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My kindergarten teacher. her name was mrs. paquin. I'll never forget her. She even sad beside me on my blanket at nap time to help me have my nap. She was so nice. You just knew tht she loved kids and cared about us.

I also have a favorite principal. Mr. Barbeau. He knew that we didn;t have an easy childhood and took it easy on us. He would always smile at me, always. When I graduated the 8th grade, he took me and my parents into his office and told us, while looking at me with his kind gentle eyes, that I had failed but he gave me the extra grade I needed so I can graduate and go into high school. He told me that he knew that I was a very intellegent girl and that I wasn't working at my potential, not even close and that he knew that I could do really good in high school. He went on to tell me not to let anything get in my way of my dreams. He told me i was a survivor and he was proud of me. he did this in front of my drunk dad and mother who had no clue that he was talking about her and my dad.

I cried tears of joy that day and i'll never forget it. I finally had someone, an adult, who had faith in me. it was what i needed to pull me out of the slum i was in with myself. he did that.

I would LOVE to see him again to thank him. I did call my old elementary school a few years ago but he had just left a couple years earlier so I was late. I often wonder if he remembers me at all. I would like him to know that he had a huge impact on who i am today. he was awesome!