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Excuse the hyperbole in the title, but I needed your attention.

It’s that time of year. Schools are letting out for the summer. Graduations are occurring. Teachers are in their classrooms wrapping things up before leaving for the summer. But something even more important should be happening:

ALL PARENTS AND ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE WRITING THANK YOU NOTES TO THEIR TEACHERS!

With this post, I’d like to start a national movement of people taking the time to write (handwritten preferred) letters to all the educators who just spent another year of their lives dedicated to our children.

The perks of teaching aren’t much. Some chocolates during the holidays. Maybe a card or two on birthdays. But a flood of thank you cards at the end of the year is about the greatest gift we can give to our educators. It only takes a minute but it makes a world of difference.

If you’re not up for writing a note (handwritten preferred), you can send an e-card right here from our site.

Here’s the other challenge: IF WE FORWARD THIS POST TO EVERY STUDENT AND PARENT WE KNOW, AND THEY FORWARD IT TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO SEND IT OFF TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, TEACHERS ACROSS THE WORLD WILL BE INUNDATED WITH LETTERS WHICH WILL FOREVER MARK THIS AS THE “YEAR OF GRATITUDE.”

Let’s get 30 million people to read this post and send out letters. It will be a placeholder in the history of education. No. Let’s go for 50 million. No. One trillion. Yes. One trillion letter writers. We’re not going to stop until we get there.

It’s a MOVEMENT!