The teacher of Love

    My favorite teacher is Teacher Datong. She is beautiful and generous – that’s why I like her most. The most striking parts of her appearance are her big eyes and a pair of glasses. She is tall and has a pair of winding eyebrows. Her kindly expression is what impresses me most. I didn’t know teacher Datong until a Model Lesson in which she taught us to make paper planes. She was nice and serious – therefore, I wrote “unconquerable Datong” on the paper plane I made. She found out and smiled happily. Since then, we became to know each other.

I still remember one time that four teachers in my class wanted to go to Xiama Temple with us. I invited teacher Datong, however, she didn’t show up. I felt disappointed and didn’t go either. In the afternoon, I made a toy for her, however, she only said “thanks”. I thought she didn’t like me and didn’t like my gift either. Therefore I was in a bad mood for the rest of that day.

How short one week was! The farewell party was coming! We took a lot of pictures in the party and eventually I cried – I liked her a lot. When I looked up, I found out her eyes were wet as well. Then I realized the she also liked me.

The second day, we needed to go home. In the early morning, teacher Datong gave me a letter. I cried immediately after I read the letter. In the letter, she told me why she didn’t go to Xiama Temple and why she only said “thanks” after she got my gift. That was touching. She cared me and liked me so much. She also told me in the letter that I should be strong and be a good kid. She asked me to face all kinds of difficulties in life and not to cry when departure came. I will remember every words she said. I realized that student and teacher can become friends as long as the students try to understand the teacher and take teacher’s perspective into account.