Special November 20 letter from teacher to... parents

On Vietnamese Teachers’ Day, November 20th this year, instead of receiving greetings from her students, a teacher in Ho Chi Minh City wrote a letter to… her students’ parents. The teacher’s special letter moved the parents.

Many parents were touched when receiving congratulatory letters from their teachers on November 20 - Photo created by AI

Since early this morning, November 20, many parents of 9th graders at Nguyen Du Secondary School (Thong Tay Hoi Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) were surprised and moved to receive congratulatory letters from homeroom teacher Luu Thi Thu Huyen.

Letter to the 'first teachers' of every child

"Dear parents of the 9th graders!", she started the letter with only lines of gratitude to the parents, who, according to her, are "the greatest teachers". And she wrote in the letter:

"On November 20, the homeroom teacher would like to send warm wishes and gratitude to all parents.

For children, parents are their "first teachers" and also their "greatest teachers" - the ones who teach them with all their hearts, with unconditional love and silent sacrifice every day.

Thanks to their parents, children go to school with kindness, courtesy and the most beautiful values. Teachers are the ones who continue to cultivate, but the roots of all good things start from the family.

Thank you, Mom and Dad, for always being with me, with class 9/… in every activity, always loving and encouraging me like the most precious gifts.

Wishing you, Mom and Dad, good health, joy and peace, to always be the place where your children return, the greatest source of love in life.

Sincerely and lovingly!

She said, every morning seeing the children coming to school with clear eyes, politely greeting their teachers, Ms. Huyen always thinks "those beautiful things have been sown long ago, right in their first home".

Parents are the greatest silent teachers.

Talking to Tuoi Tre Online , teacher Thu Huyen said that in more than 20 years of standing on the podium, the thing that makes her always send gratitude to parents is her belief in the role of family.

"The first person who teaches us little by little, from birth to school and throughout our lives, is our parents, no one can replace them. The education of parents is an extremely important foundation for a child. They are the greatest silent teachers," she shared.

For Ms. Huyen, every time she stands in class, she always looks at her students with respect for what their parents have sown.

She said that our parents had sent us children who were raised with love, sacrifice, sleepless nights studying with us, with every word of politeness, kindness and sharing. And we were rewarded with that achievement and the teacher’s duty was to continue to nurture the tree so that it would grow even greener.

Among the countless wishes sent to teachers on November 20, the letter from the homeroom teacher of class 9/… was sent in a very unique way: not praising the teaching profession, not putting herself in the center but quietly directing the light to those who have silently taught young children before the school accepted them, namely the parents.

A parent of a 9th grader shared: "Reading your letter made me tear up. I never thought I would receive a November 20th greeting from my child's teacher. Thank you for reminding me that being a parent is also a job, the only difference is that it never stops."

Cards for parents on November 20

Every November 20th, many years ago, Ms. Huyen often guided her students to make cards for them to bring home to give to their parents.

"Parents are their children's first teachers. They need to remember that. If we are grateful from the root, we will later know how to appreciate other good things in life," she confided.

She said there were students who, after writing cards for their parents, sat silently the whole time and said, "I have never thanked you, Mom and Dad."

Those moments are more precious to her than any bouquet of flowers on Teachers' Day. "The most important thing is to teach children to be grateful. Only by being grateful can we grow up," said Ms. Huyen.

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TRAN HUYNH

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/la-thu-20-11-dac-biet-cua-co-giao-gui-phu-huynh-20251120105229942.htm