Teachers - if a student wrote to you years later to thank you, would you prefer an email or a handwritten letter?
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @DawnHFoster
Okay, so I've said letter, because I love the idea of the had written. But, on reflection, I have never received a full letter. I've received thank you cards, which are lovely, but don't say much beyond 'Thank You, from Name'. However, I have received detailed emails about how..
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Vastauksena käyttäjille @Coifsh ja @DawnHFoster
...i have changed students opinions of the whole subject, and they are changing degree pathways because of my teaching. So, in my actual experience - email explaining the input of a teacher over a card. But, a card/letter with that detail in it? I'd carry it in my pocket forever
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Vastauksena käyttäjille @Coifsh ja @DawnHFoster
However, if you are going years back - my aunt is a secondary school teacher, who received a letter from a student who was very troubled in her youth. My aunt was a person who believed in her. My aunt received a letter, maybe 5 years into her retirement. She keeps it with her.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @Coifsh
Oh that is such a beautiful story! This was similar: I had a very difficult home life as a teen, this teacher engaged and enthused everyone but was particularly kind to me, recommended books, led me to study English at uni.
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When she got a different job, leaving just as I’d sat my GCSEs I think she guessed I might become disengaged, so encouraged me to do A Levels at her new school. And it was a much better fit, loads of great teachers, so I’d put a fair amount of detail in thanking her, not a card.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @DawnHFoster
In terms of thanking that teacher, I would suggest mentioning a specific conversation. Sometimes we don't know what, exactly sticks with a person we teach, or what they remember. But, I have been on a teaching team with a former undergrad student, and they told me...
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...that in essay feedback I gave them, I wrote 'based on this work, I have no doubt, you will reach the highest levels of academia'. When they were about to quit. I don't specifically remember writing that sentence. But I know that I, proudly stood by them when they achieved that
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That’s so beautiful! I’ve kept in touch with lecturers who really encouraged me, even when health meant I nearly dropped out and some things they said stopped me from just quitting altogether.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @DawnHFoster
It, to me, is one of the greatest joys of teaching.
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