8/30/2021

Students,

If you’ve arrived here, thank you for trying to reach out to me. I’m posting an update here since one of you has already gotten in contact and I feel I should provide some answers. I’m not sure if I can reach out via email so soon after my resignation, so hopefully this will suffice.

We are living in some of the most trying times of our lives. Unfortunately, I had to make the VERY difficult decision to resign from my position as a teacher due to health reasons. I have been doing everything I can to prevent the spread of Covid, and I would not be able to live with myself if one of you got sick. I, myself, have asthma and I currently live with my elderly parents, so I need to consider an appropriate amount of risk to take.

Simply put, I could not stand by and continue to contribute to the mutation and propagation of this disease by continuing with in-person education.

I cannot explain how much I value the interactions we had as a class and I am so impressed with each and every one of you. Thank you for making these last two years some of the best of my life; I could not have asked for a better class. Really. You guys truly are incredible and I encourage you to keep finding the path to becoming the best versions of yourselves in the future.

I hope you will understand this decision. I hope you will all continue to remain safe and healthy. I hope you all will continue to grow as individuals and work towards making the world a better place.

Perhaps our paths will cross again in the future.

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