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Congratulations on your retirement, Mariko! What an exciting new chapter in life to be free to do whatever your heart desires. May you enjoy every minute. It’s been a true…

Kaga sensei, congratulations and thank you! We both started at Carleton the same year. You taught first-year Japanese in Boliou. I had never taken a class as challenging as yours.…

Kaga-sensei!!! I look back fondly at my time learning this beautiful language from you. One memory that stands out, was going to your house as a class and making sushi…

Dearest Kaga sensei, My lunchmate, travelmate, colleague, and friend … I have so many fond memories of the time we spent together. You are always the one who genuinely cares…

It is hard to put into words the appreciation, friendship, respect, and love that I have for Mariko. At one point, she was Kaga-sensei to me, but, over the years,…

加賀先生へ、 ご退職おめでとうございます！Thank you for being such a wonderful professor throughout my time at Carleton. Your advice and support helped me a lot in learning Japanese, especially during my senior year…

Kaga-Sensei, I was both surprised and delighted to hear of your retirement. Although I only had the pleasure of learning from you for two terms, you helped me rediscover how…

加賀先生へ、ご退職おめでとうございます！I am so fortunate to have learned from you, both in and outside of the classroom during my time at Carleton. I will never forget your humor, kindness, and encouragement.…

Kaga Sensei, Thank you for your commitment to me as I struggled through all five terms! I remember and so appreciate your smile, patiently helping me to learn. Wishing you…

Kaga-Sensei introduced me to Japanese through those 1M–F classes my freshman year. Thanks to her encouragement and inspiration I spent part of the summer between my first and second year…