最後の卒業式は感慨深い。20年間教師をやってこれたのは何故だったのかと思えば彼らから多くのことを学べたからだと思う。教師と生徒というのは制度的なことでしかなくて、人間としては対等に付き合ってきたし、教えたことと同じくらい教えてもらった。この大学とはこれで一区切りで、これからはまた違うところで教えるけれど、ここまで教えてもらったことに心よりありがとうと言いたい。そんな学生と別れるのは一抹の寂しさがある。でもこれが人生かもしれない。 The last graduation ceremony was very moving. When I think about why I was able to be a teacher for 20 years, I think it's because I was able to learn so much from them. The teacher-student relationship is only an institutional one, but as human beings we have interacted as equals, and they have taught me as much as I have taught them. This is my last time at this university, and I will be teaching somewhere else from now on, but I would like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the teachings I have received so far. I feel a little sad to say goodbye to such students. But maybe this is life.