At the end of each academic year, I have a tradition of informing my students that I will write a recommendation letter and/or serve as a reference for *every* one of them. I’m glad that Will remembers this! He was a sophomore when I taught him https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🏻‍🏫" title="Woman teacher (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman teacher (light skin tone)">

I just remembered that it was Will who gifted me a Burberry scarf after our last class. I was taken aback ‘cause of the generous intentionality (& apparent financial planning) of a high school student. So, if you ever see me in that scarf, you’ll now know why https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😄" title="Smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes">

Since I started this thread on Twitter, I’m going to conclude it on Twitter.

I am simply https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Sparkles" aria-label="Emoji: Sparkles">beaminghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Sparkles" aria-label="Emoji: Sparkles"> because I am so proud that Will wants to become an educator.