It will all end in tears...

Today when I got to the high school, I was told I had to go to the music room. The music teacher there, as a farewell gift to me, had cooked something up with the second grade class. When I got there, it turned out that she had practiced with the students and they then started playing on their recorders a whole new world, and yesterday so many, or something like that, while she played the piano. Took me about 30 seconds before it hit me and I started BAWLING!!!! Yeah...great way to start the day. But it finally hit me I was leaving, and the kids were crying as they were playing. Man oh man. But then, because the teacher knew my favourite composer is Chopin, she played me two pieces of Chopin's. So beautiful. So I got to sit there, with the students, drying my eyes listening to her play. She said that she would not be at the school on my last day, so she wanted to give me a little something. And it was beautiful, so amazing. But then after that I had to teach the SAME class, so I had 10 minutes to dry my eyes and gambatte! It was amazing though, so amazing.
Although with this as an early warning, I can not imagine what next week of all going away parties will be like...