３月９日
Yatsushiro, Japan. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't remember Yatsushiro. With Kumamon paraphernalia, school posters, and letters decorating my room, songs on my phone/laptop that have already become associated with my time there, and the memories that I carry with me wherever I go, how can I ever forget? It's March 9th today. The name of one of the songs from Remioromen. It's a graduation song. Soon, my 3rd year Junior High School students will be graduating. I remember. When I first taught them when they were in grade 6, three and a half years ago. I saw these children grow into the teenagers they are today. I loved the energy and joy that these students had. They'll soon enter high school, beyond the realm of whatever influence I may have had. Soon, my grade sixes will graduate. I remember. When I told a particular class that I would be leaving them for good that summer. How some of the students cried, how one student told me that s