She didn’t choke up when she logged off her final virtual class, but later, speaking with teachers who understood the quiet sacrifices of the job. Jill Biden thanked them not as First Lady, but as a fellow educator—one who graded papers late, rewrote lessons at midnight, and kept showing up because the classroom felt like home. Stepping away now isn’t about the work losing meaning, but about accepting that even the most loved seasons must end, and learning to let go quietly.
