I am sitting in my classroom on a Saturday afternoon boxing 11 years of my professional life. Next year I will no longer be a middle school teacher but a high school teacher. While I am excited about the curriculum in high school I am sad to be leaving middle schoolers.
At the end of every year I have students write a thank you note to someone at the middle school who has effected their life. Over the years I have gotten my fair share of notes. I have taught over 1000 students here in Hillsdale and in looking at these notes I have had a positive impact on many of them. Here are just a few of the comments I have gotten-some are more serious than others:
I love your hair
You push us to all do our best
You are willing to put kids before yourself and there's really nothing more anyone can ask of you.
You make school fun
I like that you are a kid at heart-you have a firm side and a fun-loving childish side.
You showed me how smart I really am, and that there's a purpose to coming to school.
You're like my mom and that makes me happy in class.
I would love for you to teach 10th grade English. (I am going to be teaching a section of 10th grade English!!!)
I love how you dress
You have beautiful shoes.
I hope that when my students find out that they will have me again they're happy.
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