Recounting the Past - An Exciting Invitation

Something kind of cool just happened. A coworker approached me at my desk to show me a copy of a hardcopy book that our school publishes each year. I had never seen it before, but the book is a review of the best student essays from the past year, as well as reflections and student journals from school trips, events and several faculty-written essays for the graduating class. The reason I was shown the book is that I have been invited to write in it! I have until tomorrow to submit my essay in English, and then a colleague will translate it to Japanese.

I think I am going to spend a little time this afternoon thinking about what message I want to send or what to write. I'm definitely very flattered, though;, as this first time a foreigner has ever been asked to contribute and teacher submissions are by invitation.