To My Favorite High School Teacher,

Hey! I miss seeing you every day now that I'm in college. You really knew how to put a smile on my face and cheer me up even on some of my lowest days. I just wanted to take this time to thank you for some of the things that I appreciate the most about you.

Thank you for always asking if I was okay. I'm not sure if you could just tell by the look on my face but you always seemed to know when something was up. On my lower days, I knew that you would try your hardest to make me smile. You never failed to notice when I was low.

Thank you for teaching the material in the best way you could. Let's be real...some of the stuff you had to teach was really boring. You knew that...you even would talk about how boing it is. Somehow you made learning about something so boring really fun. I don't think I would have retained the information as well (or at all) if you had not taught it the way you did. Thank you for making it much more fun than it actually was.

Thank you for opening up to your students. I really loved when you would tell us stories about you. It made me feel like I was not as much below you, but more of an equal to you. I also really loved when you told us stories because it showed us that you cared. It showed us that just because you are above us doesn't mean that you don't love us any less or that you look down on us. Plus, your stories were always really funny...and it took away from learning some of that boring material.

Thank you for caring about us so much. I know I just talked about how you would always ask us if we were okay...but it is so much more than that. You were always sitting with us at lunch and just talking to us. You would share your food with us, tell us stories, and so many other wonderful things. I remember after taking a really boring test, you brought in donuts for all of us as a "sorry for making you take that awful test" type of thing. I remember another time when I was walking to class and I looked as tired as ever and you pulled me into your classroom, gave me money and said, "go get some coffee please. It looks like you need it." Little things like that meant so much more than you'll ever know.

You are the best teacher I've ever had. I really appreciate that you keep in contact with me now that I have graduated. I really miss you. Thank you for being not only a wonderful teacher, but for being a role model, a support system, a mother, and a best friend. I love you so much and I hope I can see you soon.