I just want to say, shout out to those teachers who actually care about their student's well-being and take the time to ask if they are ok. Those are honestly the best kinds of teachers
Ok, so a little bit of a story time because this has been on me for a while now, and I really need to get it off of my chest, and literally just tell people because of how much this has affected me in a positive way Last Friday (November 5th), there were these two bus accidents in the morning that kind of just shook me. I was a bit scared afterwards, and even though I was at school, I was still on the bus, and it kind of scared me. The one that I heard on the radio thingy where all the bus drivers in the county talk to each other, was the worse of the two. Kids were actually hurt and had to go to the hospital for Anyways, my first class of the day was psychology. My psych teacher has this thing where he does warm-ups and they are meant to ask how you're doing, if you've eaten breakfast, got some sleep, were ready for class, just good in general. He then has a section on there that asks if there is anything in our lives that we would like to share with him. Since the accident happened right before going to his class, I put that on there and that I was a bit in shock and quite honestly kinda scared at that point The next time that I had the class (Tuesday, November 9th), I wasn't in his class because I had a doctor's appointment. A little bit after class started, he sent an email to me saying that he noticed that I wasn't in class and that he read Friday's warm-up. He asked if I was doing ok and if there was anything that he could do. This was normal for him to send out emails if we aren't having the best of days, I've gotten several before being diagnosed with depression when I had him last year. I started to respond to him, but I completely forgot that I never finished it and never sent him a reply The next class day (yesterday), towards the beginning of class, he came up to me and whispered to me asking if I was doing ok. I said yes. He shook his head and gave me a thumbs up. That really made my day. Even though later on I burnt myself at work, just him coming up to me made me feel like someone actually cared about me. I honestly cried that night because it felt so nice to have someone show that they cared about me outside of my family and therapist The next day (this morning), I sent him an email just basically thanking him for all of that. I said: Mr. J, I just wanted to tell you thank you. I don't know, but the fact that you came up to me and asked me if I was ok really just made my day. Just that small gesture really just impacted me. But the fact that you came up to me and sent that email made me feel like you actually care. And I know that you do actually care, but it felt nice that days later you still remembered and felt the need to ask. But yeah, I just wanted to say thanks. I really appreciated that! Cora I will admit that it is not the best email that I've written, but let me tell you that I wrote that at 6:30 in the morning while I was on the bus. That was the best it was ever going to get in the morning that I wrote it He ended up responding 33 minutes later, which I assumed was whenever he just finished doing attendance and was checking his email while everyone during his first block was doing the warm-up. He said: Cora, I wish I could express how much I needed this, too. I try to see my students as versions of me. Of the many I teach this year, you are one of the few that were probably most like High School Kevin. I was quiet, could hold my own but not straight A, and extremely quiet. That's why I try to make sure the quiet ones are also noticed and given some attention. If you ever need to vent, or a joke, please email me, I would love to help. Stay awesome, Mr. J The whole reason why I'm saying this is that it feels so nice to the student when a teacher does this. I literally cry every time that I read his reply (which has been so many times today, and currently while typing this all out). Like I said in my email, this has really impacted me and I really appreciated that he did that. It's not everyday that a teacher would take the time to ask if you're doing ok I'm honestly so glad that I had him both this year and last. I'm just so thankful for him, and he's just an amazing teacher. We need more teachers like him in the world I even sent a screenshot of the email to my mom, and she literally says that she loves him. Like, no other teacher has said that to me before, and like, ahhhh, I can't express how happy this whole thing made me feel. I don't know if this feel will stop for a little while
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