I still praise you anyway. Praise is great, after all!

The story was very touching. I enjoyed it very much so. I thank you for telling it!

Yayfulness

Hm.. this teacher reminds me of one from the private school I once attended. He was extremely critical and vocal about his opinions, but no one liked him for it.. anyway, there's not much I can say about this, because like you said, the sole purpose was to tell the story..