"I Really Like You"... Homeroom Teacher's Handwriting in a Second-Grader's Diary, Reopened After 20 Years, Moves Former Student

In red ink: "I think of you wherever I go"
Now-grown student: "I was lucky to have had a teacher like this"

"I think of you wherever I go. Let's do our best until the day comes when your intelligence brings pride to Dongbu Elementary School, our country, your parents, and your teacher. I really like you."

A heartfelt reply left in the diary of a second-grade student by an elementary school homeroom teacher more than 20 years ago has attracted attention online. The student, now an adult, recently came across the teacher's handwriting again while looking through a diary they had taken out for the first time in years.

A reply left by an elementary school homeroom teacher in the diary of a student who was in second grade at the time, more than 20 years ago. Threads screenshot: @nakee.rpg

On Nov. 9, user A posted on the social media platform Threads, sharing a photo and writing, "I came to my family home for the first time in a while and was looking through my childhood diaries when I saw a note from my second-grade homeroom teacher. I was so moved."

The photo shows A's childhood writing in a well-worn diary, along with a reply written in red ink by the homeroom teacher underneath.

The teacher wrote, "I think of you wherever I go," and added, "Let's do our best until the day comes when your intelligence brings pride to Dongbu Elementary School, our country, your parents, and your teacher." The teacher ended the note with, "I really like you."

A homeroom teacher responds to a three-line acrostic poem spelling “Eunhasu” (Milky Way) in a diary. Threads screenshot: @nakee.rpg

After reading it again more than 20 years later, A said, "Back then, I thought I would become a great person, but it's not easy," adding, "I thought that as long as I studied hard, life would be all roses."

A also wrote, "I wonder where the teacher who was at Dongbu Elementary School in Ulsan in the early 2000s is now," adding, "I still haven't become an adult my teacher can be proud of."

After the post drew widespread attention online, A also shared more pages from the diary. "I feel so lucky to have had a teacher who could love someone like this," A wrote.

People who read the story responded, "This is more romantic than words can express," "Meeting a truly wise adult as a child can change your life," "It feels like reading a poem," "You can tell how much the teacher cared for the child," "I hope they get to meet again," and "The elementary school student who was loved has grown up."

Another user said, "When I was in elementary school in 2001, I saw a reply my teacher had left in my diary: 'Do you know how well you write?' I went on to study creative writing," adding, "That small comment helped me find my dream."

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