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| March 14, 2003
GRADUATION CEREMONY |
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Principal's Speech |
 Congratulations to all graduates.
You have to say good-bye to Aoyama School which you've got used to
come every day. Do you remember the first impression you came to this
school? You thoght it's small and not school-like, didn't you? It had
appeared on your face.
But, you are graduating now. There will be no seat for you if you come
to Aoyama School tomorrow. We'll drive you out just like a bird flies
away its nest.
Go forward! I hope you are tossed about in the society and grow up.
What is a graduation from Japanese language school? It might be just a
one point of the life you pass through. However, Japan is abroad for
you and you learned the language and life here. I cannot help it even
if you hate Japan due to your impression here. How was Aoyama School as
the first place to know Japanese society. Please not to forget the
impression that you've got here.
You've learned a lot of things at Aoyama School. Think about that. I
distiguish a word "taiken" and "keiken"(both are"experience" in
English). Anyone can experience "taiken". But when you mastered that
"taiken", it becomes "keiken". Your "taiken" may come to "keiken" at
last after introducing your experience to your juniors or other people.
Please consider what you've learned at small school named Aoyama School
before leaving.
I have some imppressive phrases in this one year I spent with you. I
want to give it to you as a present for your graduation. Those are the
phrases of Mr. Arakawa, a gardener who gave you the special lecture
last year here. I have 5 phrases.
Firstly, "It's hard to find a man who dislikes nature." I agree him.
The nature is getting decrease on earth. I like not only its meaning
but also his expression. He said "It's hard to find a man who dislikes
nature." not saying "There is no one who dislike nature.". Compare
carefully these two sounds. Can you use the expression like this?
Next, "A branch usually shapes to recieve something." Its shape looks
a child asking his mother importunately to do something with saying
"please". I finded "Oh! it's alive." when I heard the branch looks like
opening arms is good one. I have had an interest in the shapes of
branch since then. "Thank you" follows after "please". A relationship
to say thse words each other is important anytime and anywhere.。
The third, I was startled when I heard "I leave soft branches when I
cut them." Both tree and humans are getting old and gradually becoming
stiff. Trees have also a fate. Japanese "mono" occured to my mind. You,
young and flexible people are the coming period. We will support you as
being roots.
The Forth is "A gentle branch is the one seems to wrap our haerts."
For human beings, it would mean "to avoid opposition" "no war" "feel
for the other person so as not to hurt him". Tree has such a mind.
The last one is "I cut ill-mannered one.". I found there is a one who
has bad manners among trees, and it is cut off. I was a little fearful.
There must be a manner how to live.
Many things are difficult when you study Japanese, "intransitive verb"
is quite difficult. Why do we use so many "intransirive verbs".
Consider "ki no mi ga naru", as an example. "naru" is an intransitive
verb. I think Japanese people emphases we live with nature whose power
and exsistence is much stronger than human beings and intransitive
verbs epress "Something arise from nothing.". Tree has no branch and
leaf in winter, but it buds, blooms and bears when spring has come.
Japanese have a conception it becomes something as time goes by.
It's about time I finish the last lesson. Please live your life to be
relied and thanked by other people, everyone!
Aoyama School can support you. Remind these five phrases when you have
some difficuluties, and you can get some hint.
Congratulations. See you again.
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Farewell Speech of the student |
Congratulations, senior graduats. You are leaving today. How do you
feel now? I entered this school in Octover last year. We went to Hokone
as outing, joined a new year party, listened speeches and exchanged
with the students of Tomigaya elementary school together. They are good
memories though I have studied at school only for six months. I suppose
you had more experiences in Japan.
Did you take Onsen at the time of outing? The lake Ashinoko in Hakone
was a good view. You would take many pictures. Is it goot memory for
you?
Did you do well at a ping-pong tournament of the new year party? I
didn't take part in a game. I fee regret. I want to do next year
although you will not be here. Making race cakes was interesting,
wasn't it? Other deishes that teachers cooked was also delicious.
It was so cold in gim of Tomigaya elementary school. How was you? Were
you all right? The upper grades students were kind. Their dance was
good but Mongolian dance was rearer than that. What did you think of?
I really thank especcialy one graduate. She has helped me all the time
since I entered the school. She cooked for me, taght me Japanese and
took care of me who had not got used to Japanese life.
Some of you are going up to university, some are working, some are
returning own countries, please keep trying hard in variouse part. We
feel lonely after your graduation, we will study hard until our
graduation.
Lastly, I prayed all of you are active in many field.
March 14, 2003
Student
Representative LU Chun Wei
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Address in replay |
I feel we've
just entered, but now we're leaving, though we have to study much more.
I realize time flies so fast.
All sorts of memories across my mind since our entrance. I have a lot
of sweet memories such as home-satying, joining summer festival, outing
and doing a barbecue, watching fireworks with my classmates. This one
year at Aoyama School is precious time that I never forget.
Graduates including me have own goals, and have studied so far. Some
of us acheived the goal and go on to a higher shool. On the other hand,
there are some people went back to their country getting out of shape,
or was defeated and gave up ataining their goals. We, graduates
overcomed troubles and hard things of the life in Japan somehow and we
are standing here now.
I would like everyone who stays at shcool for studying to achieve their
goal while taking care of themselves not so as to be defeated.
I, who are standing here as a graduate this year, feel both happy and
sad, complexing mood. But, the best thing of the life in Japan is what
I could have learned under wonderful teachers. Thank you so much for a
teahcer in charge and teachers who taught us Japanese. And we shall
keep holding out in order to return our coutry with smiles.
March 14, 2003
Graduate Representive KIM Sang Beom |
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