Hiroko’s Diary

Today I went to a small park near my house with my son. This is the place I love and we play at often. When we arrived there, some 25 children and a few teachers at a nursery school were playing.

I’ve seen two of those teachers at the nursery school where I used to visit and play when my daughter was a baby. Whenever I see nursery teachers, I think they are very kind. They seem to be very happy playing with kids. For me, nursery or kindergarten teachers and nurse are two of the best professions for women and I really respect those people.

My sister in law is a nurse and used to be a nursery teacher. She has three children and lives with my husband’s parents. She is a good cook, too. She gets up at 5:30 in the morning and prepares the breakfast for her family. She changed her job after she got birth the third baby. While she had been rearing three children, she went to a nurses’ school. I asked her why she changed the job. She answerd that as a nursery teacher she had been very satisfied because she loved children but she thoutht that it would be needed as a nurse in the near future because of the longevity society and the low birth rate of today. I like her very much and I learn a lot from her.