Most people spend ninety percent of their high school wishing that it was over. They are surrounded by idiotic classmates and teachers that they do not like. Though I wished away most of my senior year, it was not a countdown all through high school.

I think the reason I enjoyed high school so much more than most do is because I really liked the teachers I was around. Though my high school is flawed in a sense that it focused too much on sports and not enough on education, Gainesville High has some of the best teachers Missouri has to offer.

The teachers I had from freshman to senior year were some of the best people I have ever interacted with. The teachers I had senior year had cared about me since my freshman year, despite barely knowing me. The teachers I had freshman year cared about me all the way through out graduation. Just because you were not in a certain teacher's class did not mean that the teacher was not one of your favorites.

The teachers at my high school deserve to make so much more than they do because of how well they do their jobs. They are paid strictly to teach. They are not payed to care, yet they do.

Every time I would walk down the hall, the teachers would be standing outside their doors with smiling faces. If a student was noticeably down about something, at least one of them immediately would check to make sure they were okay.

While my high school certainly is not the best high school around, it certainly has some of the best teachers around! Teachers that helped me grow and get where I am today! I will forever owe them part of whatever success that comes to me.