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Iruka Sensei recollecting his past.

"Iruka: After the death of my parents, there was no one left to praise or accept me.

I did a lot of stupid things in class. I wanted to get people's attention.

He's (Naruto) ... the same as I was back then."



Was my reason the same as his? Wanting to do things to get people's attention to make up for the lack of attention and acceptance?

Note to self: Give more praise and acceptance to my primary school kids... and maybe to other "kids" too :p

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Iruka remembering why he wanted to become a teacher.. because of something that the Third Hokage told him in the past.

"Third Hokage: It's already been a year huh.. Smiling while hiding your sadness isn't easy, is it?

I heard from your teacher that you're the centre of laughter.


Iruka(tearing) : I'm not sad!

It's an honor for a ninja to die on a mission.

Mom and Dad sacrificed their lives to protect the village from that demon fox.

They're heroes!

I'm the son of heroes! I'm not sad that I'm alone!

These are tears of happiness!


(Third Hokage pulls Iruka in for a hug)



Third Hokage: That's enough.

I know that you crawl into a ball when you're by yourself.

But you are not alone.

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It's difficult to be happy when we are sad inside. But we still try... We will get better in the end, but external help does facilitate the process... :6