A letter to former teachers

Letter to a favorite math teacher

Dear Mr. X

I guess you would be surprise when receiving this letter ! I am Hung Dang, your former student at Templeton High School, I graduated in 2000 and your were my Math teacher in grade 12. I was the guy who came to your office almost every day during your lunch time. I don’t know how many time you had to skip your lunch so you could give extra help before my provincial exam. I hope you still remember we often had our lunch together in McDonald restaurant, the one was just 2 blocks away from our school. I hope you remember me now. I really ..really hope so ..

How are you doing? I hope everything goes well for you. Let me talk a little about myself We should do some catching up now I guess. After my graduation, I went to Europe because I wanted to explore the world ! I had been traveling almost every place ..Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa. I did a lot of works just for supporting myself and find some money to keep me going. And guess what …I never forget you ! You were my best favorite ! and even now you still are my best teacher. Thanks for helping me so I could pass my last exam and thanks for all your lessons about life. You taught me not only about mathematics but also about life. I still remember what you used to tell me…Never give up hope, even when you are in the worst situation of your life. I did just exactly what you taught me

I just got back to Vancouver last week and Daren gave me your email address. So I hope we could get together again.  See you soon. 

Take care,

Your former student

Hung Dang

Letter to my worst math teacher


Dear Mr. Y

I wish that I didn't have to write you this letter. But when I think about all the high school students who are currently study with you then I feel that I have a responsibility to write this unpleasant letter and send it to you. 

During the school year in which you were my math 11 teacher, I was a very bad student and I knew that. I didn’t study at all I didn’t do my homework, I failed all my tests, I even skipped your class regularly. I knew that in your eyes, me and a number of my classmates, our IQ levels were not high enough to understand and learn math, and you treated as such as we were very stupid to understand what you taught in class.  But the true was that we had been trying very hard to study, just the method you used to teach very hard for us to understand. I seemed to me that you forgot we were students, we came to class to learn and we needed your help. We didn’t come to your class to do mathematics researches or develop new math theories with you. So please change the way you teach, not for us because it is too late, but for your students who are learning with you at this moment.    

I hope you understand why I write this letter and I hope you would spend some time to think about what I’ve said in this letter. I know that you have a vast knowledge in mathematics. Please find an effective way to transfer your knowledge to your students and please remember that they are students, not mathematicians. They are still in the process of learning

Thank you very much for your time

Your former student

Hung Dang