Mike's students

[sarahisinjapan]

are adorable. We read through some of the goodbye notes that they wrote him when he transferred from Sakuradai Junior High (where he spent one semester) to Yamadai Middle School.



And the occasional drawing of what we assume to be Mike, from the glasses.

Dear Mike
Mike laughed classmates everyday
Good lack!
Yours, Ryosuke Nishimura

Dear Mr. Mike
Thank you Mr. Mike. I'm happy.
I learned English. So I like English.
Game is interesting. I can't speak English. But
I can speak English now. I respect Mike.
I study English with Mike so verry happy.
Thank you verry much Mike.
Love,
Sugihara Yuga

Dear Mike
I'm enjoyed English times
Thank ful Mike.
Thank you until now
See you Good bye!!
Yours Mei Chikamori

Dear Mike
Miketerchertillnowreallythankyou.
fromnowonHoldouttotheend.
Katutosi Sado

Dear Mike
Hello.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
Yours Okawa

Dear Mike
until now "Thank you." many kinds of "I am sorry
to trouble you so much." Mike sutdy English is
very happy! true Thank you
yours Naho

And my personal favorite: An avant-garde poem? A threat?

Dear Mike
I am dog. You are cat.
Wait a minute, don't go.
Where is your house?
I go to your house after five years.
Goodbye, Mr. Mike. See you
again. Yours Satoshi Ishihara