We've all had to endure the pain that is exam time growing up.
Whether it was just a summer test in primary school or something more serious in secondary school, exams are very stressful for everyone involved. Kids and adults.
As we all know, it is easy to get so overwhelmed by the importance of the test that it can become all-consuming, especially for young kids in primary school who don't really understand what it is all about.
Which is why this letter Ms Lynch, a teacher, wrote to her pupils the day before their Drumcondra test is so important.
A letter, which in all honesty, has left us feeling a little teary-eyed as she tells her class that they "are the light that brightens [her] day and the reason [she] is happy to come to work each day."
The letter was read out by Ryan Tubridy on his RTÉ Radio 1 show recently, who encouraged all parents to read the letter to their children.
The letter in full:
"Dear students, tomorrow you will take your Drumcondra maths test. I know how hard you’ve worked but there’s something very important you must know. These tests do not assess all of what makes you special and unique.
"The people who create these tests and score them do not know each of you like I do and certainly not the way your families do.
"They do not know that some of you speak two or more languages or that you love to sing or draw. They have not seen your natural talent for dancing or gymnastics or football.
"They do not know that your friends count on you to be there for them, that your laughter can brighten the darkest day or that your face turns red when you feel shy.
"They do not know that you participate in sports, wonder about the future or sometimes you help with your little brother or little sister after school.
"They do not know that you are kind, trustworthy and thoughtful and every day you try your very best. The scores you will get from these tests will tell you something but they will not tell you everything. These tests do not define you.
"There are many ways of being smart. You are smart. You are enough. You are the light that brightens my day and the reason I am happy to come to work each day so in the midst of all of these tests, remember that there’s no way to test all of the amazing and awesome things that make you, you."
Absolutely brilliant.
