How to cope with leaving my favorite teacher?
I'm graduating this year from school as an 8th grader(It's kinder to 8th grade) and it seems exciting..but the downfall is that I'm having to leave my MOST favorite teacher that I've ever had in 2 weeks. Well technically, 1 full week and half the second since I'll be busy with activities. I had him as a 5th grader, and years after that I often talked to him; This year I have become his teacher aide, helping him EVERYDAY. A few days ago as I was helping him put away decorations in his class, he told me he was gonna miss me so much and that I'm the best aide's he's ever had. I ended up crying when I left his class, despite having a week and a half with him left. How do I cope with this? He's my absolute favorite teacher and I'm so used to talking to him almost everyday that I don't know what I'll do without him in high school. I've never met a teacher as caring, funny, and supporting as him especially when he doesn't even teach me anymore. Please help. I already made a letter and gift for him that I'm going to give the day I leave.
My favorite teacher is leaving? Help!?
When i started at my current school, my French teacher immediately became my favorite teacher. I was also her favorite student (she made it very very obvious) and we got along like a house on fire! She then had a baby and was off for a year, so i was moved to a different class. She came back at the beginning of this year and to my delight, she hadn't changed a bit. Her love for me hadnt changed either, She teaches pass French now and I am in the honors class. She is by far the best teacher, but she was off for a year and so was left with the pass class. We still get along so well and she always chats to me when she is supervising at lunch and stuff. She overheard me telling my friend that I didnt know how i was going to do my french exam in the summertime, and she called me up to her, told me to come to her room the following day at lunch. I did, and she gave me so many notes and has really done her best to help me as much as she can! She means the world to me and just last week, I found out SHE IS MOVING TO AUSTRALIA AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR! She only has a month left and then shes gone. I will never see her again :( she promised that for my last 2 years at school, I would definitely have her for French! Now shes just leaving me. I have no idea what to do with myself. I am a mess. I have cried thinking about it and when I see her now, I dont even want to talk to her cause I am afraid I will break down crying in front of her. What should I do? Should i try talk to her about it? If so, how will I do this? PLEASE HELP!! :(
I need your advice, please! My favorite teacher is leaving and I'm running out of time!!!?
First, I am a (male) teacher, so my answer is going to be biased by that. I think you should examine your "relationship" a bit more critically. It sounds a bit like rationalizing when you say you "jokingly" gave him flowers or made a painting for him. Those are definitely beyond the realm of normal student-to-teacher appreciation gifts. It sounds like a crush. Please understand, I don't mean to minimize your feelings by saying that. You're clearly upset and depressed over this situation and you have every right to feel that way. A hard lesson to learn in life is that it's dangerous to attach your own identity and sense of self too much to another person. It's awesome that he has been such a great support to you. Now, if he really personally promised you that he wouldn't leave that school before you graduated-- that was a poor choice on his part. So what should you do right now? If your relationship really is as close as you suggest, you should be able to approach him one-on-one sometime (but not behind a closed door, for obvious reasons) and gently ask if it's true that he's leaving. Just be careful of your tone and how you come across; you don't want to be accusatory, or act betrayed. Male teachers are rightfully fearful of vindictive female students-- I don't think that's you, but there's just been far too many bad stories. He certainly should be willing to keep in touch by e-mail. Students and teachers shouldn't be friends on Facebook in general, and phone contact may be too intimate to be appropriate. If he is reluctant to stay in touch by email, I would think there's a larger issue at hand, and that's a different conversation. I hope this helps. I don't mean to be critical, I just wanted to offer my insight. I hope it works out well for you!
My favorite teacher is leaving should I tell her in person how much I'll miss her or write a letter?
Along with Maura Rudd and Anuroop Agarwal, I favor the note. It provides tangible evidence of your sentiments long after the event. Not the same thing, but this question brings to mind a couple of similar situations. A few years after I had married and left my parents' home, I wrote my mother a letter in which I mentioned how much I appreciated the upbringing she and my father had provided. This was during an age when letters were a major means of communication and I wrote to my parents frequently. So, I didn't really think much about what I'd written in that particular one. Years later, when my mother died, I found the letter in her purse. It was creased and stained; she had obviously carried it with her for years and read it often. The other situation involved a physician I worked with. One Valentines Day, we had a good number of those silly little kids' valentine cards left over from my daughter's project of giving a valentine to every child in her class. I took them to work on Valentine's Day and carried them in the pockets of my lab coat, giving them out to various people I saw in the hospital corridors. I saw it as nothing more than a silly way to get rid of the extra cards. The next day, one of the doctors to whom I had laughingly given a card sought me out to tell me how much it had brightened his day. He said, "You know, when you gave me that card, I was having an awful day. But that little valentine turned everything around. I grinned every time I thought about it. You just don't know how much something like that can affect someone."A letter or note can mean a lot more than you realize at the time of writing it.
How to say goodbye to my favorite teacher???
I had a similair problem. Except I'm the one whose leaving. I spoke to my teacher earlier in the year. One day, out of the blue, I had to thank them. Just talk to her--tell her you don't know how to show her how grateful you are, but you just want her to know that you are. It'll mean a lot. Then if you still feel the need, write a letter. Even if you don't want to be there when it's read--it's nice to write it. You might feel better about having expressed yourself and it'll mean something to your teacher too. A lot of teachers can only hope they'll make a difference like ours have. Just make sure she knows she has. If you don't know what to say, at least you tried. I'm sure she'll understand. And if you're really nervous about crying...well, i don't suppose it can be helped. A little crying never hurt anyone. If you're so worried about it, maybe it'll help you to say goodbye. Just don't pass up the chance to thank someone who's meant a lot to you. Teacher's are overlooked too often.
Should I visit a teacher I had last year once the school year ends? She was a favorite teacher and her students would no longer be in school. I don’t know if that would be weird, but I haven’t talked face to face in over a year and I want to say hi.
RE: Should I visit a teacher I had last year once the school year ends? She was a favorite teacher and her students would no longer be in school. I don’t know if that would be weird, but I haven’t talked face to face in over a year and I want to say hi.YES! This is without a doubt, a wonderful thing to do.I have gone back over the years to see multiple teachers, and EVERY SINGLE one got a huge grin on their face, and wanted to know where I was at, what I was doing, and how life had progressed.I can also say as a supervisor and a leader, that when I have had previous employees, students, etc come see me, it has been nothing but a lovely experience.Definitely go see your teacher!
Should I visit a teacher I had last year once the school year ends? She was a favorite teacher, and we haven’t talked face to face in a year. Her students wouldn’t be in school anymore, and she said to keep in touch. Is this a weird thing to do?
Should I visit a teacher I had last year once the school year ends? … Is this a weird thing to do?……Weird…? Says who…? If you have any doubt, Meet Mr. Vijith, who keeps visiting some of his old teachers - his favourite ones - twice or thrice every year over the last ‘quarter century’ since leaving school, the last such visit being a couple of months back. No ‘prizes’ for guessing - yes, that’s the one who is writing this answer.My parents were teachers - both of them having around three-and-a-half decades long career. Being the son of a ‘teacher couple’, I had sufficient opportunity to observe and study the teaching community from close quarters. One thing that I thus noticed is that teachers - at least those who keep some level of passion for their job - generally cherish the moments they spent with their students. Even more so the moments they get with former students who keep in touch and reciprocate their feelings. The love, respect and care their former students extend form sort of a treasure trove for them. Even the tiniest speck of positive feedback can mean a lot.I once had written a letter to one of my old teachers after he was transferred to a different school when I was in 7th std. The letter was nothing great - just expressing the feelings of a twelve-year boy towards his teacher. Even I hadn’t given it any more importance than that of a childish fancy. However, I was in for a ‘pleasant shock’ when I, sixteen years after writing that letter, managed to get his phone number (thanks to two other teachers with whom I still keep in touch) and called him. When I introduced myself, he asked me whether I remember writing a letter to him long back, and when I replied ‘yes’, served the ‘knock-out punch’ saying that he was still keeping that letter with him!If a teacher could cherish a sixteen-year old ‘childish’ letter so fondly even after not being in touch - let alone talking face to face - over the entire period, a gap of just two years is nothing, I’d say. Go ahead and visit her. And do keep in touch, as she said. You will get to know and understand more about your teacher - or, rather, teachers in general. That will be a great experience for you over the years to come.
What gift should I get my teacher for the end of the school year?
Well, this goes like this.When I was in class tenth, My English teacher Mrs Sudha, a well mannered,disciplined, lovable teacher of school, was retiring from school. We students of DAV decided to have a party in classroom to show madam our love and gratitude towards her, for bearing us all these years and to say“thankyou” for being an role model for us.As it was a surprise party for her, we just told her to come to the classroom to share her feelings with us, as soon as she entered classroom, we started screaming, shouting laughing n throwing rose flowers in air, and she was like flabbergasted for few seconds by seeing all those things, but she smiled as we were enjoying the moment with her, we presented a Card, written thankyou on it, cut the cake and celebrated the evening with her.We made her to feel like a special person, showed our love to her and she was like in a position to cry, but we understood and made her to laugh, by throwing few silly jokes, dancing around her.My lovable teacher Mrs Sudha is no more between us, may her soul be in rest and peace.I love you Mrs Sudha madam.As my teacher was retiring, we gave her a farewell party type as gift for her, but if anyone wanna say your teacher thankyou at the end of year u can impress him/her by securing good marks in her/his subject, Or give her thankyou card for teaching a subject which she/he made easy for you to study, by giving flowers etc
Im going to miss my favorite teacher so much?
Its getting towards the end of the year and it makes me happy, yet sad because I am devastated to leave my favorite teachers class. She has helped me in so many ways, subject or personal problems wise. She knows my life, she knows me better than anyone else, i have told her so much about me and we just connect really well. I do so well in her class and she inspires me to succeed, I always push myself to do well in her class. Im going to see her next year, but i am not so sure if I will have her again, which makes me upset because I love going to her class. i told her she was my favorite teacher before and she was very happy and thanked me. I just don't know what to do, I wish thinking of handwriting her a letter thanking her so much for an amazing year, because I don't just want to say "bye."Every time i hear someone say "10 days left of school!" it makes me want to cry because its ten days closer to me having to say goodbye to her. :( Has this happened to you before, if so, what did you do?
How do I say goodbye to my favorite teacher?
I am currently in eighth grade but will be graduating soon and will move onto high school. I am apprehensive about the high school part, but more so I am sad and scared about leaving my favorite teacher. I've known her for three years now, and I have never been this close with a teacher before. She really has helped me through A LOT. Every day after class I go up to her and we just talk or joke around, and I e-mail her. I tell her things I don't even tell my friends! We know each other really well, and whenever we make eye contact we smile, and she knows what I'm thinking before I even say it. She's like a motherly figure, in a way. More so, she is my role model. She's my idol, I look up to her. I think she's amazing. But... now I have to leave, and I am heartsick, in a way, because I will no longer see her everyday, no longer joke around with her all the time... I go to her with all my problems, and she always helps me solve them. There will be no more of that. In a way I think I have become too attached, because now I don't want to leave her! I know that after this year I am going to go back and visit her, and hopefully stay in touch. But... how on earth am I supposed to say goodbye to this woman who has made such a huge impact on my life?