Letter To My Favorite Teacher

Letter To My Favorite Teacher

I just want to thank you for everything you did for me, ever since the 7^th grade when you first started to work.

Thank you for inspiring me. You continue to inspire me every day. You inspire me to say what’s on my mind but in a tactful manner. You inspire me to be a better person. You inspire me to be more caring. You inspire me to open my heart to more people. You inspire me to reach out.  There are so many things I wish I would have said to you while I occupied a desk in your classroom, once I graduated, or anytime really. You deserved to know how I felt every single day, but I didn’t always say it, not because I didn’t care but because you were always incredible to me. I just grew to expect you swooping in and planting a smile on my face. In case you didn’t know though, let me tell you exactly how I feel.

You were and always will be my hero. I will forever admire how you chose a profession that put countless others before yourself, and even with that, you always made me feel like I was the most important one. Truth be told, all your students felt that way. I will forever admire your spirit. Your love of life and the people in it filled my heart with a joy that has never faded. I also will forever admire your integrity. You didn’t tell me how to have character; you showed me. I watched you do what’s right even if it was hard. I watched you choose kindness when most others would have turned to anger, and I watched you work as hard as you could every day no matter how exhausted you were. You were a perfect example of how to live life.

You will always be with me. I may have been a kid when we first met, but even now, I think of you when something great happens because I want to tell you. I think of you when I am reminded of a lesson you taught me. I think of you when I make most decisions because I always wonder what you would do. I promise you that your legacy will forever live on in me.

Thank you for caring for me. Thank you for actually taking the time to listen to what I have to say, and being respectful, and giving tasteful feedback. I perform better in a class when I know the teacher actually cares, and you do. Thank you for being kind. I am often too scared to talk to a teacher because they are not kind. But from the very first day I stepped foot into your classroom, I knew you’d be different from the rest.

Thank you for your sense of humor. I love to laugh, and you can make me laugh. I could be having a terrible day, but when I’m in your classroom I know your humor will lighten me up. Sometimes your jokes are bad…but they still make me laugh!

Thank you for being you. You’re a great person and a phenomenal teacher. I don’t just learn things about the subject you teach, I learn so much more from you. If I ever decide to become an educator, I hope I can be just like you.

Thank you, Mrs. Joanna, for you have also inspired me to choose the career that I want to dedícate through the rest of my life. And be 100% sure, that you are completely invited to my graduation act.

                                                                -Carol González