Kakuyo 2007 Graduation

This is definitely a sad time for me. Even though I never taught these students or maybe because I didn't they were the ones I spoke to alot with outside of class and school. All really cool, great students that I would miss alot! This is always the worst part of this job. Congratualtions to all these third year students now young adults entiring into their futures (most of whom know exactly what they want to do and reaching for it). I hope we can meet some time in the future. God bless you all.


Above two of the craziest guys in the school (to the point you would think they had mental problems) but real fun positive people. Mai was was the first girls name I remember remembering. Bye bye!


The rugby team had the coolest guys in the school really and alot of them were graduates wich was the sad thing. For example the guy with no shirt on there had perfected the american accent in the way some people in Trinidad mock and imitate the chinese speech. At times I thought he was fluent but it was just that he dotted his gibrish with movie phrases. All the best guys! The guys in uniform are mostly from the football team and they were always smiling and friendly (its amazing how each sport has a personality sterotype of sorts) Good luck!


The 2 guys on either side of me are 3 of the first students I actually met and formed a relationship with when I came to Japan by training with and coaching them on the Track team. Yuki (L) and Takuya (the 3rd Hikaru ran home hearly after graduation). They I will truely miss. Hope you too keep trying you best and never give up on your goals.





All the pics above here are from class 3F the food class. I think they were the favourites of all the the teachers such a positive lively and fun bunch of students... all of them. I would always visit their classes and they would teach me Japanese and how to cook (things like making soy sauce and pasteries). I shed a tear for these guys many of whom I know by name. Like to top most pic of Sakamoto and I, really smart witty kid that I can see will go very far. After the graduation ceremony the students and their parents will go to the calssrooms where they receive their certificates and parting messages from the teachers. Then takeing pictures signing albums and tshirts and saying last goodbyes. These 2 last girls would always say hello and the one on the right would always secretively slip me a candy when she passed through the staff room. Really I wish each and everyone of you all the best that life has to offer. Reach for the stars