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A teacher's Facebook post explaining her reasoning for writing letters to more than 100 students has gone viral after she revealed she was left in tears by a parent's heartbreaking revelation.

Brittni Darras, a teacher in Colorado, USA, posted two pictures of a table filled with the letters addressed to her pupils.

They are clearly all unique, with Brittni taking the time to write bespoke messages to each young person.

Explaining what motivated her, she wrote: "Two months ago was the first time I cried during parent/teacher conferences.

"A mom of a student who I have taught for two years showed up at my table and proceeded to explain to me the reason for her daughter’s extended absence.

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"Her daughter - a friendly, intelligent, beautiful, driven, young woman - not only planned to commit suicide, but was in the act of doing so when the police broke in and stopped her.

"She had deleted her social media accounts and left goodbye letters; she was ready to leave the world."

Brittni explains that she and the girl's mother both had tears streaming down their faces as they talked.

To combat her helpless feeling, the teacher asked if she could write a letter to the student at the hospital, and was told that she would love that.

"My student got the letter; her mom said that her daughter cried, turned to her mom and said: 'How could somebody say such nice things about me? I didn't think anybody would miss me if I was gone.'

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"It made me realise that I was way too close to losing another student to suicide. I spent the next two months writing cards to every one of my students - over 100 of them - telling each one what is special and unique about them."

Brittni goes on to say that she believes suicide is becoming more and more common because of the pressure we put on kids to be successful. to fit in or to be the best.

She ends her note with a lesson for us all, saying: "We need to remember that each human being is unique and that is what makes them special.

"Instead of trying to change it, we need to embrace it, because together, we can make a difference, and we can save lives! #suicideawareness."

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