At the junior high school, almost all of the students cried on their last day at some point. At the elementary school I only saw a few third and fifth graders crying. For me it was more emotional though, maybe because elementary students are cuter and I'm slightly more attached to them. There is an actual ceremony (relatively short though, at about 30 minutes) to say goodbye to the teachers leaving. Because the elementary school isn't my base school, it's not official that I won't return next year, though it's a pretty sure thing because it's so close to the junior high school. Because it isn't official though, I wasn't able to actually say goodbye, which made me sad.
Every teacher leaving gives a speech at this ceremony. The third-grade teacher had only worked at the school for a year, but during her speech she started crying (she was the only one of all the teachers at either school to do this). At this point I started crying too.
I have a lot of things I need and want to buy. In the evening I went out to look at what second-hand shops had for instruments that I am interested in. The first shop had a Yamaha electric violin, basically the cheapest brand name electric violin which is unfortunately not so cheap--about $800 retail, and more in America. At the secondhand shop it was half-price, and looked brand new. If I had had the money, I might have bought it right then and there.
Every teacher leaving gives a speech at this ceremony. The third-grade teacher had only worked at the school for a year, but during her speech she started crying (she was the only one of all the teachers at either school to do this). At this point I started crying too.
I have a lot of things I need and want to buy. In the evening I went out to look at what second-hand shops had for instruments that I am interested in. The first shop had a Yamaha electric violin, basically the cheapest brand name electric violin which is unfortunately not so cheap--about $800 retail, and more in America. At the secondhand shop it was half-price, and looked brand new. If I had had the money, I might have bought it right then and there.
Japanese
Reading: 10 minutes
Notes from students and school missives.
Notes from students and school missives.
Programming
None
Health
Walked a lot today, but I'm not counting that.
Spiritual
None
Writing
Journal: 5 minutes
Career
None
Housework
Cleaning: 5 min
Reading
Every Good Endeavor: 60 min
Almost finished.
Almost finished.
Social
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