“Ms. Friedman, you were inarguably the best thing to happen to me in my grade 10 year when I had you as my maths teacher. Your classes were always so freeing of the typical stresses that come with maths and for the first time in my life I looked forward to maths when I had you as my teacher.
Your heart for your students and our wellbeing is so unique and I am so grateful that I was able to experience it. Your heart grew me as a person and you taught me so many valuable lessons about commitment, enjoying life and taking care of myself even when under pressure. You have given me so many incredible memories from our lovely chats during early morning running to calming me down and walking me through geometry rules one more time before a test.
You put in an insane amount of effort to simplify maths as much as possible for us. It is this unbelievably unique ability of yours to present concepts so simply to us that got me a distinction last year. I will forever be indebted to you for the relationship you forged with us and for making maths something that I loved learning… I never thought that was possible.
Thank you for teaching me how to conquer this subject while still enjoying the beautiful experiences of high school. You are one of a kind, ma’am. Love you lots”
