Japan Junior High School Graduation

This weekend was filled with graduation for the junior high schoolers.

Some conclusions that I came to:

1)It's a big deal.

2)All graduations are the same at every school.

3)Everyone gets emotional. No, VERY emotional.

A graduation runs about 2.5 hours. Well, at least that's how long it was for a school with a graduating class of 45. 45!! It seemed like it would never end. There are endless speeches from the principle, random BOE guys, students, .....

Once you've been to one, you've been to them all.

The graduating students:

Confetti at the end:

Emotional Tears:

These were the semi-trouble-makers. Oh, don't the look so happy?

Can you feel the love? This is one of the homeroom teachers of the graduating class.