Ask Amy: Addiction is a family disease
Dear Teacher: You deserve a lot of credit for persevering through discouraging challenges and achieving your goals. Your students are lucky to have you as their teacher.
I think you should go ahead and write a letter to this professor. Frame your experience as a “lesson.” Give him credit for inspiring you to prove him wrong, and for providing you with a great example regarding the kind of teacher you have been determined to be.
Keep it respectfully worded.
I suspect that after you write this letter, you may decide not to send it. Writing it will make you feel better. You will see that you’ve already conquered this long-ago demeaning encounter – and you will feel less of a need to prove it.
Dear Amy: Regarding “Old Messy House Dweller,” the website for the National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers lists professionals who assist people with downsizing, selling, moving, etc., in terms of culling and disposing of possessions.
A search by an individual’s ZIP code will provide of local consultants.
– Helpful Hinter
Dear Helpful: Yes! Here’s the website: nasmm.org.
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