So last year,students,parents, school officials,stars,politicians, athletes and other people were urged to write thank-you notes for the special teachers in their lives.

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We form coteries as we stretch before class or in the humid euphoria of the dressing room afterward, chatting and complaining and comparing notes about teachers, and somehow this coalesces into intimacy.

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It has become adopted particularly by students and teachers for things like lecture notes.

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And lest students start feeling lost and on their own, a student union of sorts is planned, where students can meet online to swap notes and talk about their teachers.

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