I understand the challenges of being a teacher. It’s a stressful job. There are times when I think, “Maybe it’s enough to just raise my own child to grow up well.” But some things aren’t for us to choose.

In our culture, there’s a belief about this. We call it: “The profession chooses the person.”

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Sensei is fuming 😡

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Thanks for taking time to recount your story. It struck a chord. I wonder if it took you courage to speak this truth, since we are crossing paths for the first time? 

I feel that sometimes, a good teacher will thumb his students down. Otherwise, they will climb over his head, thus making classroom management difficult. And I agree with what you said. So, I ended today with this:

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Willing to let go of my ego to take the first step towards reconciliation haha