Silent Repost

The conversation

In February, the first semester was over and so the parent-teacher conference was approaching and I decided to tell my mom that I wanted to confide in Mr. Hunter and that she should tell him at the parent-teacher conference.

On the day of the parent-teacher conference, she went first to all the other teachers and then to Mr. Hunter. I waited outside the door and was just nervous for my mom's answer when she told me everything. On the way home in the car she started telling me everything in detail.

She went inside, greeted Mr. Hunter and said that she was my mom and his response really moved me to tears. He said I was one of his absolute favorite students. I will never forget that sentence. Then they discussed my geography grade and my mom said she had a concern.

So she explained everything to Mr. Hunter exactly as I had told her, but before that she told him that she had only come to him because I trust him very much and he is my absolute favorite teacher. He was very happy about these words. He talked to my mom for quite a while to find solutions. Mr. Hunter also mentioned at the beginning that he had been worried from the start and knew that I wasn't doing well. The teachers even said that they had to look after me so that I could connect.

All these words touched me so much and made me think. This one particular sentence from Mr. Hunter has stayed in my head to this day. He said to my mom that if anything happened, I had his number anyway, I could always call or write to him because he was always there for me.

When I was alone in my room that evening, I had a lot to think about because all those words really touched me. Now I knew he would help me and tell two sports teachers at most. Because I asked him not to tell Mrs. Fairy, as my class teacher, because I didn't trust her and she couldn't help me, unlike Mr. Hunter as my PE teacher.

And so I built up an even stronger bond with my favorite teacher and was convinced that things would get better now.