The change from elementary school to middle school was very difficult indeed. But it's even more difficult when you lived in Florida for four years and don't have any friends to even help you through the transition. It may be difficult at times, but one thing that made my experience tolerable was Mrs. Madison.

Mrs. Madison was very helpful as well as kind during my years in middle school. She greatly molded me into the person I am today. She was an inspiration to me and my class. My friend and I used to make fun of her class, but when I look back, I realize that she helped me more than any other person in that school as far as learning and life skills go.

My first year of 7th grade started out as me getting up out of bed not even wanting to get up because of my situation of moving schools and homes. But as the day went on I met a lot of very close friends. By the end of the day I was already kind of liking the school so far, but 6th block rolls around and that was Mrs. Madison’s class in my schedule. I entered the class, and I sat near my friends from recent classes. We all never had Mrs. Madison before because it was her first year at Skyline Middle School, and we didn’t know what to expect, but from the way the first day went, I liked her class a lot. It got to the point where I wanted to go to school to go to her class, and that’s saying a lot from a C average student who didn’t even like the word school.

The first year with Mrs. Madison was very fun, more fun than I thought I could have in school. As the year ended, I realized that I would soon be leaving Mrs. Madison to move on to 8th grade. With that news, I began not liking to go to her class because I would soon have to face that she would be not teaching me in the years to come. On the last week of my 7th grade year, Mrs. Madison announced to the class that she would be moving on with us to the 8th grade. I soon became very excited to hear that news even though I wasn’t guaranteed a spot in her class, but to my excitement I was placed in her class for homeroom in my 8th grade year. This was possibly my best year at that school considering we were the upperclassmen in my middle school.  It was more about hanging out with our teachers and friends because it was our last year; so we had a blast that year.

In conclusion, Mrs. Madison was an inspiration for many other students not just me. I feel that Mrs. Madison was one of my most valuable teachers who has changed me the most, in more ways than one, and that's why I will always remember Mrs. Madison as my Educator of the Year.