February 4th, 1888
Miss Scrimgeour,
I have to agree that it has been a long time since we last spoke with one another. You gave me some good advise, and I still am grateful. Our conversation was a nice one, and you are very kind. It is a happy surprise to find out that you remember me.
School is not nearly as stressful as some of my fellow returning peers may act like it is. The school work is much easier, given that it is a repeat as last year. However, I am saddened for the missing semester, and the fact that we must make up for it by repeating the end of last year. I do not get to spend as much time with my friends from the same year that I had been, and it feels strange. But I am quite grateful to be here, and that is all that matters.
Minister Ross has given me the opportunity for a full education, giving me more of a chance to find a good job for my future. For this, I will always be grateful to him. My entire life has been a fight for equality, and I'm sure we will possibly not see full change for a very long time, perhaps not at all. There is a chance, however small, that we will see our lives come and go before the fight is gone. But that will not stop us from giving up, for if it does not at least give me my own equal right, then at least that of my future children, or their children.
I will remember to do so. Chats with you are pleasant and it would be a shame if we ever completely stopped talking.
From,
Miss Acacia Ruskin
Miss Acacia Ruskin
