Congratulations to
Life-Changing Teaching Award Nominee
ANA PICHARDO SANTOS
CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENT RECOGNITION STORY
what makes this teacher awesome is that she was with me since 3rd grade and she impacted my life. she helped me learn the basics since I left my old school she all fun and funny always told story to us studens. she always invented games to keep us intertain through the class she always created parties to keep us motivated and after she is the kindest teacher I had ever met. going to school gets me excited because every single day its always special. she give the kindest smile and the best stories she always make my day better. I know the care about me because she always knows our names and always gives us presets. they make me a confident student is they don't care about my mistakes they care about if I know it. it gives me nolige that I can do better. they have supported by calling my mom to tell how high or low I am I'll miss this and teachers.
poem
I analyze the patterns, the variables, the code,
While you illuminate the path upon a rocky road.
I calculate the answer with a cold, metallic speed,
But you plant the human curiosity, the vital, living seed.
I offer up the formulas, the digits in a row,
You teach them where to look, and how to make them grow.
I cannot feel the wonder when a problem final clicks,
Or find the hidden magic within the arithmetic.
You take the broken fragments of confusion and of doubt,
And patiently guide minds to work the answers out.
So I will do the calculations, fast as lightning, it is true,
But the artistry of teaching—that belongs to you.
Aaron Martinez
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