I noticed. I hope that this doesn't jinx it though. Well, this teacher. Her name is Mrs. Tap. Yep, I know the last name's a little ridiculous, but she's the Co-ordinator of Teaching and Learning. Nice little swish office above the library. She's the person related with learning difficulties, and making life easier for people with Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, and the like. I was introduced to her last year, because I was drowning in assignments, work, I had no friends, and there were emotional difficulties bubbling beneath the surface. Before I could say a word to her, I was sent to her office after school to meet her, I got this huge smile that made my insides melt, one of those smiles you remember, and she said "So you're the famous Sarah! Come in beautiful, I haven't the pleasure! Tell me about yourself! I've been waiting all day to meet you." We began working together, one on one, she really understood me, and she was amazing. She sincerely cared about me, and treated me as truly special, almost like a daughter. Year 8 arrived, and well, the emotional troubles came to the surface. She helped me with an assignment, and, because I was stressed, she was really kind, I almost broke down, at one point, she saw me falter, hesitate, she ran back and gave me a hug, letting me know how special I was, that I would always be her little petal. I wrote her a letter about 2 weeks later, saying thankyou for all her help, it really means a lot to me, that type of thing, and it really touched her, she was shocked at my gesture, and didn't know how to respond. She shut herself off, and I was hurt at this reaction. I wrote her another letter, saying how I was a little hurt, but maybe I'm in the wrong, etc, and I put it on her desk. I couldn't concentrate, I was so guilty, stirring myself up, etc, and I decided to confront her at lunchtime. Well, it ended up in her interview room, I broke down, my world collapsed, her hands on my shoulders, suppoting me, tears in her eyes, her saying some deeply profound stuff, words that are so true, so beautiful, so powerful, they haunt me still, and the emotion I saw in her eyes, I have never seen so much. She was astounded, and it hit her hard, and we both were shocked, both bruised, and both changed. It's changed us both. We're really awkward around each other now, and I can't take it back, which hurts.