"Diamonds are forever"

It's funny to me how some days you think about people you have long forgotten and that in the midst of a fast paced day their name pops up like those random advertisements you get on the internet. It all started in class one day, I was trying to focus and for some inexplicable reason I noticed my fellow peer scribbling something on the board and at that exact moment I remembered her. She used to make me write page after page to practice my penmanship. How she meticulously watched my hand and when she saw that pencil slightly rise she took the paper and made me start all over again. I have to honestly say I disliked her a lot she made my life impossible, tolerant was her antonym and she despised horrible penmanship. She was my teacher, I'll never forget her because she taught me something, she gave me perspective. Doesn't sound like much does it, I think sometimes she forever engraved herself in my memory by mistake. Out of all the wonderful teachers I  have had, time has erased them yet not even time can erase her. She reigned over her class with an iron fist, with the most astronomical expectations that I think to this day drove me. Her point of view enabled me to establish a higher bar of success for myself and worst of all inspired me. Her lack of compassion and tolerance motivated me to  become a teacher. She was never there to hold my hand or pat me on the back, she was instead there pushing me picking on me to prove her wrong. She really did prove the saying that a "diamond is a chunk of coal made good under pressure". For that reason I applaud her, in the method of her madness I found her true motive she made us strong to never let anyone bring us down, to prove to the world our abilities, and most importantly to achieve perfection in whatever we pursue, making her a truly timeless diamond.