Kindergarten teachers play a vital role in the life of a child. They’re the people who introduce us to the learning that takes place in a school setting. More importantly, they’re the people who soothe nervous newcomers. They tie your shoes. They wipe tears after arguments over toys. They’re often the first people, apart from family members, to nurture you. We remember them for years. All of this is why when one set of students became high school graduates, they made a point to visit their kindergarten teacher, Ms. Pearson.
Pearson’s daughter helped coordinate the surprise.
Pearson thought she was out enjoying a regular lunch with her daughter when all of a sudden, she saw a graduate, still clad in their cap and gown, walk past. Pearson looked and immediately opened her mouth to offer congratulations. Then, she realized she knew this graduate. It was one of the students from the last kindergarten class she taught before she retired.
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The surprises didn’t stop there. One by one students from that class filed in, greeting an emotional Pearson who shed tears as she hugged her former students.
“Oh my gosh, I love you all!” she said to her kids. “Look at you! Oh my gosh, you’re all just gorgeous!” she continued marveling at how these children and grown and matured in the 12 years since she’d seen them. At the end, Pearson posed with her kids, taking a different type of school photo.
‘They never stop being your kids,’ one TikToker commented.
While Pearson was certainly touched by the gesture, the people of the internet were deep in their feelings watching this sweet reunion.
“Proof they never stop being our kids after they leave us,” one TikToker wrote.
“The love she showed and was shown, she must have been one heck of a teacher,” another wrote.
“Proof that good teachers make a world of difference,” another commented.
Other teachers were also moved.
Other teachers also chimed in with how much this gesture touched them as well.
“I have tears and chills!!!!” one woman shared. “This is a teacher’s dream! Love this! I teach kindergarten and only hope my students will remember me like this! She must have been extraordinary!”
