Every year at the end of the year I have my students write me a letter. Here are some excerpts from 2022, 7th grade math. I tried to leave the spelling and grammar as they wrote it, but I’ll admit I did make a few corrections on some. In no particular order:
You have been the best math teacher ever. There are so
many things that you do for our class. You never give us up, you never get us
down.
I have learned a lot this school year. I learned that
hard work is very, very important, and to have a growth mindset. In this class,
i’ve been pushed harder than I ever have before in school. Your 6th
period class, and all your other math classes next year, will be very lucky to
have you.
When I first entered your class I was extremely
intimidated by you (I still kind of am…) but not I am less scared of you and
would maybe be able to talk to you and have a little conversation.
Thank you for being such a great teacher and ending my
school day on a good note. Thank you for teaching me to find the hypotenuse,
the area of a sphere, advanced algebra, etc. Something I enjoyed in your class
is the way you teach, you always teach like your there cause you want to be there
and love to teach. One other thing I like about your class is you don’t always
follow the lines, you don’t always know what lesson your going to do or do the
one that you have planned but nevertheless come up with an amazing lesson. So
thank you for being a great teacher.
I am now saving up to get the 50 chicken nuggets from
Wendy’s. I would not know about this if it werent for your class, and i would
not know multiple other things. Thank you for Teaching me these things, and i
can safely say that this year was Better with you in it.
Dear Mr. Burrill, I learned how to caculate the area of a
curcal. Sincerely, Jacob
One of the things I enjoyed the most was whenever someone
didn’t know what we were talking about and asked you could explain, but the
good part in this was when you gave an extra credit ticket for them asking even
though they didn’t know the subject of the day.
I have a learned a lot in this class but one thing I
enjoyed was when you would tell stories to da class about your past and your
life. You are a great teacher and great person. Something I enjoyed while
having you as a teacher is that, you make everything positive or funny in a way,
and you dont get made easily. -A.W.
I loved this class because of you. You made math fun
again. I didn’t like math and for that I didn’t do that good in it. My last grade
in math before I came here was a C. You made me like math because of your humor
and pushed me to do my best.
I owe you a lot because in 6th grade I got a
16% grade for math and now I have a 98%. Also I want to become a math teacher
because of you. So thank you for teaching me to try, and thank you for the
inspiration to become a math teacher.
This year has been very chaotic. Whenever I got to go to
3rd period It made my day a whole lot better. I appreciate you
always being there for me. When I was having a hard time and my sister made it
worse, you were there to make me feel better, and more confident. I’m going to
miss you and this class.
Joke: What has 4 legs and is all green? Grass, I lied
about the legs.
I have never really liked math but this year i did. Math isnt
my best academic subject and I always had a bad grades in math except this year
so thank you for teaching the way you teach.
One thing I learned is to never let our guards down, a
really valuable lesson you taught me. Something about me that I myself find hilarious
is, ever since you told us so many stories, I never want them to end, even if
it’s funny or not. The stories you tell us have a life lesson or something we just
know. My all-time favorite is when you told the class you would give rides to
people who had come from jail. Makes/Helps me know to always be there for someone
because you never know what the are going through. All of your stories bring
joy to my day!
Something I learned in this class was never give up and
try my best.
Thank you for being one of the nicest math teachers. Something
I learned over time is that math isn’t that hard. You just have to study… You
are a great and funny teacher and hopefully you get a raise for that cause you
deserve a raise. Hopefully, the 7th graders will like you and not
hate you.
I also learned that if you get a loan you would have to
pay it back. I never knew that so thank you because that will help me in life
when I’m older.
It was fun having you as my math teacher, you made math a
little more fun like it wasn’t so bad and I learned a lot from you, but not
just math but about life too. Also I learned from your stories because I could
always find something to do different or what do to in some situations. Your
math lessons were also very helpful. I don’t know, there was just something
about them that made me learn faster and easier. OMG HOMEROOM!!! I loved
homeroom. It was so fun and like I said your stories are the best!! Because they
weren’t just stories it was a lesson to learn from and take things to do different.
I actually took a lot of things from those lessons. So thank you. You’re my 2nd
favorite teacher. I’ll come visit you when I can, I promise. 😊
I really enjoyed being in your class this year. I had fun
learning. The way you taught was amazing. You have always been on of my
favorite Teachers but Mr. Thomas will always be #1. Sorry. You come in 2nd
place tho, that’s still good.
I really enjoyed attending your class this year. I learned
that best way to enjoy your math class is by being yourself. I also learned
that you learn the most when you try. I think I learned some math. I know I
learned some life lessons along the way. You make me laugh every time I am in
your class. I have never liked math my whole life but now math is one of my
favorite classes. You made math fun for me. I really enjoyed going to my
Tuesday after school class, it helped me a lot. I think homeroom on Fridays are
the best days. I love listening to your stories. I hope you keep teaching math.
You’re a great teacher and a funny teacher.
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