Teacher Appreciation Day Messages Prove Our School Days Have A Lasting Impact

It might have been decades since you were last in a classroom, but most of us never forget the teachers who shaped our school days (for better or for worse).

Now - in a climate of increasing cuts and pressure on teaching staff to meet examination targets - former pupils from across the UK have decided to shine a positive light on education.

Simply by sharing a short message of gratitude for Teacher Appreciation Day.

Whether it is the person who taught their favourite subject, or someone who made them look at the world through new eyes, these teachers really struck a chord.

And helped make them the people they are today.

#TeacherAppreciation day to the most inspirational teacher I’ve ever met,
Steve Martell @CollyersHorsham who helped me find my confidence. If I can be half the teacher he was, I’ll be more than happy! #teachertraining pic.twitter.com/fmI9V8R10I
— Miss Knight (@miss_aknight) May 9, 2018

#TeacherAppreciationDay Best school teachers I had:
Ken Mines, Helen Silverlock, Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Coleman, Mr. Alan Jobson, Mr. Farquhar, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Johnson...each of you changed the way I thought & felt about the world & life in some significant way. 💫 Thank you.
— Fatima Barkatulla (@FatimaBarkatula) May 9, 2018

Just managed to track down my old English Lit. teacher on Facebook and sent her a message to thank her over a decade later. #TeacherAppreciationDay don't forget them, it's a hard job for them and too easy for us to forget their efforts once we move on
— Naomi Wicks (@naomi_wicks) May 9, 2018

So it's #TeacherAppreciationDay and this is making me think of the first teacher who introduced me to the world of cinema and film making Mme Assaad. I was only 11 then and she put the wheels in motion for the journey to begin, leading me to here today. She was Awesome!
— Fiona Cross (@FionaCrossUK) May 9, 2018

#TeacherAppreciationDay Mr Bromhall the Science teacher who believed in me, and inadvertantly led to me becoming a Science teacher for 17 years. I may go back.. But enjoying the break. 😉 It's a tough job. High five to everyone in the classroom today!
— Amy F B (@AmyBeale1) May 9, 2018

Thanks to all the teachers at Anglo who inspired me and made me enjoy going to school, I don’t hear about many kids that want to go to school anymore, but I always did☺️👌🏼 #TeacherAppreciationDay
— Katie Salter♚♪ (@ktsalty) May 9, 2018

Happy #teacherappreciationday Thank you to Mrs Parker and your request for my first novel. Still working on that but your encouragement is seeing me through today and has been for years.
— Emily Howarth (@EmilyBMitchell) May 9, 2018

Thank you, Mr Sara, for the gift of Shakespeare and helping me believe in my own ability in English. I never would have entered journalism without that boost.#TeacherAppreciationDay
— Marisol Grandon (@marisolly) May 9, 2018

#TeacherAppreciationDay Big shout out to Mr Bason, my favourite teacher at primary school. Still see him occasionally, still makes me smile. Brilliant teacher 😊 pic.twitter.com/iPS4CkO7TC
— Heidi (Kipperchops) (@GiddyKipperUK) May 9, 2018

Today is #TeacherAppreciationDay, and I am sitting and editing poems for a new collection, feeling very grateful and thankful for those teachers who inspired me.

Ms Tidman, Mr Leggett, Ms Garraway, and Ms Merivale. Here’s to you and the thousands like you, who lead and inspire.
— Rick Dove 🕊 (@multistable) May 9, 2018

One teacher I appreciate more than most. If it wasn’t for Mrs Wilbur believing in me when every other teacher thought I was a waste of time, I wouldn’t have a single GCSE. Thank you, you strong, funny, wise and intelligent woman 💗#TeacherAppreciationDay
— chels 🧜🏻♀️ (@imchelsealeigh) May 9, 2018

Hugh Black-Hawkins taught English from an armchair, claimed the ghost of Shakespeare floated above, and turned an A-Level class into a group of co-conspirators. He encouraged us to question everything and fear nothing. We felt special.

Thank you, BH x #TeacherAppreciationDay pic.twitter.com/0GCNmVXpic
— Katherine Boyle (@FlippinKath) May 9, 2018

My favourite teacher was Miss Mugridge who taught me chemistry - I'd never have become a science writer without her! She was inspiring and just had a way with words! @SHSKSchool #TeacherAppreciationDay
— Kerry Taylor-Smith (@KerryTaylorSmit) May 9, 2018

I have never forgotten my teachers, good or bad. That, quite simply, is why teachers are so powerful in moulding young minds. #TeacherAppreciationDay
— Samantha van Dalen (@londonsouffle) May 9, 2018

Someone pass us the tissues.

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