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There is no one else in this world that I think could have taught this class better. Even with your amazing experiences and stories, your personality radiates throughout my week; I swear I look forward to 6:05 every Wednesday evening. You make class enjoyable and your truth and acceptance speaks volumes to the person you are. You have personally helped me with acceptance and have inspired me to even further my dreams in the schools. I want to be a school counselor and while most of this focused on teachers and educators, the stories and lessons on the systematic issues and problems within schools opened my eyes and has inspired me to go through with being there for students and to help shape a better environment. I hope to be even half the inspiration you are to the future students I work with as you were to me and so many others. Thank you for being there for each and everyone of us. You have no idea how impactful this class will be for us in our daily lives and future. Thank you for being you. You are an inspiration and a role model . I hope to see you again. Have a great summer and enjoy yourself!
-Savannah Taylor

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As soon as you introduced yourself as a veteran teacher/principal who started his own school I knew that I was going to enjoy this class. All the insight and advice you’ve given has not gone unappreciated. I hope to become as caring and diligent as you in my future teaching job. I hope you have an amazing summer!

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Hello Professor Wenk,

I am glad to be in this class and have you as our professor. I learned a lot and enjoy the time you and our classmates are together. Although the class took a long time, that's a good thing for me since I don’t need to cook dinner (my sisters will need to).

Thank you for your hard work and the knowledge you shared. I hope to take your classes again in the future.

PS I will get my essay done soon :)

Enjoy your summer!

-Sally

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Hey Professor, I just want to say Thank you for being a great professor and for teaching this class. I've learned so much from you. Thank you for helping me with my essays and giving me feedback on what I needed to change and how to become a better writer. Thank you for letting us set zoom meetings with you so you can talk about our essays with us and teach us on how to better improve them. This was an awesome class and you were so supportive in every way.

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Hello Professor Wenk,
thank you for making this 3 hour class really easy and fun! I really enjoyed this class and gained a lot of knowledge from it. I would totally recommend this class and you as a professor for any incoming students. Thank you once again and have a great summer!

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Just wanted to say thank you so much for being an amazing professor, we’re all lucky to have you. I really enjoyed this class. Thank you for all of your generous words small words have a big impact and I’m so thankful for all of your help and kindness. I wish you all best and a wonderful summer!

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Professor Wenk,
I went into this class thinking it was going to be quite depressing. I wasn't expecting to leave the class with excitement. But your enthusiasm was infectious. This was yet another moment where I felt that teaching was right for me. Thanks for everything, Tomas

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Hello Professor Wenk,
I really appreciate all that you have done for us and improving our learning experience throughout this weird time in online learning. Have a great Summer and best wishes to you and your husband!

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Hello Professor John Wenk,
Thank you for all of the knowledge that you have shared with us. Thank you for all that you have done especially with the essays, which i'll never forget and always look back. Thank you for the opportunity to be in this class.
Best, Nicole Dudkin

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Hello Professor,

I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed being in your class. I  learned a lot about Education in United States. The topics we learned in this class were interesting. You gave us useful feedback on our essays and my writing skills really improved. Thank you for everything you did for us! I hope you have a great summer.

Your help is greatly appreciated!
Rukhshona Uktamova

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Thank you immensely Professor Wenk! You made this three hour class fly by with your intriguing and thought out lectures. My favorite class I've taken in college so far! I really appreciate how passionate you are on the subject of education. I hope you enjoy the summer with your beautiful family!

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Thank you so much Professor Wenk for being such an amazing teacher this semester. As a future educator myself, this class has been very helpful in helping me find out about not only the different kinds of students I might have in my future classroom but also what are some issues they might deal with as well . Along with that I also learned how I as their teacher can help them with those issues and how I can make their experience in school a happier and safer time.
I was able to learn so much in this class from all of the different topics we discussed and the different assignments we had. The feedback you provided always made me think more about my work and I think honestly helped my writing improve as well.
While your class is a bit later in the day and I tend to have a long day on Wednesdays, this class was always one I looked forward to. I can honestly say your class has been one of my favorites in Brooklyn College. I was always excited to see what topics would be discussed and listen to the conversations started by you and the other students in the class. As the last day of class has arrived, I regret not speaking up and being a part of more discussions. I wish we weren't in this pandemic and I was able to take this class in person. Your energy and enthusiasm even remotely is amazing and I think it would've been even better in person. You were clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about the different topics you decided to teach and seeing your excitement made me even more excited to learn.
Thank you again for teaching us all this semester. I hope I am able to take another class taught by you in the future, hopefully in person. I hope you have a great summer!

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Hello Professor,

Just wanted to Thank you for a great semester!! I did struggle a lot this semester but this is one of the few classes that I did look foward to so thank you for that.

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Hello Professor!

Thank you so much for such an amazing semester! You taught me so many new things and I really enjoyed having this class this year! It was so fun meeting you and all my fellow peers. I hope you have a great Summer!!

Best Wishes,

Sophia Guglielmucci

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Thank you so so much Professor! Im so glad that I got to take your class this semester. Although it was fully online this is probably the best, most interactive, and interesting class Ive taken as a freshmen at Brooklyn College. Ive learned so much, yours engaging, so inviting, and sooo nice. I definitely am leaving with so much knowledge and Im so grateful for all you've done for us this semester :) In a house full of teachers its hard sometimes to top them and see educators I truly am inspired by but you're genuinely so amazing my parents even enjoyed your class lol. I hope you have a great summer, thank you for such a great semester.

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Thank you for teaching this class the way you did this past semester, it has been fun and i understand more then what i thought i knew about education. It helped me gear my career within psychology and really let me understand how the school systems have been working. Thank you for everything have fun summer :)

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Thank you so much for an awesome semester!!! I have learned so much about what goes on “behind the scenes” in the education system. You have taught us about the things that really matter regarding education with proposed ideas on how we can change that for future generations.

Truthfully, you are one of the most real, honest, and supportive professors I have encountered at the college, and I wish that I could have taken you for other classes as well.

Your feedback was always straight to the point and honest. You made us understand the importance of knowing how to write and using our resources.

Thank you for always making yourself available to meet, contact you through email, and making it known that you care.

Even though I didn’t participate or speak up all that much in class, it has been such a joy being a student in your class!!

You have pointed out many areas that need to change in our education system, and as a future educator, I hope to take what I have learned in your class to be a product of change for students to come.

THANK YOU!! Your future students will be so lucky to have you!!

Have a great summer!

Sara Basha

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I believe this class has really helped me open my eyes to what I care about and I  am extremely grateful to have gotten a seat in this class in the first place.
Thank you for the opportunity.

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Something I have learned in your class is the power a good teacher holds. They have an ability to make their students feel safe, comfortable, interested, and listened to. Thats exactly how I'd describe you, a successful teacher. Each week you make our zoom classes honest. Your ability to make an online class a safe, brave, and comfortable place is something I aspire to provide my future students with. What I have learned in your class is something I will take with me for the rest of my life. Thank you for being you. A great person always makes a successful teacher.
With gratitude,
Emma Levine

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Thanks Professor. You’ve been such a breath of fresh air in the middle of all this remote learning. I would’ve loved to interact with you in a regular classroom setting so I could see you pick on the shyer kids haha. Even though I’d probably fall victim to being picked on too sometimes. You’re a great teacher and easy going and I have never come across a professor that traveled as much as you did in one school year. Although I didn’t enjoy the essay writing I will always think of you and your tips any time I do have to write something in the future. I hope  you have a great summer with your husband and dog, and hope to meet you in person one day and that we will cross paths on campus or in another class room setting, thanks again!

Warmly,

Chantelle Perez