南山同窓会 Atending Nanzan Reunion

南山同窓会

６月１５日、南山の教え子の同窓会に出席した。皆６５歳の高齢者であった。全部で４０人ぐらい。亡くなったものが数名いた。招待された先生は私を入れて５人。体育のI先生、国語のM先生、英語のA先生、数学のW先生であった。東京や台湾から出席したものもいた。
先生が順にあいさつしたが、一番驚いたのはI先生だ。彼は９１歳であった。腰が曲がらず、元気に、しっかりした口調で挨拶された。いろいろ大病されたようだが、今は元気ということであった。
私は７６歳だからあと１５年ある。１５年後も教え子の前に元気な姿で顔を出したいものだ。

Attending Nanzan Reunion

I attended Nanzan High School ex-students’ reunion on June 15 at

Tokyo Daiichi Hotel in Sakae, Nagoya. There were about 40 ex-students, all 65 years old. Some came to the meeting all the way from Tokyo and Taiwan. Sad to say, several students had already died.  

Five former teachers including me attended it: Mr. I, PE teacher, Mr. M, a Japanese language teacher, Mr. A, an English teacher, and Mr. W, a math teacher.

   At the beginning of the party, each teacher made a brief talk on the stage one by one. What surprised me most was Mr. I. He said he was 91 years old. His back was not bent, his voice clear and cheerful. He said he had had serious diseases ten years before, but he had recovered.

I am 76 years old. I have 15 more years before I become 91. I would like to appear at the reunion 15 years later in a cheerful manner like Mr. I.