“I really like you” ... A homeroom teacher’s handwriting in a second grader’s diary from more than 20 years ago [Warm Stories]

[Financial News]“Wherever I go, I think of you. Let’s do our best until the day your brilliance brings pride to Dongbu, the country, your parents, and your teacher. I really like you.”This is a reply written in red pen in a second-grade student’s diary by an elementary school homeroom teacher more than 20 years ago. At the time, it was common for homeroom teachers to check their students’ diaries and write replies underneath. The diary has become a topic of conversation online after the student, now an adult, took it out again and shared it.
On the 9th, internet user A posted a photo of the diary on Threads, a social networking service (SNS), saying, “I came to my family home for the first time in a while, and while looking through my childhood diaries, I was moved when I saw the words my second-grade homeroom teacher had left for me.”
A added, “Back then, I thought I would become a wonderful person, but it isn’t easy,” and said, “I thought that if I just studied hard, life would be all smooth sailing.”
A added, “Teacher ◯◯◯, who taught at Ulsan Dongbu Elementary School in the early 2000s, where are you now?” and, “I still haven’t become an adult you can be proud of.”
As the post drew interest, A also shared more of the diary. A said, “I think I was really lucky to meet a teacher who could love like this.”
Online users who saw the story responded, “This is moving. I wonder how much that teacher cherished the child,” “It’s romantic and touching,” “It feels like reading a poem,” and “The elementary school student who was loved has grown up.”


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