Dear Teachers,
I know you doubted me in high school, I was not exactly the poster child for a good student. In some cases, I was actually failing your class and didn't really give you a reason to believe that I could succeed. Still, I defied that by getting into college and am succeeding here. I wish that rubbing it in your face that I am succeeding and you had no right to doubt me would make me feel better but it won't, but you had every reason to doubt me in the world and you were right, I wasn't the best student and didn't do my work. Thank you though, for not outrightly giving up on me and still making an attempt to work with me no matter what I had pulled that day in class, or what I didn't do. Thank you for doubting me because it lit the fire I needed to succeed later on. Thank you for giving me the strength to want to prove myself and not hide behind my own insecurities and what I thought I couldn't do. You did get through to me and I promise to not become a lost cause. So thank you, and you were right in doubting me but thank you for doing it because it made me who I am today.
Sincerely,
The student you doubted so much, one year later.