Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Sports

A Letter To The Teacher Who Changed My Life

Thank you for believing in me.

Suzanne Imperiale

Jan 31, 2017

High Point University

261

Pexels

To the Teacher Who Changed My Life:

From October 2013 to July 2016, going to History class was the time of day I looked forward to most. As I have often mentioned to you over the years, you have become so much to me. I would not be the person I am today if I had not met you.

I didn’t originally want to be a teacher but after the experiences I had with my teachers over many years, I started to think about it as a profession. When I had you from Sophomore year until Senior year and we developed our relationship, I knew that I wanted to impact someone’s life the way you impacted mine.

When we were in the classroom, you made learning exciting and fun. History became more than just learning about the Battle of Gettysburg and more about the way George Washington rallied his troops because he was an exciting guy.

Maybe he wasn’t though, maybe Georgie was boring. But you made him exciting, and that made me want to learn more and more.

I have taken every single one of your classes except for World History, but I can honestly say sociology was my favorite. You made sociology more than just studying, you taught us how it impacts us on a daily basis and how we see it playing out in our lives. I can remember watching the clock until 2:05 every day because I couldn’t wait to go to that class.

But it wasn’t just the classes that I looked forward to, it was the small interactions and conversations we would have that strengthened our relationship. It was the fact that you believed in me and had faith in me when I didn’t have it that struck me the most. I know for a fact that you changed my life and I know that if I can have that ability on my students one day then that means I have succeeded.

You know a lot of this because I have told you all this before, but I wanted to reiterate to you this:

You, and you alone, have influenced my life in a way that I cannot even begin to put into words. The fact that you have an energy and aura about you makes everyone feel cared about. You never gave up on me even when I thought you would. I always knew I could count on you and I hope one day my students can look up to me and at me the same way I look at you.

So thank you for everything you have done, and for influencing me to become the best person and teacher I can be. You have changed my life for the better and I wanted you to know that I would not be who I am today and have the strength and courage to work hard if it wasn’t for you.

As Alfba once said to Glinda in an amazing musical, “Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.” Thank you for everything, and know I miss you every day.

Most sincere,

A student whose life you changed for good.

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Health and Wellness

5 Ways To Bring Positivity Into Your Life When All You Want To Do Is Drown In Self-Pity

It seems like life has been serving up more bad than good and in all honesty, the only thing you want to do is crawl under your covers and hide from the rest of the world.

Grand Canyon University

774

5 Ways To Bring Positivity Into Your Life When All You Want To Do Is Drown In Self-Pity

Photo by Kinga Howard on Unsplash

The first two weeks of classes have come to an end and they have been anything BUT easy. It seems like life has been serving up more bad than good and in all honesty, the only thing you want to do is crawl under your covers and hide from the rest of the world.

Although this seems like the best solution, it is also the easy way out. Take it from the girl who took basically a whole week off from her life because she just could not handle everything that was being thrown at her. This caused her to feel extremely lonely and even more stressed out for being behind in classes that JUST began.

Keep Reading...Show less

self-pity

Entertainment

11 Things We Learned From Brooke Davis

"What's more important? What we become or how we become it?"

St. Thomas Aquinas College

405

"She was fiercely independent, Brooke Davis. Brilliant, and beautiful, and brave. In two years she had grown more than anyone I had ever known. Brooke Davis is going to change the world someday, and I'm not sure she even knows it." - Lucas Scott, An Unkindness of Ravens

Brooke Davis of the hit show One Tree Hill was the it girl - she had it all, or so we thought. She started out as a stuck-up, shallow, spoiled, head cheerleader who didn't have her life together. She slept around a lot and loved to party - sounds like your typical high school teenager right? Wrong. B. Davis had so much more to offer. Caring, loyal, and outspoken, she has taught us some valuable lessons throughout the 9 seasons that OTH was on the air:

Keep Reading...Show less

brooke davis

Relationships

11 Signs You Have An Honorary Roommate

Make yourself at home, why don't you?

Appalachian State University

2317

Rachel Zadeits

For some of us, coming to college was the first time we ever had to share a room. It was a big change, but a fun one. As you meet more and more people over the course of your college career, it seems to be a pattern that you will at some point have that one friend that doesn't live with you, but acts like they do. We call those people, "Honorary Roommates" and here are 11 signs you have one in your life.