I have never thought that a simple smile can change people's day, confidence or even lives. That was until I got that kind of smile from one of my teachers.
It was a really bad day. It was rainy, thundery, stormy like in my head. I was feeling like that I'm that day. I was feeling sad and nervous all because it was a big English test, it was worth 60% of my grade and this was even more terrifying. It was time for school, I needed to walk there because my parents were at work. I walked to school like I had depression for 5 years. I was all wet and soaky when I got there. The hallways were filled with joy and laughter but that was until that English test. Everyone was panicking and praying to God to get a good grade. I was just standing in the corner where everyone walked pass me knowing what was coming. My stomach started hurting from all of the stres I got. The teacher let us in the classroom. I walked in, with my head looking down because I knew I was going to fail. Everyone was trying to revise the lecture but not me. When I straightened my head, everyone of my classmates were looking at me weirdly and some of them were giving me creepy stares. I thought they were talking behind my back even my true friends. That was until our teacher walked in and then it was just scilence and I heard her footsteps coming towards me. I was scared and tried not to look at her but she gave me a smile - and for me - it changed everything. This wasn't angry or a dramatic smile. It was a nice, warm and calm smile. She gave us the tests and I was feeling confident and relaxed. When I got stuck or whenver I forgot something I just remembered her smile and answers just appeared in my head. After the test I found my friends in the hallway. We were gossiping and stuff like that. We were happy until one of them remembered the test. Every one of them were nervous like me before. They were panicking and some of them looked like they're gonna have heart attacks. Just in time, I smiled like our teacher to me. All of them smiled back and burst out laughing. In that moment I realised that a smile can travel from one person to another. The other day I was feeling a lot better but something made me still nervous. Anxiety started taking control of me like yesterday. I couldn't let that happen. I asked half of my school to smile like the English teacher but no one could do that. I started panicking and anxiety had a full control of me. My friends told me to calm down because they thought I was going to have a panic attack. They even searched for the teacher but she was not here yet. It was getting worse and worse, but somehow, I made it to the English class. Our teacher started telling us the grades. Luckily for me, I was the first. She gave me the paper, I flipped the page over and I was shocked ... I passed. I was the happiest person in that moment.
Since that day I have been trying to smile more and make people happy. I learned that you don't need words to help someone. That test showed me how powerful a smile really is.