I emailed my english instructor from college (technical college) and asked if I may use her as a reference and if she remembered me. She replied with, and I quote, "Of course I remember you. You are indelibly imprinted in my mind as my BEST student in 20 years of teaching at MATC." (This just made my whole week.)
Hey wait a minute!! That MATC instructor told ME that she would never have a student as amazingly brilliant I was, period.
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PS: Congrats!