents, because you always were here to take me on holidays, to stay with me, to make me happy. 2020, maybe the worst year you ever lived, just (and finally) ended. The complete rubbish that was 2020, even though it finished, left one of the major pandemics in the last century, but this didn't end. Hopefully, you didn't been infected by this tremendous virus, so, now, with the vaccine being given to people, I will wait until this pandemics will be out of our life before beginning to return to the "life of before". I hope you won't be infected in the meantime because I have many other things to be graceful of. If you unluckily will develop the coronavirus now, that will be so unfair. We have many more years to stay together in this life. Thank you forever.
S. B. 1T

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I want to thank my friends, the real and sincere ones.

Especially some of my classmates who made my school experience less stressful, I thank them because they are always there for me: in good and bad times.

They are so important that without them I would feel lost, they are a shoulder to cry on but at the same time someone with whom you can laugh without stopping.

I’m such a lucky girl to be surrounded by such wonderful people, that sometimes I feel like it’s not real, but I’m sure these people will be by my side for the rest of my life and I’m immensely grateful for that.

People often take for granted the sincerity and loyalty of friends but I have experienced myself that there are people who are not loyal and sincere, so once you find the right friendships you have to keep them close, safe and always thank them.

I say thank you to my friends for all the happy moments we spent together, and to the memories that will always remain in my heart, full of joy and love for them.

I also want to thank my family, everyone who is part of it will never turn their back on me: they are a certainty.

I thank the year 2020, a difficult year of suffering but also a year of deep reflection on what really matters in life.

A.O. 4D

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Sometimes THANKS is one of the most beautiful words to say. This year taught me the importance of people and things, so today I want to thank them, with this beautiful word, because they  are a light is this dark period.
Thanks to music for being with me all the time, for making me happy, sad and emotional...sometimes you are the only thing that can make me feel good;
Thanks to my family for supporting me all the time.
Thanks to my old and new friends, you share with me funny and difficult moments.
Thanks to my crazy animals for make me laugh and really happy.
Especially I wanna thank my mum and my dad, they are the most beautiful people I ever met, love you... and I wanna thank five amazing girls who make my days colorful.
Love you all.
Thanks...really thank you.
Clara B. 1A

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THANK YOU DAY                            In 2020, a disastrous year from many points of view, the word 'thank you' has acquired a new meaning; previously this term had almost taken on a meaning connected to banality, it had become a foregone conclusion and without feeling. Although many people think there is little to be grateful for, I want to thank the year 2020 for not losing my family members, as it  happened to many friends of mine, I want to thank all the doctors and nurses who fought on the front line against this invisible enemy, the virus Covid-19, I want to thank all the people who contributed to making my 2020, like that of many others, less tragic than it could have been.Fortunately, in addition to all the damage that this year caused us, I think that an important thing was introduced: no one will take anything for granted for many years, and will surely be grateful for what they have and what they are allowed to do.Hoping 2021 will be a better year full of joy and redemption for all that we have been through, thank you 2020 for everything positive you taught us.

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THANK YOU DAY                            In 2020, a disastrous year from many points of view, the word 'thank you' has acquired a new meaning; previously this term had almost taken on a meaning connected to banality, it had become a foregone conclusion and without feeling. Although many people think there is little to be grateful for, I want to thank the year 2020 for not losing my family members, as it  happened to many friends of mine, I want to thank all the doctors and nurses who fought on the front line against this invisible enemy, the virus Covid-19, I want to thank all the people who contributed to making my 2020, like that of many others, less tragic than it could have been.Fortunately, in addition to all the damage that this year caused us, I think that an important thing was introduced: no one will take anything for granted for many years, and will surely be grateful for what they have and what they are allowed to do.Hoping 2021 will be a better year full of joy and redemption for all that we have been through, thank you 2020 for everything positive you taught us.

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thanks to all the people who have been close to me and who were even before this period. Thanks to my friends who have made the quarantine lighter, thanks to the professors who are striving to teach to the best of their ability, thanks to those in government who, even if we often forget it, try to contain the critical situation in any way. Thanks to doctors and law enforcement who work for us every day. Thanks to all these people but above all a special thanks to my mother who has always been there for me and always will be there and so will I for her.
L.T 4^C

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Even though 2020 has been tremendously hard for me, I think that I won’t remember this year for that, instead I will remember it as the year in which I reached the most important goal by far of this first phase of my life.

As someone once said, you got the best view when you are on top of the mountain, this can’t be more true, in fact it is only when you have reached your objective, that you can see the path you have done and especially all those who have helped you in overcoming all the difficulties you have encountered on it.

Today is the international “Thank You” day, therefore there could not be a better time in which to say…thank you mum and dad, you gave me the determination, the strength and the energy I needed; you have always told me that I was able to accomplish every dream of mine notwithstanding the difficulties, you have taught me to believe in myself and you have always been there to support me.

Thank you mum and dad for making me become the person I am proud to be today.
M.C. 5C

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"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives"

John F. Kennedy

I have chosen this quote because it is full of truth.

Every day I receive love from my family and I rarely thank my parents. I share my life with my sisters and I do not  thank them for being there at any time. Every day I have friends by my side who make me happy and make me feel special and I never thank them enough.

The opportunities to thank the people who love us are many, but often we do not succeed and who knows why. So I want to take the opportunity to thank all those who have made a difference in my life: my mom and dad for giving birth to me, my grandparents for raising me and loving me, my sisters for putting up with me and supporting me every day, my friends who are a shoulder to cry on and people to be immensely happy with.

Just thank you for being with me and loving me.
C.M. 4^C

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INGREDIENTS:

Butter, 100g

Light brown sugar, 100g

White sugar, 50g

Eggs, 2

Vanilla extract, 5g

Flour, 250g

Sea salt 2g

Baking soda, 5g

Chocolate chips, 150g

PROCESS:

Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl

In another bowl mix sugars and butter until they make a cream

Beat in eggs and vanilla until they became fluffy

Add them to the first two preparations and mix them all together

Add the chocolate chips

Now that your dough is completed, roll a bit portion of it into a ball (about 20)

Place all the balls on a baking sheet

Heat the oven to 180°

Bake them for 10 minutes until they turn light brown

Baking is something very special to me because it is a passion that I have always shared with my mum for years. Usually we decide the recipe according to what we like and how our mood is, following our cravings for chocolate, apples, biscuits… Kitchen is, therefore, our favourite room of the house due to the fact that there we spend our best time together: we establish a unique connection and we are able to talk about literally everything.

I do not do it very often, because most of the time I take my mum’s presence for granted, but it is not, and with these cookies I want to thank her, my favourite person of the whole word. She has always supported me and been on my side, she makes me smile even when it seems impossible and she will always accept me for who I am.

Writing these lines I feel so lucky to be able to have such a wonderful woman beside me and I am very proud of the meaningful relationship that we are building together, aware that this is not the same for a lot of other people that cannot get along with their parents. I wish they would be capable of finding such a significant person on whom they can rely on, like my mum is to me.

C.B.   5C

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Thanks to my friends, family and to people i share my life with who helped me during this sad and lonely moment by not keeping me alone but i would also like to thank music for entertaining me and  my basketball team and the sport itself for making my menthal health feel better.
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In 2021 when everything goes so fast, I think it’s important to have one day to thank what we are grateful for. Everybody know that 2020 was a strange and different year but it gave us the possibility to find out a lot of things. I want to thank 2020 because I had the opportunity to spend much more time with my family than I ever had, I rediscovered my old love for music and books, I started cooking more and learning new recipes.
I thank my family because every day I discover more and more how wonderful it is.
I thank my parents for all the sacrifices and the effort they make everyday to allow us to live well.
I thank my sister because she is always there for me.
I thank my friends who kept me company, who had some fun with me and who have made me understand who really cares about me.
I thank the elderly lady who greeted me every morning when I went to elementary and middle school.
I thank all the people who have been close to me and who have supported me.
I thank the music for consoling me when no one could do it, for making me happy and carefree, for warming my heart.
I thank nature because it fascinates me every day.
I thank the little birds that sing outside my window in the morning and bring me great joy.
I thank the sun that makes me want to live and discover the world.
I thank the technology that during a difficult year in which I could not see anyone allowed me to stay in touch with my friends and my distant family. I thank the snow that fell that made me a child again.
I thank my home country which I miss so much.
I thank the world, so big and so beautiful, I can't wait to visit it all.
I thank all the people who came out of my life because they made me understand who my real friends are.
I thank Professoressa Locatelli who gave me the opportunity to think by making me understand that there are many things for which I am grateful. I also thank the Thank You day. At least one day a year we can show ourselves truly grateful for what life gives us every day, even if we should show ourselves grateful every day of the year, always.

“When you get up in the morning, remember what a precious privilege it is to be alive: to breathe, to think, to feel joy and to love” - Marco Aurelio.
I think this sentence perfectly sums up what we should do every morning nowadays. Wake up and say thanks for the magnificent privilege that has been granted to us.
“There are two ways of living life. One is to think that nothing is a miracle. The other is to think that everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein.
This phrase from Einstein, in my opinion, underlines precisely two groups of people that exist in the world. We should all be the second group, those who think that everything is a miracle.
Thank you very much for the attention. A.S. 4D.

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In a strange year like that one we have just left behind us the word “thank you” is fundamental.
First of all we have to remember that the word “thank you” is one of the first words that we learnt as children and should never be forgotten. This is one of the most beautiful words ever and learning it is an achievement and an aspiration that can last a lifetime. Saying “thank you” to parents, family members, children, partner, friends and so on is not just synonymous with education, but it is an emotional skill and regards both the person who pronounces the word and the person who is being thanked. Automatically both people feel grateful to each other.   
I read that there are three different levels of gratitude: gratitude for the benefit received, praise to the one who made it possible and finally the availability to return. The languages accept one of these three levels. For example the English way “thank you” includes the result of the action received. Then the Italian word “grazie” is used to mean that the person who pronounces feels grateful and happy.
On this special day I would like to thank a lot of people I am proud to have next to me.
Thanks to my family who has been supporting me ever sincesince ever. Especially during this strange difficult year you were able to make me feel better. Without this occasion of the “thank you day” I would not have thought how much I owe to my family because I think that the younger generations take these things for granted.
Thanks to my dearest friends who always know how to make me feel better. You were capable of making me smile on those moments where a smile seemed impossible to obtain. You were also capable of surprising me and making me feel full of joy for what I have.
And finally I want to thank all the teachers who supported us during these sad and difficult times. Sometimes it seems impossible to go over, but together we can collaborate and soon be back at school. Hoping now to be able to see you all again soon, I want to thank you all that are here to read.
Thank you!

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The year that has just ended was probably the hardest of our lives, but also one of the deepest. It taught us to appreciate things we have, even ones we most took for granted. I would like to thank all those people who made this year so gray a little more colourful, especially my family and friends with whom I have shared a lot. A thank you to doctors is always a must, especially this year for all the sacrifices they have made and continue to make to save lives. Thanks also goes to music that has always accompanied me and to Atalanta, which has given so many joys at a football level in this 2020.
F.B. 4C

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Thank you, people who always look, after me when I'm sad, when I think everithing is going wrong.
Thank you, teachers, for helping me to learn many interesting things that I didn't know before.
Thank you friends, in 2020 you were fantastic, thanks for everything.
L. C. 1A

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In a strange year like that one we have just left behind us the word “thank you” is fundamental.

First of all we have to remember that the word “thank you” is one of the first words that we learnt as children and should never be forgotten. This is one of the most beautiful words ever and learning it is an achievement and an aspiration that can last a lifetime. Saying “thank you” to parents, family members, children, partner, friends and so on is not just synonymous with education, but it is an emotional skill and regards both the person who pronounces the word and the person who is being thanked. Automatically both people feel grateful to each other.
I read that there are three different levels of gratitude: gratitude for the benefit received, praise to the one who made it possible and finally the availability to return. The languages accept one of these three levels. For example the English way “thank you” includes the result of the action received. Then the Italian word “grazie” is used to mean that the person who pronounces feels grateful and happy.

On this special day I would like to thank a lot of people I am proud to have next to me.

Thanks to my family who has been supporting me ever since. Especially during this strange difficult year you were able to make me feel better. Without this occasion of the “thank you day” I would not have thought how much I owe to my family because I think that the younger generations take these things for granted.

Thanks to my dearest friends who always know how to make me feel better. You were capable of making me smile on those moments where a smile seemed impossible to obtain. You were also capable of surprising me and making me feel full of joy for what I have.

And finally I want to thank all the teachers who supported us during these sad and difficult times. Sometimes it seems impossible to go over, but together we can collaborate and soon be back at school.
Hoping now to be able to see you all again soon, I want to thank you all that are here to read.

Thank you!
C.M. 4D

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People often forget to say thank you.

Who knows why - after all, it's such a simple word.

And yet it has gone out of fashion to recognise someone for having done something good for you with a simple ‘thank you’.

People are in such a hurry nowadays: they take their coffee at the bar and go out, they have their car fixed by a mechanic, they get help from their parents or siblings, without ever saying thank you.

Isn't it nice to say a sincere ‘thank’ to someone and recognise that they have really helped?

Saying thank you is important because it's a simple way of saying: 'I appreciate what you've done for me', whether it's a 'trivial' thing like bringing your mother a chocolate or an important action.

To be honest, it's a great feeling to hear someone say thank you. Personally it fills my heart with joy, because I've done something good that didn't waste my time.

Thank you mum for protecting me and raising me in a peaceful and safe place, full of joy and love.

Thank you for always being there for me when I feel lonely, when I don't believe in myself and when everything around me seems black.

But most of all thank you mum for being there for me even when I am happy, when I achieve my goals; thank you for telling me to be proud of myself.. it is I who am proud of you

Thank you mum.

S.D. 4°D

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Firstly, I want to say thank you to my friends.

I am glad to have friends like you, to have you in my life.
Thanks to you my days are happier: every day I walk up knowing that I am not alone, that I can rely on you, especially in such a strange and difficult period. I believe that everyone needs a friend in their life, a person with whom to laugh, cry, let off stream and share everything, even the worst experiences.

Then, I completely agree with sentence of the journalist Walter Winchell, who says:

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out”.

I want to highlight this sentence, because I really think that real friends are always there for you, both in happy times and unhappy times. I like to associate this image with friendship: two children who take each other by hand and who together grow, fall, but they help each other and will never give up.
Then, I want to thank my family, my mother, my dad, my sister, my brother who are always able to take a smile from me and do everything for me. Finally, I want to say thank you to a beautiful little creature born a short time ago, to my niece who manages, even in my moments of despondency, to make me forget everything and make me go back as a child.

S.P. 4D

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On Monday it will be The International THANK YOU Day and Ii want to thank this particular year and all the people who have been part of it because although it has been very difficult it has taught me a lot. I realised that even if we are distant we can feel close to each other.

A big thank you to my parents..

Thank you because you always tried to make me smile, despite the situation, and you have almost always succeeded.

Thank you for all the time spent together at home talking, joking but sometimes also crying.

Thank you for believing in me when I don't.

Thank you to my best friends.

We haven’t seendidn’t see each other for three months, but we never lost each other.

We spent hours on the phone.

Each of us went through bad times, but we always managed to distract each other by trying to laugh together, we shared anxieties, fears and sadness, but this helped us to become even better friends.

Thank you because your hug when we could see each other again was the most beautiful we have ever given.

Thank you for the summer of fun that was able to make us forget some of the previous months.

Thank you 2020 because you have taken so much from me, but you have also given me so much.

C.M. 4D

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Daffodils

by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not be but gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed'and gazed'but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

I chose this poem because it is able to translate into words the warm and filling emotion we feel on a beautiful day, when we are surrounded by nature's bloom. It represents how nature is able to enchant us and leave an everlasting impression on us. Even when time has passed since the poet saw the daffodils, their memory still brings him pleasure. I believe this is the same effect joyful memories have on us. When we are living the moment, we often do not realize the happiness it brings us, just like Wordsworth didn't realize the “wealth” the show of the daffodils brought him. It is only when we look back on good times, days, months, or even years later, that we realize how lucky we are to have lived them and to be able to  keep their memory inside of us.

For this reason I would like to thank my friends, because it is thanks to them that I can proudly say to have a heart full of joyous memories to look back on. Having them by my side really makes life, especially during these hard times, much easier. Just being in their presence brings me joy and it is thanks to them that I can look back on so many fun-filled moments of my life. Whether it be school trips, vacations, nights out or dinners, every memory I have with them is filled with a feeling of warmth, bliss and laughter.

F.B. 4D

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From an early age, one of the first words we all learn is thank you. Our loved ones teach us how important it is to give thanks for friendship, love and above all for the great fortune we have in being able to live in a part of the world where most are assured a comfortable life.

Often, as we grow up, we become accustomed to being thankful we begin to take for granted, such as being able to go to school surrounded by our friends or getting a hug.

Personally I would like to thank 2020 because, despite all the difficulties, it has enabled me to reawake, to rediscover the good fortune I have always had in my life, to be able to live happily, surrounded by a peaceful environment.

The day we can take off our masks and hug our grandparents again, the day when we can go back to school and hug our friends again, the day when our loved ones can finally regain the economic stability so greatly endangered by the pandemic, what I will do is to thank, as not everyone will be so lucky to be able to get over this situation or not to have lost loved ones.

This year has taught me not to take my surroundings for granted, and I hope to hold this lesson with me.

I.P. 4D

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Saying “thank you” is something we should do more often, but not only as a form of courtesy: we should mean it. Sometimes it comes natural, spontaneous, sometimes it doesn’t. The problem is, as far as I’m concerned, that we thank other people more for not important things than for what really matters.

For example, everyone (rude people left aside) finds normal to thank strangers who’ve helped them finding the right way (or have only tried to), or the barmaid , the casher and who gives you something in general (for instance, in the last example I made, sometimes the two people involved both say “thanks”. I’m not saying this is wrong, on the contrary being polite is important and if everyone was always like that our society would be better. What I’m trying to express here is that there are other things in our lives that we give for granted, but we shouldn’t.

Speaking about my personal experience, the first person that comes to my mind while thinking about who I should thank more often is my mum, and I believe it is the same for many other teenagers like me. I would like to thank her because she is always there and she makes my life a lot easier every day, doing things she’s not compelled to do, even though she’s always snowed under, only because she loves me; for that she deserves much more gratitude than I show her.

There are other people in my life that are or have been fundamental for me and have contributed to make me the person I am today, so I’d like to thank them all.

I’d like to thank my dad for working so hard every day in order to give me and my siblings whatever we need and for coming to pick me up anytime I need a lift, even though it’s late and he would like to sleep.

I also want to thank my grandparents, because they have taken care of me during my whole childhood when my parents were at work (sometimes pampering me a little), they are always there whatever I need and they support all my choices.

Then, I’d like to say “thank you” to my siblings, because, although we often don’t get on well, life without them would be much more boring.

I’d like to thank all my friends, the ones I still have, and the ones I had, regardless of what relationship we have now and why we’re not so close anymore, for all the good moments we have spent together and have made me happy and for every time they’ve been by my side.

Lastly I want to say “thank you” to all the grown-up figures who’ve taught me to do my best in order to achieve my goals: all the teachers I’ve had till now (in particular the ones who’ve transmitted me the passion for their subject, making the study part lighter) and the educators I’ve dealt with in different contexts, for example in the oratory.

I conclude by thanking everyone who dedicates their lives to help others, or even just try to act with generosity and kindness every day, for making our world a little better.

G.G. 4^D

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January 11th is International THANK YOU Day and I believe that this year (more than any other) it is important to thank the doctors, nurses and all those who put their lives at risk in order to save many more.

Thank you mom for teaching me to be determined and to fight to achieve the results that will lead me to realize my dreams;

Thank you dad for reminding me every day that victory is not all that matters, the important is the path that each of us makes;

Thank you Grandma for everything you do every day for me and for my brothers, I also thank you for coming to my house every time I was sick and that I just needed someone to talk to and cry with;

Thanks to my brothers and sisters for making me smile even in the most difficult moments;

Thank you Valentina for always trying to be there for me despite I was not at my best and I tried every time to get you away from me;

Thanks to all those who made me feel important and did not judge me;

Thanks to all those messages that made me feel enough and didn’t make me feel useless and wrong;

Thanks to the teachers who understood my difficulties and helped me;

Finally, thanks to you, music, thank you for accompanying me in moments of happiness, discouragement, anger and sadness.

I would like to conclude with this song written and sung by Andy Grammer entitled "Don’t give up on me", which, in my opinion, has a very important meaning: you never have to give up, you have to fight for your own happiness but especially for the people you love because without the help of these people it would be very difficult to overcome the bad times.
F.G. 3B

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Andy Grammer - "Don't Give Up On Me" [Official Video from the Five Feet Apart Film]

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Before 2020, in a period of "normality", I took everything for granted: a kiss, a hug, a handshake, even just going out with friends without real worries.

Then it  he arrived, 2020, accompanied by a terrible disease that brought the whole world to its knees; it took away from me the things I cared about most: the closeness of people, the people I loved, but above all the carefree. In fact, what made this situation so hard is not the impossibility to leave the house, to see anyone, but rather always having something to think about and something to worry about: I worry about my grandmother who, since her grandfather has left us,has liveds alone in Milan; I worry about my parents, who still have to move for work and are therefore subject to risk; I worry about my friends and I that we are missing the best moments of our life.

However, this year has not only had negative effects: it made me understand what are really important things in life and made me appreciate them when I was able to get them back; it made me move when I was able to see and hug my relatives, it made me rejoice when I was
able to go out even for a few hours with those friends that I had not physically seen for months, it made me appreciate a dinner with a person very
dear to me .

So, despite all that it has taken, despite the horrors it has made to our city, Bergamo, despite having killed millions of people all over the world, I thank 2020: it has made me grow and helped me to order my priorities.

F.D. 4D

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“We do not do our duty for someone to thank us,

we do it on principle, for ourselves and for all humanity”

A nurse

This sentence was pronounced by a nurse and many other doctors who risk their lives for us every day and they don't expect people to thank them. Nevertheless, I believe it is necessary to thank them. I would like to say a big “thank you”.

I also think that to really thank all these people we must personally commit ourselves to finally be able to get out of this situation. Each of us must contribute: for instance, we must stay at home or go out respecting the rules, and we must support each other so that no one feels alone and abandoned during this period.

Furthermore, I want to thank all those who continue to fight for other global problems, such as environmental problems and racism.

Finally I thank all my relatives and friends with whom I have spent these difficult months.

In this period we must be united!
F.C. IV C

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Just one thank you can not be enough for the ones who kept fighting in this exhausting year, but at the same time there are too many who deserve to be praised because of it.

So, especially because nobody will ever be able to give them enough recognition, I personally want to thank not only the doctors, nurses, public workers or even ministers who worked through all the hardships that 2020 gave us, but also every single citizen who tried to ease their own lives and others’ ones as well. I am talking about parents making sure their children were safe and sound, people keeping a smile not to make others lose hope, and the ones who, even if not doing anything specific for society, still followed all the rules which last year made necessary.

In the end, if there is anything that these hardships taught us, is that caring one about the other is the only way out of catastrophes, so, thank you to every person who managed to show love.

N. P. 3^C

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THANK YOU

This past year was very difficult and we all know that we had to avoid contact for a very long time, we heard the details from day to day, always communicating negative details and some of us lost a beloved one.

In all this situation I felt useless, because I could not do anything except staying at home, studying and passing time with my family. But I realized more the importance of being with people I love and especially the importance of saying “thank you”.

It is a simple expression that could mean everything if said to the right person in the right moment. And I would like to say it to all the people present in my life who have always been there for me, to my family and my friends.

A big thank you I would say to all the medical staff who have used all their energy to do their job and save lives, despite the risk of endangering their health.

This pandemic has made us feel more insecure about lots of things but has helped us understand more the value of family, friends and people close to us and especially the value of a simple “thank you”.

C.J. 4C

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In this difficult year everyone has had moments when they just couldn't smile.

For this reason, I would like to thank all the people who allowed me to keep smiling, simply by communicating their presence to me and reminding me that I always have someone to talk with.

To all these people i dedicate my own drawing.
G. Z. IV^C

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This year we had to face several difficulties because of COVID 19. It has been a long and very difficult year to face, but despite the difficulties I could live and I hope also for others happy and beautiful moments.
So, I want to thank my family, relatives and friends with whom I have become more and more connected and with whom I could live wonderful moments.
I thank 2020 because despite everything I have seen that you can have fun and love the little things.
I thank 2020 because I have seen how many people in a difficult time have helped through small gestures others trying to give and bring a little happiness and joy in the hearts of all.
I am thankful for this year because despite everything being special, I understood even more the value of friendship, I spent more time with my family and relatives and, although I miss the days before the COVID 19 , I think this year has been very special and happy.

C.C. 4^c

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Do we still remember the real meaning and importance of saying “thank you"? How often are we really grateful for the life we live? I think that the difficult situation we have faced and are still facing may remind us how lucky we are, and so I would say a simple “thanks".

Firstly, thanks to all the doctors, the rescuers, the nurses and all the people who risk their life to save others.

Secondly, I want to thank my friends for never making me feel alone, for understanding me, for putting up with me, for sharing their feelings with me. Despite the physical distance we are still close, even more than before.

Then, I want to thank 2020 for giving me an incredible joy: my nephew, who brings happiness and hope even in the darkest periods. His sweet smile and bright eyes make me able to look forward and hope for a better future.

Lastly, I really want to thank my dreams. This sounds crazy, but actually what sense would life have without dreaming? Dreams make me feel alive, they are the reason why I get up in the morning and the power that drives me to go on; I hope everyone has a dream to be realised and to fight for.

In conclusion, simply “Thanks".

If the only prayer you ever said in your entire life is “thank you”, it will be enough.

(Meister Eckhart)

P.E. 4^C

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The International thank you day is an annual celebration on 11th January. We often forget to say thank you to all the people that help us to be happy every day. Sometimes people say thank you because they think it is only a duty and they don’t know the importance of this word, so some society which produced greeting cards decided to invent the International thank you day to increase the sale of these products.
Today, 11 January of 2021, I want to say thank you to two people who died, but they protected me in these two difficult years for me.
The first one is my maternal great-grandmother, who died during the night of the 24 February 2019, the same day when it started the school trip in Florence with my classmates. It was very difficult for me not to think about that tragedy, but my classmates were able to console me more or less.
The second one is S. Tommaso of Olera, a small hamlet of Alzano Lombardo, a village near Bergamo.The Saint is an important person in Olera and every Sunday my family and I go here to visit my maternal grandparents, my grandmother always reccomends to my brothers and me to tell a prayer to him before we go to bed, because he will protect us in future.
I decided to say thank you to these two people especially because 2020 was a difficult year for all the world, but I haven’t had Covid-19 so far and I was able to organise all my homework, I took good marks at school and didn't get crazy during the online lessons like some of my friends.
In conclusion I want to share this quote of Ralph Marston, an famous writer, where he explains the importance of “thank you”.
“Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” – Ralph Marston.
S.T. 4^C

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Today on this day I feel like saying thanks to many more people from last year. In the past years, thanks always fell on the people who had been close to me and who had helped me during the year. This year, however, the people who, in my opinion, are really to be thanked are those who did not help me but who helped those who were really in need, those who were helped by those who save our lives every day. to whom we must always be grateful and always give them their importance. When they were called superheroes they kept us saying that they always do it but we forget it, so besides thanking them very much I would also like to remind all of us that they are always superheroes and that we must never forget it.
L. E. 4C^

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Thank you to everyone and everything in my life for making me the person I am now.

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The person I would like to thank has been very important to me, especially  in this last year; among the many things that have made her so important,  the one I want to talk about today is photography. In fact this person  taught me, perhaps without even wanting to, the worth and the  importance of details, as well as the beauty of being able to choose a piece  of reality and immortalize it forever. As photographer Karl Lagerfeld said,  “What I like about photographies is that they capture a moment that is  gone forever, impossible to reproduce”. With this person I learned exatly  this concept: I look with gratitude at the photos we took together, because  they have the power to convey the emotions I felt at that moment, without  however taking away the nostalgic awarness that they are gone forever,  and therefore even more precious.
L. C. 4^C

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All my gratitude today has to go to the people I share my life and my deepest emotions with, whether I’m happy or sad, having fun or being reflective, working or relaxing.
Thanks to my lovely family, to my amazing friends and to all the other beautiful people I won’t mention.
Special thanks to music, the biggest companion across this quarantine, both when I listen to it and when I play it.
A.T. 4^f

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Thanks to my family who has supported me during this tough year, for always being by my side and supporting me.

Thanks to my friends who cared about my feelings and helped me to go through all of this.

Thanks to the doctor, for their job that has saved a lot of people.

Thanks 2020 for making me understand what the really important things are.
I.C. 4F

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I have many things and people that I can thank, for example, my parents or my friends.

But now, honestly, when my teacher told me to write a thanks to something or someone, my first idea went to 2020. Thanks to 2020 to be over. Really.

Though I know that almost nothing will change in 2021, I feel that everybody can start again, I know that it isn't much, but after this long year for me it's important to reset.

So, thanks also to 2021.

CB 4F

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Thank you friends for being supportive and helpful and for always being by my side.

Thank you dance for being a moment of leisure in this long difficult period and a way to express myself.

And thank you mom and dad for unconditionally loving me despite my mistakes, I’ll always be grateful to you.
SC 4F

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Thanks to my grandma for teaching me many things. Thanks to my dad for finding always a way to spend funny time with me. Thanks to my mom for being so empathetic. Thank to all the people who support me every time. Thank to all the bad and good that happened for teaching me something and making me grow.
AV 4F

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Thank you
Thanks to my family for supporting me and loving me even when it's difficult.
Thanks to my friends for always being there for me when I need them and making my life easier.
Thanks to music and musicians because they make my days lighter and happier.
Thanks to my teachers for teaching me many things not only about school but also about life.
Thanks a lot.
LM 4F

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I would like to thank all the doctors and nurses who have put themselves at the service of the community in this period of global pandemic, even sacrifying themselves.
Without their help we will not be able to overcome this big problem.
EB 4F

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Thank you  music
I’d like to thank every musician and every creator that write any song for the other’s pleasure or for themelves.
But most important, i wanted to say thank you to the music itself.
During this bizzarre year it has been very difficult to keep the vitality and the happiness that usually distinguish me, or just even my calm, but the notes in the songs that I listened to always helped me to overcome hard periods.
So thank you, musicians.
G.L. 4ªF

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I want to thank my wonderful friends for always standing beside me and helping me in every circumstance without caring if I was completely miserable or angry beyond every limit. You walked with me through my journey and allowed me to become who I am today. I hope with all my heart that I did the same thing for you, that my love and support helped you facing every problem or misery that life gave you. I will always be so very grateful to all of you. Thank you so so much.

EM 4F

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Thanks to Twitch and in particular thanks to Blur, who made my quarantine evenings a lot funnier.
Thanks to spotify, which saved my mental health during this hard period.
P.L. 4f

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Thank to the educators, psychologists, nurses and other people who supported me during this difficult year.
G.P. 4F

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Thanks to everyone who spent this year with me. Thanks to my family, who have always been by my side in this difficult time. Thanks to all my friends who have shown me that not even a global pandemic can separate us.
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Thanks to my friends to help me spending time during this lock down. Thanks to my family for always supporting me.
4F M.Z.

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Thanks to all the people who made 2020 a pleasant year and shared many experiences with me
AP 4F

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thanks  to all the doctors that are committed in this fight against covid.
SP 4F

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Thank you for allowing me to meet new friends, that nowadays make me feel better every time I hear them. I can actually say I discover the real value of a true and solid friendship.  2020 has been a difficult year but I know it gave me a lot of satisfaction and happiness thanks to my new group of friends.
This 2021 is going to be a crazy year, wishing to make my frienship way more solid and important.
MG 4F

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thanks to all my friends and my family that have been supporting me during this strange and difficult period. Thanks to my girlfriend that helps in my saddest and most difficult moment. Thanks to my sister, that have always been for me.
P.L. 4F

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Thank yuo grandmum for welcoming me always in your house and listening  to me and my problems. Thank you for teaching me  new things every day.
MM 4F

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Thank you to all my classmates, to all my friends and to my family because they have been close to me and supported me during this period. Thanks to internet that made me feel close even to distant people.
Thanks Covid for making me realize that even the smallest things, which seem insignificant, are important.
L.T. 4°F

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Dear basketball, thank you for making me fall in love with you whenever I take the ball and play alone, with friends, with people I had never met before who share with me their passion and show their feelings by just playing the game. Those are magic moments which will always live in my heart.
R.Z. 4F

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Thank you to all the people who have been close to me this year

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Thank you to all the people who have been close to me this year

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Thank you so much everyone for allowing me to get through this turbulent year full of ups and downs. To all the people who have shown me the right path, who have distracted me from a bad moment, who have consoled me some of the 1000 cries made. At the end of this bizarre 2020, I realized the people I can count on and those who are better be left alone. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
G.B 4F

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AN ODE TO “THANK YOU”

Thank you, thank you and thank you again, International Thank-You Day, for reminding the world of the importance of this simple expression. Even though saying thank you is everyday etiquette and a simple courtesy that takes just a moment, costs nothing and requires almost no effort, it is quite often forgotten, which is unfortunate since a plain thank you can bring at least one more smile in the world.

A thank you shows appreciation.

A thank you conveys gratitude.

A thank you is a sign of respect to the person who has helped you.

A thank you is a sign of respect to the person who has given you something.

A thank you is a sign of respect to the person who has answered a question you have asked them.

A thank you is a sign of respect to the person who has been nice to you.

A thank you is a sign of respect to the person who has opened up with you.

A thank you is an indication you do not take a person for granted.

A thank you is an acknowledgement of a person's effort to be there, to do something.

A thank you is a message of love.

A thank you brings joy where there is not.

A thank you has the power to change a life.

For all of the reasons above and for many more, I am ready to shout from the rooftops that saying thank you matters and that I am ready to die on this hill.

Saying thank you is not just the right thing to do, it is also the best thing to do. Do you want to live in a better world? Do you want to make the world a better place? Start by saying thank you each and every day.

Say thank you to your mother when she prepares you dinner.

Say thank you to your friend when she emotionally supports you during your upteenth breakdown.

Say thank you to your classmate for lending you their pencil.

Say thank you to the old man who has held the door for you.

Say thank you to the bus driver for driving you safely to your destination.

Say thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

I personally would like to say too many thank yous to include them all in this brief Padlet post, especially if I did that as thoroughly as I wanted to, nevertheless I want to write some thank yous right here, right now, to teach that saying thank you is not as difficult as it sounds and that even a small thank you is a start.

I am truly sorry for not including every person that needs to be thanked and I would really like thanking, and for not doing this thoroughly, but it would be nearly impossible to do so, so consider this line as a thank you to you, reader, a thank you to your family, a thank you to your friends, a thank you to your idols, a thank you to every person that needs to be thanked:

THANK YOU!

Thank you mom and dad for taking the time to teach me very important life lessons and new skills, thank you for taking the time to bond with me and thank you for making my life extremely beautiful, but especially thank you for believing in me. I know it is not easy to see me grow up and that to both of you I will always be your sweet little princess, but thank you for seeing that I am ready to fly and please remember that it is thanks to you that I will not crash into the ground when I leave the nest.

Thank you Gigio, my dearest, even if only, brother, for hugging me when I need it the most, even though we both are aware of the fact that you hate it, and thank you for being accepting of my strange nature, even though we both are aware of the fact that you do not like it.

Thank you friends for making every single day brighter and thank you for always being there for me.

Thank you teachers for teaching with passion, determination and patience.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

STILL HAVING DIFFICULTIES AT SAYING THANK YOU? HERE’S A FUN AND SHORT STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO DO IT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE!

1. First of all, make eye contact.

Making eye contact makes you appear sincere and connects you with the other person on a conscious and unconscious level!

2. Secondly, smile.

By smiling you are already spreading more serotonin across the world!

3. Thirdly, say thank you in a clear, friendly voice.

You want to be heard!

4. Lastly, be specific, express the reason why you are saying thank you.

This may not be considered an essential step, but, more frequently than not, it actually is!

A QUOTE TO LIVE BY

“Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” – Ralph S. Marston, Jr.

A NOTE FROM ME TO YOU

Thank yourself, because you have survived another year.

Chi. M. 3^B

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Thank you teachers, thank you girls and boys. I hope all the schools will open very soon. We  (parents and children) need it

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Thank you teachers, thank you girls and boys. I hope all the schools will open very soon. We  (parents and children) need it

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Laura Rodigari

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Thanks to my friends and to my family. They are always by my side, we enjoy all together a lot of special and important moments. Thanks to my sister even if the most of the time we have discussion, she is the best and the kindest person I ever met.  Thanks to my grandma  because she made me discover the pleasure of literature and in this difficult period is very important having a second world, a parallel world with the thinks we like. Thanks also to all the novels or all the books that we like, they have a great ability to make us dream.
Thanks to music, to all those singers who wrote and sang wonderful and important lyrics.
Here, there is a piece of a song of ABBA that is called thank you for the music:
So I say thank you for the music
the songs I’m singing
thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
who can live without it
I ask in all honesty
what would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
for giving it to me

S.T. 2F

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I'd like to say a big thank you to music that during this dark period comfort my emotions with its sound and lyrics. I took refuge in all those words that made me sometimes happier and that sometimes made me cry. I understood a lot things tanks to you, you really made my days better.Without those artists and songs probably I couldn't resist to the quarantine so I'm very thankful to them. I wish I  have the chance to thank them face to face, but since I can't, I limit myself saying that with your voices, smiles and online concerts you made me feel alive I  truly love you and what you have done for me. I don't know what I've done for deserve you, but your words and your unconditional love for all the fandom is something that I didn't expect this important in this moment. You also opened your feelings writing songs about pandemic and this helped me a lot. You deserve all the love and the success that you are achieving. Thak you 💜
IG 2f

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Thanks ti my sister, the only one person who supports and stands me in every time. She makes me feel happy thanks to a hug or a laugh.
M.I 2F

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Thanks Covid,
-for making me understand how important the people who loves you.

-for making me understand who really loves me and has always been close to me in the worst times of this 2020.

-for making me realize how small and insignificant things can be useful during lockdown times.

-for making me stronger.

It was a bad year, but it has brought great lessons to life, so that 2020 will never happen again.

T.C. 2F

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Thanks to my family who helpe  me when I was down and sad during this strange year and thanks to all my friends who make me happy and helped me to get out of a bad period.
2°f P.L.

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Thanks to my family and my friends for supporting me during this difficult year, thanks for all the beautiful moments that we spent together. Thank you music, for inspiring me and for all the help and hope you gave me in these months. Thank you coach, and thanks to all the team for giving me a moment of break from all the stress and the sadness of this year. Thanks to all the teachers, doctors, nurses and everybody else for all the time you have spent for others, for your good heart and for the passion you put in your work. Thanks to everybody I know, mostly who passed away, for all the time we spent together, I’m sorry we couldn’t spend more time together.

T.F. 2°f

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Thanks ti my dog, who, during the lockdown, coulissi stand me and fill my days with happy moments. 2F

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Thanks to my family for having been close to me during 2020.

Thanks to my friends for their words, for their calls and for their love.

Thanks to my music for being the soundtrack of my all days, especially the sad ones and for distracting me from this dark period.

Thanks to my ukulele for giving me the chance to live my free time in a wonderful way.

Thanks to God for keeping my grandparents safe.
Welcome 2021 I wish it will be better than last year.
CC 2F

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I wanna say thank you to the people who make me alive in this very difficult period. They fill my days and my time with happy moments. We made memories that we will tell.
F.A.2F

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Thanks to all my friends for making 2020 the best it could be, they have always been by my side.

Thanks to my family with which I have overcome the worst moments.

2020 has been a very bad year but it taught me the true meaning of life.

Thanks to all doctors for being brave, you are heroes.
Thanks to all people who have been responsible and caring.
M.S. 2^F

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Thank to my family and  friends who have been by my side and they made me feel good in this  difficult period. I
Thank to football, which made this period less bad and less boring .

Finally thanks to the books that have entertained me during the lockdown, even if i'm not a great reader.
EL 2^F

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Thank you, life,

We lived difficult days, but thanks to you, I learned that “Nobody wins unless everybody wins” (Bruce Springsteen), and that’s the best lesson I could have had.

M.N. 2°F

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Thanks to all the poets, musicians, playwrights, philosophers, scientists, doctors for making our future and our lives brighter.
Thank you for your efforts that fill our lives and create peace and equality.
Thank you for all of your clever thoughts, thank you for all of your sweet melodies and your poetic verses that guide us in the right direction.
Thank you for being wrong and for the mistakes you have all made: they help us developing new theories and works.
Thank you for all.
T.M. 2^F

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Thank you music for being with me during all this period. I'm so thankful to you because without you, your comfortable sound and lyrics I couldn't resist to the pandemic taking refuge in all those words that made me feel better. You always gave me smiles and tears when I needed. I wish I can thanks those artists face to face, but since I can't, I limit  myself saying thank you for making my days better with your voices, smiles and online concerts. Sometimes I think that I don't deserve you but you always stayed with me and the fandom loving and supporting us during this dark period 💜
IG 2f

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This year was the strangest of my life, between natural disasters, an epidemic and other various problems it seemed to last a lifetime. Despite this, I want to thank you because through all the experiences I have made, I think I have grown as a person, I feel more mature and prepared to face the future.
A.Z. 2F

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I want to thank football because it kept me company during the lockdown, giving me emotions and lightheartedness
A.D.       2F

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Thank you school for continuing to teach me new things and for believing in me, despite the difficult situation. In these months, doing lessons even if online has helped me and I also want to thank all those who have been with me and who have made me happy. thanks to music and books because they filled my free time, because without them I would have felt empty and because they gave me hope.
A.C, 2°F

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Thanks to my family for having been close to me during 2020.

Thanks to my friends for their words, for their calls and for their love.

Thanks to my music for being the soundtrack of my all days, especially the sad ones and for distracting me from this dark period.

Thanks to my ukulele for giving me the chance to live my free time in a wonderful way.

Thanks to God for keeping my grandparents safe.

Welcome 2021 I wish it will be better than last year.
2 T

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Thank you football because  you help me also in this quarantine period . I cannot wait to go back on the pitch.
Thank you Atalanta because you  continue to enchant us with wonderful performances.
2T

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I’d like to say ‘’thank you’’ to all the people of my city Bergamo. They have taught me many important values such as never giving up, being humble and hard-working, always making one’s duty and helping others. Even during this terrible pandemic Bergamo’s people haven’t surrendered to covid-19 and have been an example to me and also to many countries all around the world.
3B C.U.

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thanks to my parents and my friends who help me in these difficult months, thanks to books and music for making me happy and distracting me from this situation, and thanks to the painting that comforted me and made me imagine a life different from the one we are living. but thanks also to the covid for letting me understand what are the people and thins really important.
AG 2^F

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Not knowing how to express my thoughts on friendship I decided to translate this beautiful Arabic poem into English, so the translation may not be accurate, but it conveys the right message.
In this way I think I can better explain all the reasons why I want to thank my friends who, despite the difficult moments, have been close to me.
In short what I would like to say through this poem is: thank you friends, but also thank you mom and dad for supporting me in my choices, thank you teachers for giving me important lessons, not only in history, latin and more, but also life lessons that will help me make the best decisions in the future and thank you to all those people who contributed to my happiness!

شعر عن الصداقة
Arabic poem about friendship

لَيْسَ الصَّدِيقُ الَّذِي تَعْلُو مَنَاسِبُهُ
A friend does not have to be rich, a friend has to be polite
بلِ الصديقُ الذي تزكو شمائلهُ
a friend is a kind person who loves to do good
إنْ رابكَ الدهرُ لمْ تفشلْ عزائمهُ
in a difficult moment he is always ready to help you
أَوْ نَابَكَ الْهَمُّ لَمْ تَفْتُرْ وَسائِلُهُ
in a moment of sadness he always  finds a way to make you laugh
يَرْعَاكَ فِي حَالَتَيْ بُعْدٍ وَمَقْرَبَة
he always thinks of you, whether you’re there or not
ٍ وَلاَ تغبكَ منْ خيرٍ فواضلهُ
A real friend doesn’t smile at you,
لا كالذي يدعى وداً، وباطنهُ
and then talk behind your back about your flaws
من جمر أحقادهِ تغلى مراجلهُ
a real friend does not feel jealousy towards you
يذمُّ فعلَ أخيهِ مظهراً أسفاً
a real friend does not try to prove himself better than you
لِيُوهِمَ النَّاسَ أَنَّ الْحُزْنَ شَامِلُهُ
a real friend loves you for who you are
وَذاكَ منهُ عداءٌ في مجاملة ٍ
so be careful to choose your friends
فَاحْذَرْهُ، وَاعْلَمْ بَأَنَّ اللَّهَ خَاذِلُهُ
And when you find them, remember to thank them!
M.Y 3B

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I just wanted to thank my friends, the greatest I could ever ask for. They have always been there for me, even during this awful time. They’re not only Italian, but from all over the world (the US, Denmark, Georgia, France, Morocco) since I found some of them on Instagram, so I even got to know new lifestyles! I’m blessed to have them in my life and as “cliché” as it sounds, I honestly can’t imagine my life without my friends, because I really learned a lot from them.

So I’m thankful to have their love and support in my life and to share the same hobbies!
I.M. 3B

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Thanks to my friends and to my family. They are always by my side, we enjoy all together a lot of special and important moments. Thanks to my sister even if the most of the time we have discussion, she is the best and the kindest person I ever met.  Thanks to my grandma  because she made me discover the pleasure of literature and in this difficult period is very important having a second world, a parallel world with the thinks we like. Thanks also to all the novels or all the books that we like, they have a great ability to make us dream.
Thanks to music, to all those singers who wrote and sang wonderful and important lyrics.
Here, there is a piece of a song of ABBA that is called thank you for the music:
So I say thank you for the music
the songs I’m singing
thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
who can live without it
I ask in all honesty
what would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
for giving it to me

S.T. 2F

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This International Thank You day, in my opinion, has something special.

2020 was a tragic and sad year for all the reasons we know. The rapper called Mac Miller probably would have said we are living in a Blue World, like the title of one of his songs. In his album Circles, he sings about his terrible period made of depression and drugs. Even though unfortunately, he was not able to overcome all his problems, this cd supported me all over the year, in some happy moments and some less successful and Blue World gives me always hope.

Also, I want to say thank you to some special people that gave me some memorable moments and turn this bad year into something to remember.

Finally, as Mac said: “Hey, one of these days, We'll all get by, Don't be afraid, Don't fall in line”. So, thank you, Mac.
A.S. 3^C

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We all know that 2020 has been a bad year, we can say even terrible. But throughout this period of disasters we succeded in passing it thanks to some people dear to us or not.

First of all I want to thank the doctors, the nurses and all the people who have helped and are still helping to put an end to this situation.

Furthermore I want to thank my family for not letting me lose the hope despite all the bad news that arrived especially during the period of lockdown.

Lastly I want to thank my friends and my girlfriend to have helped each other to pass this year with a smile.

F.C. 3ªC

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Last year was really hard for all of us and for this reason I have to thank those who helped me  overcome all the difficulties.

First of all I want to thank my parents who have always supported me in every decision I made and who have never left me alone. I am aware that I can and will always count on them.

Secondly I want to thank my brother who, during the lockdowns, made me happy and kept me company.

Thirdly I want to thank my friends who have been by my side in the happiest moments and in the worst ones. They have always supported me and for this I am infinitely grateful.
Finally I want to thank all the doctors who saved my grandfather and my uncle’s life. The period  they were in the hospital was one of the most difficult in my life. I am grateful to the doctors because, thanks to them, my relatives are here next to me and they are fine.

Today I want to thank my family, my friends and I are fine.
S.M. 3C

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Thanks to my friends and my parents who made me happy in these difficult days and who made me a remote companion during the lockdown
M.F

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Thanks to all my friends, who have always been even in this difficult period.
Thanks also for all the beautiful days spent all together.