As I see my friends starting to graduate from high school, I think and remember my senior year of high school. It's crazy to think that I just finished my first year of college and it all happened in a blink of an eye. I remember having to say my goodbyes to all of my close friends. Making promises of keeping in touch and video calling whenever we get the chance. We would tell each other we would visit each other's colleges and hang out during breaks. I remember thanking my friends for always being there for me during high school and being so supportive of me.

What I am sure many of us forgot to do was thank our biggest supporters of all. Yes, our friends were a huge part of it and so were our parents. But the ones who have supported me through the beginning and still do while I am in college are my high school teachers. They were the ones who said I can do it when I felt like I couldn't. They were the ones who gave me the push I needed to focus on myself and do the best I can. They were the ones who believed in me and told me I was capable of doing anything I believed in. So thank you to my high school teachers who helped me become the person I am today. Who believed I could do anything I put my mind to and told me to never give up because things do get better.

Thank you for telling me not to give up. You were the ones that noticed when I felt like nothing would get better and that I just wanted to give up. You were the ones to tell me that everything will be better because bad things don't last. On days I felt like everything was going wrong you made me realize that things do get better over time.

Thank you for making me realize that college wasn't a bad thing. I was a nervous wreck before entering college and was scared of starting this new chapter in my life. But thanks to you I kept my head up and finished my first year of college happier than ever. You may not know this but when I sit in my college dorm, I sometimes think "They were right, I was going to be okay". Turns out I was nervous for nothing because college has been greater than I ever thought it would be.

Thank you for teaching me that life is about finding myself. I worried too much about being someone I wasn't at times when all I needed to do was be myself and the right people will come to my life. Learning that from you helped me a lot in college. Being myself was the greatest advice you could have ever given me. I couldn't be happier with the people I have in my life thanks to you.

Thank you for accepting me. I know I wasn't the perfect student with perfect grades but you accepting me for who I am and you pushed me to do better not only on school work but for myself.

Thank you for not only being my teacher, but for being my friend. It's nice to know I have you to go to whenever I need someone to talk to or for someone to just tell me everything will be okay. Life comes with obstacles and it is nice knowing that I have a great support system to always be there for me no matter what.

Most importantly, not only can I thank you for being such a great impact in my life as a teacher, but thank you so much for being my friend. I may not say it often but I am so grateful to have you in my life. To have a great supportive people in my life keeps me positive each and everyday and I wouldn't be the person I am today without each and every one of you. So thank you. Thank you a million times.