"To my teachers who never believed in me in Elementary School"

To my teachers who never believed in me in Elementary school,

You probably don't know where I am. Heck, you probably don't even know where I was in high school. You probably thought I would still be the quiet kid that I always was in your classes. Maybe, you thought I would end up dropping out of school. I don't blame you considering how many students in your classes that I was with ended up pregnant, dropping out, going to jail, etc. Just looking at me at the time, you never thought I'd be the one standing out from all of those. I knew at the time, I was bound to be a failure. I was bound to be put into a never ending cycle where I would stay stuck in. You never knew that somehow in some way, I wouldn't be the person I am now. I ended up being in one of the best universities in the country. I ended up becoming a very hardworking and talented dancer. You know, that kid who always hated to be put in the center of attention is now continually put in it. I've gotten used to being more social, I've gotten better at speaking out. I protect what I am more now. I stand up for myself. I work harder, and I dream bigger.

Who knows if I will ever get to see one of you again, the face of doubt was always on your faces with me. I ended up making it out. I ended up breaking the cycle, and I ended up somewhere everyone doesn't even feel like doing. You never saw the progress I made in my high school years, but you'd be surprised. Especially now that I'm in college, you'd be even more surprised. You all believed in students who ended up taking a route to failure. You always praised when you knew nothing about how they acted toward the other students. You never knew that there were students like me who were exceptional in our minds. Maybe, it just didn't hit us yet. Maybe, we just refused to be acknowleged. I'm not sure. I knew that one thing was for sure, the only person who you never had in mind ever, was the person who simply stood quiet in class without much else to do. Now, instead of living a life like that, I ended up choosing a life where I am the complete opposite. This is more like bragging thing just to shove into your faces, or I wish to shove into your face. I may never see you ever. I may want to reach into contact with somebody who actually had some sort of faith in me. I know that in the faces of everyone in elementary school in general, they'd be surprised at my progress. Elementary school was always a trap in those days. Who knows what happened to the rest, I don't even know myself.

In the end of it all, I showed that change is possible in a positive way. It happened, and I'm proud of my own work that has changed me to this day. That is my message to you.