So, here it is...

My last day...

I got up this morning and turned off my alarm, the one that has been going off at 6:30 every morning for three years.

Today is the last day of being "Sensei".

There isn't a whole lot that I have to do today; I just have to take pictures and go to closing ceremony...

Even my desk is all cleaned out. I have to remove the sticker that says my name in favor of the one that says "Generic English Teacher" (Not really, but something like it)

It's so strange; these last three years have flown by so quickly.

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Last Kid Story (Well, Live kid story):

I was walking down the hallway when one of my secodn years (Another girl named "Summer", who was once in the running for Forum, but she was just a bit too quiet) came up to me.

"How is your tooth?" she says.

"Huh? It's called "Tooth" in English." I say, completely misunderstanding her (Hey, my Japanese isn't perfect...)

She laughs, repeats "Tooth" and then asks again; "How is your tooth?"

Now I'm following her; This must be related to being with 1-3 just before going to the dentist the other day, "It's fine." I reply.

"No pain?"

"No pain."

"Good, then you don't need a root canal!" She grins.

I look at her with my best dumbfounded look.

"My mother was your dentist." She says.

I laugh, sometimes I feel like I'm living in the television show "Lost"... everyone is connected...

"Tell her she did an excellent job!" I say to her. She grins in a proud way (Everyone is proud of their moms, I guess). This Summer is very grown up for her age, she's what we would call "14 going on 35"...

"I will" she says and goes wandering off to lunch.

I had always thought that girl had rather perfect teeth... now I know why.