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MY SKIRT GOT CAUGHT IN THE WHEELS OF MY BICYCLE! It was horrible. There I was on the side of the road with my beautiful skirt caught in my tire. I could not move forward and I could not move backwards. I quickly called my friend Fran who was leaving the school right as I was. “Fran” I cried into the phone, “HELP ME!!!”. I don’t live far from the Niihama Gem school so Fran was able to come quickly to my aid. She parked her on the side of the street and, because I could not get out of my skirt, she helped me move my bike to the side of the road as well. Between intermittent grunts and giggles Fran pulled and pulled at my skirt but it barely moved. “Deborah…” she said, “can you try...taking off your skirt?” TO BE CONTINUEEEEED!  

There is a trinity of kids that I used to teach in my HC in my first year in Gem. Two of them are pictured above from my first year. The third member of the trinity is not pictured because she joined the HC a bit later. The trinity is still together as friends and classmates in the same class. I will have the pleasure of returning to Kokubunji on the day they attend class so that I can reunite with them. They form a legendary group in my imagination, and I hope that they continue moving up the ranks together and remain good friends for their entire lives. The three are pretty different from one another. The one on the left is so kind and strong, actively acting as an older sister to her younger brother, and she has a good throwing arm. The middle one pictured above is a natural and practices ballet and piano. She is classically trained, but oh so quirky and funny. She has the most fun in class. The girl on the right pictured above is also one of my dear ones. I haven’t taught her in two years, but she was always a light in my eyes. She was so confident and clearly the class leader, causing mischief and playing pranks. She was so much fun, and I hope that I get to teach her again soon!