The Influence One Can Have

Every school year, each student enters the building expecting one or two pretty decent teachers, and then a few teachers that they don't exactly get a long with. If you're lucky, you get have the opportunity to work with a teacher that will have an impact on you for the rest of your life. I was privileged enough to have a teacher that had such an influence on me, but I didn't realize this from the beginning.
The first day of middle school, wow. I was scared of course: many new faces, different teachers, a bigger school. I found my way to my first class.…