Hi Ms. (I go with Ms. because I honestly forget if it is Mrs. or Miss) Fiddle, its Sam, (as you know) and I just wanted to write you some things that I wanted to talk to you about. Be warned: This will probably be rather long because once I get started writing I don't stop. Nothing really major will be in here though, so you can read it later if you want to. I got your back brah
Anyway, I pretty much just stopped working in this quarter as you can see. Yes, there has been a lot going on in my family this year, but I have had enough time to do work, I just haven't. Truth is, I just checked out once I got my B last quarter. I can't motivate myself to work, instead I just play Minecraft and write. You, being such a great teacher, deserve a better student and a better effort from me, so I am sorry about my actions. At this point it is too late, might as well just take my lumps and move on, and frankly, I still don't have motivation.
I really am a smart kid, I am just lazy. I always have been in school, even if early grades didn't show it. I rarely turned in all my homework, and skated by purely on my brains using minimal effort. Looking back I do wish I had tried harder, but I turned out ok anyway, so I can't harp on it, and try as hard as I can not to. My point is that my effort this semester isn't a reflection on you, but it is all on me and how I have been for as long as I can remember. I know once I go to college I won't be able to do what I have done, but I am not overly worried about it, I'll cross that road when it comes. (I am taking a year or so off to get healthy. I still have the same issues I had when I took the OGT's almost worse)
That little parenthesses leads me into my next thing. Thank you so much for how amazing you were back then. I wouldn't be graduating if it hadn't been for you, and honestly, that week changed my life forever. You made me want to become a teacher so I could help kids as much as you helped me. I want to teach at ECOT where I could work from home, which is better for me, and then I can take care of whatever kids I may have, which I will love doing. (I kinda dig babies) So I wanted to ask you how long did it take you to get hired at ECOT? I read on the site that they prefer high-prestige teachers who have teached before, so I figure I won't come out of college and join ECOT. (I want to be in elementary education for the record) I am just curious what exactly I should expect if I continue on my current career path. Homeschooling made me the person I am today and if I can help one student half as much as I was helped, the low-salary and late nights grading papers will be more than worth it.
Again, you are truly an amazing teacher, I don't have to be in your class forever to see that. I read your messages, and how you interact with your students amazes me. That time you invited everyone to come see you perform at a play made a rather large impression on me, it showed you genuinely care about each and every student that walks into your "classroom." You doing what you did for me, I think 2 years ago, literally changed my life. Even if you didn't have to go out of your way to accomodate what I needed, or if you think you were just doing your job, it did so much for my psyche and at the time I needed it BADLY.
I think that's all I have to say. I'll probably hit send and kick myself for not adding in something specific, but I highly doubt this will be the last interaction we have. I know this was random and out of the blue, but I'm not just blowing smoke out of my backside, I mean every word I just wrote.
Thanks Ms. Fiddle
Sam
