Blast From The Crazy Past- Letter to my Favorite Teacher

Welcome to memories...my memories....welcome to a Blast from my Crazy Past!

I remember it clearly....I was sitting on my front porch and someone had stopped by to talk to my mom. They mentioned that they knew who the new third grade teacher was going to be at our little school. It was a man. A man. At the ripe, old age of 8, I had only had female teachers. The first one was wonderful, the second one hated me. Now a man?

If I could ever run into Mr. Morgan, I would love to say the following to him:


Dear Mr. Morgan,

I doubt you remember me in particular. My name is Heidi. I know you would remember my class as a whole because you asked to teach our group for three years. So I was blessed to have you as a teacher for 3rd, 4th and 5th grades before starting my homeschooling journey in Middle School.

Mr. Morgan, you changed my life in so many ways, I am not even sure I would have time to express them all, but I will try.

When you came into my life in 3rd grade, I had just got through a horrible year with my 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Wall. Do you remember her? She seemed to favor the straight A students and I sure wasn't one of them. I struggled for every B I got and never felt good enough. Then there was the time I had to go to the bathroom so bad and she refused to let me go and I peed my pants all over my chair. I remember laying my head on my desk and sobbing because  my clothes and seat were soaked.

When you came along, I had just about had enough of this thing called "school". 

But you came in with your energy, great smile and with a voice full of encouragement and reassurance, you gave me a desire again to try.

I already loved reading by third grade but you gave me a desire to try out different genres of books. You opened my eyes to so many different authors by reading aloud to us every day. I don't even know if teachers have time or desire to do that any more! But every day you would read a chapter or two of a book after lunch. Your voice so animated and thrilling, it was better than an movie I had ever watched. Your voice stirred our imaginations and taught us to explore! The author I still love to this day is Rould Dahl. To this day, two of my favorite books are The BFG and Danny, The Champion of the World. Did you know they made The BFG into a movie last year! I like the idea of you going and seeing it, because I know Roald Dahl was one of your favorite authors.

You made learning fun! You made me want to learn and taught me how to teach as well. Because of you, I got a desire to teach my own children and have spent a fantastic 14 years teaching my children at home.

There are so many other things you did that changed me as a person as well as my outlook on life. I would love to think that there are other "Mr. Morgans" out there teaching children to love life and books. 

You know, I spotted you one day a few months ago....I was waiting in line in my truck to drop off things at Goodwill. I watched this man give things to the worker and as he turned, I realized it was you! I wasn't able to say hi....I had no words. How do you casually say hi to someone who changed your life??

Someday I hope to meet you again....if I do, I hope I have the words to say thank you. Thank you for changing my life. Thank you for being such an amazing teacher. Thank you for being you.

Your student,
Heidi