THANK YOU … for the years you spent writing lesson plans, grading tests, and growing minds. For making sure EVERY student understood the lesson. For encouraging students to work hard and follow their dreams.
This job isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s complex and goes beyond academic learning. It’s being in the front of classroomAND behind the scenes. It’s stocking your desk with granola bars, supporting a student’s mental wellbeing, and becoming someone’s constant source of stability.
Those outside of education may never understand everything you’ve done. You didn’t do this for a paycheck, you did it for that moment of discovery. That moment a student took a chance on themselves because they knew YOU believed in them. Because you knew their growth is best measured not by test scores, but by the development in their CHARACTER.
The relationships you built continue far beyond your classroom. You helped students apply for scholarships and jobs. You’ve seen them grow up, start families — you teach THEIR children. You are part of their success. Your profession is the one that makes ALL professions possible.