I feel rather embarrassed at having had such a breakdown in front of my students. After all that, it feels like nothing was wrong in the first place
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It's okay, sensei.... I really don't hold it against you. And even if the way you went about it might not have been exactly ethical, you did teach me some really interesting stuff about death.These things happen, even to teachers.... At the end of the day, we're all just people, trying to understand the world around us. The word "sensei" means something like "someone who's lived longer", or "someone who's had more life experience", right? But you're not infallible.... It's just that you know more, and you're in a position to help us grow to your level. But we don't hold you to being perfect.... We understand that you hurt, and you have sorrows, and fears, too, just like we do
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Sensei.... You may not have been in the best of states recently, but you've still taught us a lot, these past few months. In a sense, the challenges you've been through have helped us come to our own conclusions as we strove to understand-- and while I know that's not the way you would wish to teach, the fact remains that, after all of what's happened lately, I think we've all come a long way in terms of understanding some pretty important things.
And you didn't stop being a good teacher in the conventional sense, even throughout that. You said a lot of things that touched me in ways I wouldn't admit to anyone else-- and I've grown enough, too, that now I am comfortable enough that I can admit that in public.
I'm just glad to see you're doing better. You have been good to us, and truth be told, when you broke down, I was worried. Worried this place was going to lose a great teacher, someone I respect. It's good to have the Isolde-sensei we know and love back again.
Thank you, Flay. I know I never responded to the last thing you wrote to me, and truthfully, I was just in too much of a befuddled state myself to collect my thoughts. I was glad to hear it, though, and I truly wish you the best.
I'm glad I could have said things to inspire you... I'm not at my most confident right now, you've seen as much yourself, and I owe you uncountable thanks for helping me through that. When I met you as a freshman I never would have expected to think this of you, but in a crisis you are undoubtedly the one to call upon.
Don't worry about it. You've had your own business to take care of. Really, it was just more that I wouldn't have been able to look at myself right afterwards if I'd graduated without thanking the person who helped get me there.
And, truly, that's one of the highest compliments you could have paid me. Even if I won't be helping out the good students here any more-- and some part of me still regrets that I do have to buck up and go eventually, even if there's Vayne to help the world out-- I hope I can still be a help to the world. And it was an honour, to have been able to help you in your hour of need.
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Do I really know more than you, even after all that? Am I really fit to be your teacher now? Or have you surpassed me?
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And you didn't stop being a good teacher in the conventional sense, even throughout that. You said a lot of things that touched me in ways I wouldn't admit to anyone else-- and I've grown enough, too, that now I am comfortable enough that I can admit that in public.
I'm just glad to see you're doing better. You have been good to us, and truth be told, when you broke down, I was worried. Worried this place was going to lose a great teacher, someone I respect. It's good to have the Isolde-sensei we know and love back again.
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I'm glad I could have said things to inspire you... I'm not at my most confident right now, you've seen as much yourself, and I owe you uncountable thanks for helping me through that. When I met you as a freshman I never would have expected to think this of you, but in a crisis you are undoubtedly the one to call upon.
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And, truly, that's one of the highest compliments you could have paid me. Even if I won't be helping out the good students here any more-- and some part of me still regrets that I do have to buck up and go eventually, even if there's Vayne to help the world out-- I hope I can still be a help to the world. And it was an honour, to have been able to help you in your hour of need.
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