Why One Student Is Enough To Carry On

Everyone gets discouraged. Beaten down again and again . . . well, I've seen it happen to animals -- specifically my cat, Pika. Her name means, in Japanese, "spark," or "flash."

Nothing could be more accurate. I remember I gave her the name the evening I got her . . . now I can't imagine any other name.

But she trusts me. She ALWAYS trusts that I will be there to give her her "treat," every morning, every evening . . . even if I yelled at her for getting up on the desk earlier.

I only need one student who trusts that I will "Get them there."

Get them there I will, and way more than that.

Pika is now, one year later almost to the day, very fat and very happy . . . .

おめでとごあじます、ネコちゃん！