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James Clarke | all galleries >> Galleries >> Mission Japan > The School Year Ends
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21/01/2010 James Clarke & Mitsuko Fujita

The School Year Ends

Nagaokakyo, Kyoto-fu, Japan

Well, after nine months of teaching kindergarten it was time to say goodbye to the classes of 5-6 year olds who would be graduating. It was a day of handing out certificates and saying farewells to the older children. For the younger children in the 4-5 year olds classes, it was a case of "see you in May" as the English classes go it into recess because the Kindergarten is busy with the annual Musical, then Graduations, and Enrolments.
It was a great nine months and it was sad to farewell the older children. I was joined for the last classes by Dave who was staying with us at the time. After the classes Dave and I were each presented with a drawing that the children had made of us (top right).
During the three months between the lessons, I spent a lot of time making a new workbook for the 2010-2011 school year for the older class. During the break in February to April 2011 I'm planning to make a new workbook for the younger class and update the older class workbook again!
13/11/2010: Had an extremely busy October and Early November with Tax Returns, Weather related rearranging of class schedules, Sports Carnival, and my youngest sister visiting. I'm now banning myself from reading photography gear related sites, so I can concentrate on posting more to my pbase galleries... Hopefully it works!

Casio EX-Z850 ,Built in 7.9-23.7mm
(both photos) 1/60 f/2.8 at 7.9mm (with flash) full exif

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12313-Nov-2010 19:24
It looks like you are having great fun. V
Guest 13-Nov-2010 13:24
Nice pictures on the right, teaching can be very rewarding watching children grow up and imagining what they will become in the future. : ) v
Sam_C13-Nov-2010 09:58
Excellent shot, and important work you're doing James! BV!
Raphael_E13-Nov-2010 09:34
Very nice diptych to illustrated your foreword !
Glad to see you back, James ! VVV.
Raphaël
Zoltán Balogh13-Nov-2010 08:20
What a nice capture James, glad to see you're back! V
caveman_lee13-Nov-2010 08:01
A very warm and touching moment. Great drawings as well.
marko gregoric13-Nov-2010 06:30
Great image. V.
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