1. For personally getting to know every student, whether it’s a class of 4 or 34!
2. For showing an A+ effort in school spirit:
3. For working after hours and never complaining about it:
4. For always remembering that learning should be fun:
5. For being a super detective of sticky situations:
6. For continually having the patience of a saint:
7. For always being able to roll with the punches:
8. For powering through the semester without any major incidents:
9. For juggling 10 things at once and still keeping everything on schedule:
10. For keeping class orderly, even when chaos reigned:
11. For excelling in the very important task of positively influencing tomorrow’s leaders (for jobs that may not even exist yet!):
12. For making the most of your teacher budget (which sometimes was nonexistent):
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