I heard that a teacher from my high school has died. She never taught me, but obvz I knew her and -unusually for snotty teen me- I liked her. Facebook is full of names I haven't heard for 40 years saying things like "Mrs H. was the only one that believed in me and told me I was a better person" and "I was one of the problem pupils, yet she showed me nothing but respect and compassion, I was quite destructive but she always appreciated what was going on for me, and I carried her kind words with me for many years". What a legacy.
