A sweet and unexpected note from a student

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I've been back at work for like 2 weeks now. I haven't been going crazy with trying to be some overachiever. I'm doing what I can (both there and here at the apartment) and trying to be gentle with myself. Some of the students are happy that I'm back. Some are not. I'm fine either way. I haven't been feeling particularly good so it has been tough to get through the days there. With just over 2 weeks left the kids are outraged that I'm still teaching and assigning work. Most of them want to just freeze their grades as is since the replacement teachers pretty much gave it away. There have been all sorts of complaints and whining and moaning. I don't entertain it. Anyway today after 1st period a student passed me a piece of paper on her way out the door. I think I can count all of the words she has said to me this year on 2 hands. There are some students that I have a special relationship with but this girl was not on my radar. I don't know if the picture of her note will post. We shall see. If not I'll just type it out. I was really touched by her message. I brought it to the main office to show the building principal and to ask him to put it in my file. The union encourages us to do that. He said that more students like me than not. That's not the impression I get but again I don't stress over it. Let's see if this picture will load.