Dear professor,
This is Amanda. I’ve written lots of emails to you over the past two quarters, but I guess I won’t get many chances of writing emails to you after this one. So, I decided to write something to you, only this time, I will not ask about the readings in classes or the assignments.
First of all, I want to say thank you to you. And I mean, thank you for everything.
The truth is that I was so confused and scared about English writing when I got into SCU. I did not want to write anything in English and deep down, I felt like everything I wrote down in my second language would be confusing and tedious. The memory of our first writing class was still clear for me: I sat on my seat tremblingly, listening to you talk about the syllabus. All I was think at that time was: Oops, I am so done. She seems so strict and she will never like me after she got to see the things I write. However, it turned out that things went much better than I imagined at that time.
You gave me a really good grade on my first writing assignment. You also encouraged me to let go of the self-doubt I put on myself because you believed that the writing abilities I have are just like those other domestic students have, no less. The comments you made on my first writing assignment literally enable me to have confidence in my English writing ability. At least, I was not that scared anymore. And that was the start of everything.
You taught us so many things about writing from personal narratives to today’s multimedia composition. The words:” I want you guys to gave a damn about what you write in your life.” you said in our first class were like yesterday’s memory. And right now, I think I have a better understanding to what you actually meant at that time. It’s true. Only when we start really paying attention to the things we write, we can make good essays.
And I almost cannot take your class anymore last quarter, but thanks to everything, I got my seat back in your writing class. Then, time flies, our writing class is over. We just had our last class couple days ago.
You are definitely one of the best teachers I’ve had in my life. You imparted your writing knowledges and skills to us, and at the same time, you also encouraged us to think independently in order to build up our own arguments. You used your way to tell us that writing is never a tedious and complicated task, but a form for us to express our ideas, make conversations to our readers, and utilizing effective sources to support our original arguments, etc. You made me enjoy the feeling of writing something from being too scared to write anything.
I feel sad that our class with you is over. But, still, I want to express my sincere gratefulness to you for everything you did to help me, guide me, and encourage me.
Thank you!!!! And
sincerely,
Amanda.