As she steps away from formal teaching, the legacy she leaves is not confined to one institution or era. It lives in former students who write with more confidence, educators who feel seen, and a public narrative that briefly aligned prestige with pedagogy. Retirement, in this context, is not an erasure but an affirmation that a life devoted to education can stand proudly alongside the highest forms of national service. The farewell to the classroom marks a moment of reflection for a country often quick to move on, inviting consideration of what endures when applause fades. What remains is the quiet, cumulative power of teaching itself—the conversations, corrections, encouragements, and insistence that words matter. In honoring that work through her own career, she leaves behind something more durable than any title: a reminder that shaping minds is among the most consequential acts of public service there is.
