VIDEO: A Harvard graduate invites her elementary school teacher to her graduation

A teacher in Yuma was invited to Harfard's graduation after one of her former students follows her advice to aim high.

[shivanipatel]

Meanwhile the teacher I had last year can’t remember my name

[sergioortiz]

Her junior high and high school teachers have left the chat....

[mohammedsami]

Teachers deserve to get paid way more than what they’re paid now. They’re the people that shape a persons future and have the most lasting impact on a persons success

[thepwnagepwr]

Girl almost gave her teacher a stroke.

[cknorris]

Sad thing is we have tons of teachers in our lives but usually only ONE like this. There should be more.

[tomnguyen]

Damn, Harvard is so rich that they paid people's airplane tickets lmao

[ryansenft]

This goes to show how important it is to have a good teacher. I remember one of my best teachers ever. She was my first grade teacher, an older nun. She really believed in me and said that she could imagine me winning a major award some day. Also, I was at the top of my class academically that school year. She has since retired and is probably dead now. Wherever she is, I would thank her if I had the opportunity.

[swiftsangel]

The students are probably so confused 😂

[divinity]

I'd just invite the worst teachers to flex on them lol

[millje]

My first year of school was also my kindergarten teacher’s first year of teaching. We stayed in touch on and off and she ended up being a teacher of mine in middle school again.. I hadn’t seen her since then, but on a whim I reached out and invited her to my graduation open house. I didn’t hear anything and didn’t really expect to see her there (which was totally fine since I hadn’t seen her in so long). Long story short, her and her daughter came and she told me she wouldn’t have missed it for the world! She gave me a little journal as a gift and when I opened it, she wrote a special note inside for me. I go back and read it often and it always brings tears to my eyes.. As a student, you don’t often realize the special impact you may even have on a teacher❤️

[dianaduenas]

It’s amazing to have teachers who genuinely care a lot about their students

[GalaXy-noww]

I'm a loser why is this being recommended to me

[ena]

Dislikes are probably the teachers that didn’t get invited

[miriamvillafan]

I remember having a really bad time during my last semester of junior year in high school, so much so that I gave up and stopped doing all my school work, stopped studying for tests and was sleeping through all my classes. It followed through the summer so I refused to go to summer school. When I started my senior year my counselor called me in to her office and I already knew there was chance in me graduating. I was mentally prepared for the worst. To my surprise she told me I could still graduate, if I was willing do classes after l school. She told me I would have to do most of the learning myself and be tested after all my assignments were done. I would finish all my classes at my own pace. I took the challenge and stayed after school for both semesters of my senior year! I got As and Bs for my regular senior classes and all As after school. I finished half my junior year and all my senior year in two semester. My counselor hugged me at graduation. I was so proud of myself and greatful for her believing in me.

[jessiecomputer]

I have ADHD, and I’ve been emotionally abused by almost all the teachers I’ve ever had. Must feel nice to have at least ONE that believes in you.

[JosephTallent]

I will be graduating from Columbia law next semester and I can attest that my teachers really made an impact on my goals and aspirations. To this day, I remember many of them and everything they did to push me to be the better person that they knew I was. I really love this story. ❤️

[freemovies]

When I was in kinder garden I had the best teachers. Now I am 25 and when I go to school to see my old teachers it just make me so happy. It is a good memory to remember 🤗

[umopepisdn.]

My kindergarten teacher told the whole class I was stupid

[last]

A child’s memory is truly the strongest power in the world 🌍💯

[wfxifsr]

Sometimes teachers believe in their students more than parents. It’s great that they see their students can go so far.