As students, teachers are arguably the most impactful people in our lives. It can be further argued, however, that some teachers have more of an impact than others. And those teachers, the teachers that make the most impact, they change lives. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm talking about my Latin teacher, Farber. I couldn't imagine my high school career without her. I often tell prospective students when they come in our room asking about the Latin Program, "I'm a senior, I've taken every Latin class, every class that Ms. Farber can teach me. Please, please take anything and everything you can with her. I'm excited to go to college, to start my new chapter, I'm not going to miss Williams as much as I'm going to miss Ms. Farber."

When I started high school, I wanted to be an epidemiologist and decided that a basis in Latin would be a good start. And all the big public schools in movies had Latin and I wanted to be a girl from a high school movie, in all honesty, but like, the dorky one. Anyway, I walked into Farber's room on the first day of class, not knowing what to expect. As we went around the room saying our names and why we were taking Latin, there were people that I immediately felt a kinship with, and I understood why they were in the class. Others, not so much, but without them, the class wouldn't have been the same and Farber and I wouldn't be the unstoppable student council team we are today. Throughout the semester, we learned, yelled, played games, and bonded as a class, and as friends—Farber and me. The following semester would be the only semester in my high school career without Robin Farber on my schedule somewhere. All year I talked about how much I loved Latin, how it was such a good class, and how the teacher was just amazing! I couldn't wait to take Latin 2 in the fall and Latin 3 in the spring! From that point on, all of my classes with Farber have been the last period of the day and I have gotten into the habit of staying after to help her grade, to talk, to do work for student council, or to plan for one of the many classes I'm helping her with. But enough about learning in the classroom.

Robin Farber has taught me a lot more than the use of the nominative case and how to conjugate a verb in Latin (our favorite thing to do.) She has taught me that there will be people in life who will use me for what I can do. I am allowed to say no to them. She has taught me that I can and will go far in life, not despite any problems that have risen in my life, but because of those problems, because they made me stronger. She taught me that the people around me that care about me are more important than the people around me that don't. Those that truly care, will always care, with everything they've got. She taught me to always be myself because I am strong, and I am badass, and if people have a problem, "eff 'em."

So, Farber. (This is where she would say, "So, Sayer.") This letter is for you. To thank you for all that you've taught me, to remind you that you've come a long way since the bright orange hair, and to say you can make it the 96 days until graduation.