Will this person find this email weird?

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I was thinking a bit about my school days earlier and wondering about a particular teacher who I used to look up to quite a bit ... she was always very kind to me during some horrendous shite including bullying etc . She’s now been promoted quite highly in a different school ... it’s some fifteen years since I left school.

I found the school’s email address and have sent them a wee letter (asked whoever picks up the email to pass it on) to sort of update her , tell her what I’m doing now and asking after her daughters etc . It looks a very nurturing friendly school where this sort of thing might be encouraged , I think .

She won’t remember me will she ? It was ages ago now . I’ve popped dates in and referenced a few things from that time period (a card I gave her!) but I’m sure she won’t remember me and am now regretting having emailed . If you were her would you find it odd for an ex pupil to get in contact like this ?

I'm sure she will love it - even f she doesn't remember you, she will appreciate that she had a positive impact on you.

Just don't be surprised if she doesn't respond - it might feel too personal to her (particularly regarding her family)

I thought that (that she might find it a bit personal) . I used to vaguely know her daughters , a cousin was best friends with one of them (which she knew) and my mum used to work with the other for a very short period , hence why I mentioned them . I haven’t thought of her in a very long time , it was just something someone said the other day and I wondered if she was still teaching . She would be not far off retirement now I think .

Please do. She will appreciate it.

I wrote to my primary headteacher 35 years after I left, to tell her what an inspiration she’d been to me in the way that I teach.

I found out just after I’d sent the letter, that she’d died a week earlier.

I regret not sending it sooner.

I think she'll remember and I think she'll love it. I contacted the best teacher I ever had after finding his name on the school website where he had become headteacher. It was about 10 yrs ago now, which makes it a good 20 yrs since he had been my teacher.
We kept up quite an email correspondence for a while. I would love it if one of my ex students contacted me.

How lovely! I think if everyone acknowledged how someone had touched their lives, rather than get caught up in social awkwardness, the world would be a much nicer place!

Glad to hear things are going well for you OP

I think she'll love it. I contacted a wonderful teacher of mine on Facebook after 20 years and he remembered me. We're now Facebook friends and chat often 

Teachers are pretty good at remembering their past pupils, especially if they’ve given them extra support in some way 😊.

Teaching is a difficult job and most teachers stay because of the positive impact they make on their pupils so I’d say she’ll be thrilled to receive your email and to hear how well you’re doing.

I'm a Postie, and have recently started a new delivery round. I now deliver to two of my old teachers!

One was from Infant school and didn't remember me (although did remember my younger brother).

The other from secondary school remembered my face initially, and opened the door last week and triumphantly told me my name

I think it's lovely of you to get in contact

I'm not a teacher, but work in the NHS

Even if she doesn't remember your name, I can say with confidence that that fact that you've remembered her in a positive way will give her an immense sense of pride and satisfaction.

I recently received a thank-you card from a mum I looked after years down the line with a photo of their child. I can't remember her last name, but she put details in the card which jogged my memory and I can see her face so clearly, I know who sent it.

I'm so proud of the fact that she's remembered me so fondly and positively enough to send a card years later that I keep the card in my diary and it really cheers me up on days where I feel like I'm doing a crap job.

Feedback like that is so important, especially when it's obviously genuine, as you've taken time to write so many years later.
It's nice to be appreciated.
It's a lovely thing you've done OP.