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Today, our school had a farewell party for the third-year students before graduation.
The students I met after a long time seemed to have grown as they faced the challenge of examinations.
Some students passed the entrance examinations of prestigious private universities like Waseda University and Keio University.
However, they seem somewhat reserved, not showing too much joy because they were concerned about friends who were not accepted into the universities they wanted.
If they are accepted into their aimed school, please fulfill their sense of self-esteem and use this successful experience for future challenges.
If they don’t achieve their goal this time and they’re determined to pursue their aimed university, I suggest that they should set a deadline and make every effort until they’re satisfied.
Even if it’s not their first choice, once they’ve decided to attend the university they’ve been accepted to, they should make the most of what they want to do there.
I believe it’s important to develop a habit of not considering things in one’s life as failures but making the best of them until we achieve success.
I hope they become someone who can measure happiness not just by conventional standards like academic scores, but by their own unique standards.
At the farewell party for the third-year students, I performed the ‘Matsukensamba’.
I’m not the type to do such things, but I decided to follow the young teacher’s plan and I was willing to dance.
However, despite practicing so much, I couldn’t perform the dance steps.
Nevertheless, I could hear a chorus of ‘Matsukensamba♬’ coming from the audience, so… I was relieved.
In the morning, I made a cheesecake.
I made it carefully as it was ordered by my daughter.
Lately, my daughter has given me some frank and critical comments.
But, today’s comment was like this.
“I can’t buy cheesecake at Chateraise anymore.”
In Japan, Chateraise is a cake shop chain that operates throughout Japan. It is known for its delicious and high-quality cakes, pastries, and desserts.
When I saw my daughter’s comment, I felt like crying.
全訳
３年生を送る会がありました。
久々に会った生徒たちは、受験という試練と立ち向かって、成長したように見えました。
早稲田大や慶応大といった難関私立大学へ合格したという声も聞こえてきますが、仲間を気遣って、よろこびを爆発させることもなく、みんなどこか遠慮がちでもあります。
志望校に合格できたなら、自己肯定感を満たし、今回の成功体験を次回にも生かせばいい。
もし、今回うまくいかなくて、受験にこだわるのなら、期限を決めて、納得するまでやればいい。
第一志望でなくても、行くと決めたからには、そこで、花を咲かせるまでです。
人生で起こったことを、自分の中で、失敗のままにしておかない習慣をつければいいのだと思います。
偏差値という物差しだけではなく、自分オリジナルの物差しで、しあわせを計れる人であって欲しい。
送る会で、自分はマツケンサンバをやりました。
そういうタイプではないのですが、若手の企画に甘んじます。大人ですから。
あんなに、練習したのに、ステップが踏めません。
それでも、会場から「マツケンサンバー♬」という合唱も聞こえてきたので…ホッと一息でした。
レアチーズケーキを作りました。
娘からの注文なので、丁寧に…。
最近、しっかりと評価してくれる娘のコメントは…
「もうチーズケーキはシャトレーゼで買えない。」でした。
泣きそうになりました。
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