Mrs. Martin

To a lot of you, this won't be very applicable. But it's been on my mind a lot, so I'm going to write about it.

I attended Simon Fraser Junior High school from 2003 to 2006. During that time, for two of the school years, I had the most amazing teacher. Her name is Mrs. Martin. She was the most amazing teacher I have ever had, and frankly, think that I ever will. Her teaching methods, though they seem strict at the time, taught myself and all my peers such great study habits that we cannot imagine what we would be like without her influence. Unfortunately, the time has come that she must retire, and that makes every one (that I know of) of her alumni quite sad. So to honour her, I was thinking it would be amazing to have a thank you present from all the alumni I can contact. Then, by collecting around $5 from every one of them, I would be able to have a large award produced, and we could all come in sometime and present it to her. So here's what my plan is.

First off, I need to go talk to her, and find out if the rumours really are true that this is her last year. That wouldn't be too much fun it it wasn't, and we awarded her before her last year.

Second, I would talk to Mr. Johnston about it, and see what he has to say. I'm sure he would be in full support, and would have many ways of helping us out.

Third, using the power of Facebook and many other means, I would try to contact as many alumni of hers as possible, and have them join a group.

Fourth, I would work hard to become a control centre, and collect/pool all the money that our members would (hopefully) send in. (A side note, I would be sure to use all the money possible, and any extra would be given to her directly).

Fifth, I would create an event so that everyone know exactly when and where to meet (likely the last day of school), and then we would surprise her (good spot for Mr. Johnston's help).

Sixth, we would present it to her, she would break down in tears, and we would all be so happy, because she has changed our lives :).

That is my plan, and I am going to execute it very soon. So, on Thursday I'm going to go talk to her after school, and make sure it's a go. Then I might talk to Mr. Johnston if there's time.

And that's all for now. Dinner time! (it's 7:00 now - I take breaks while writing...)