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	Japan Entry: Valentine's Day
	Japan Entry: Valentine's Day


Well, I went in to see what kind of farewell I would get, as promised. It turns out that the principle didn't feel it necessary to tell anyone when I was actually leaving. Not even during the big meetings that have been going on since I announced I was quitting A MONTH AGO. I knew he didn't like me... but for goodness sakes! A teacher is leaving! That's a bit important... dontcha think? Anyway, much to my shock, a couple of the teachers almost burst into tears. Yes, they almost started crying. One who I didn't get to see much kept hugging me and saying how much she'd miss me. A couple others were very sad to see me go. M said goodbye all over again and started babbling in Japanese that I couldn't catch a word of because she sounded so bothered... and M speaks English. One of the English teachers who didn't say goodbye to me before gave me a present. The other, however, still left without a word to me. And the hugest shock of all was the fly shooing office lady who came to wish me farewell. She even apologized that she couldn't help me much this year. They all walked me out and everything. Now, it's true that not many more said goodbye to me, but this was obviously a huge difference. I feel much better now. People acknowledged me and will miss me. They made me promise to stay in contact too. NOW... perhaps it's just because my last day at one of the elementary schools happened to fall on Valentine's Day, but MAN... I got a TON of chocolate and gifts from students. I completely forgot what day it was until kids started popping up to give me farewell cards and bags of HOMEMADE chocolate. I have a ton of goodbye messages that I'll need to take time to read through (all in Japanese of course... and I stopped studying kanji a while ago. I remember around a thousand... and oddly enough I still have trouble reading things. O.o; Granted, I should know double that by now... but...) But here's the funny part. A first grade boy came over and gave me Naruto pencils and a Naruto washcloth/sweatcloth. He knows all about my obsession because I showed him and his sister my ridiculously huge figure collection... and my posters... and my keychains... and my cell phone... and... you get the idea. But it was SO SWEET! I gave him candy of course. ^.^ And then two more boys came over just to visit... of course I couldn't say much to them, but it was nice. I've had a couple girls coming over to play with me too. The really funny thing about all of this is, most of the elementary school kids like me a lot, but back home I'm well known for not liking the company of children. ANYWAY... I wanted acknowledgment, but I do express surprise at the fact that people will miss me this much. But I'm not complaining. I feel like I've made an impact. I'm glad. Key of Cupcakes · Tue Mar 11, 2008 @ 07:56pm · 0 Comments


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