TO MR MATTHEW BARDE, MY TEACHER

Dear Sir,

My gratitude should have been in an official letter format, just that you were my friend and that broke the sea of formality thereby creating a bridge of friendship.

The hardest thing in life is to teach a child to believe in what he does not know, that’s exactly what you did to me, I can never pay you back. Though you owe a vacation around the world, I will fulfill that in the nearest future.

For the meantime, thank you for teaching me how to read and write, for guiding me to distinguish between what is wrong and what is right. For allowing me to dream and soar as a kite, thank you for being my friend, mentor and light.

Yours Student,

Lengdung Tungchamma

The Idiot Whom You Changed to A Man