There's a way.

I've been reading English newspapers in order to improve my reading skills. The other day, I found an article about coming Japanese new English education system which would begin in April 2013.


According to Shukan ST, a new teaching guideline released Dec.22 calls for high school English classes to be taught primarily in English.

The drive is aimed at enhancing students' English communication skills, according to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry. The level of vocabulary would match the level taught in China and South Korea, ministry officials said.

How come have they come up with this idea? This is absolutely ridiculous. Of course, it'd be wonderful if it is possible; however, I'm skeptical about how many teachers and students could deal with this way of study. It's obvious that many Japanese people can't speak English even though they have been studying it for at least 6 years in school. There are a lot of teachers who had such an English education in their school days. They still have a lot of difficulties speaking English. Do you think they could explain grammartical things in English to their students? I'm afraid I don't think so.

I took an English writing class last year. Our teacher was a native English speaker, who spoke only English in his class. For the first time, I experienced how tough taking a class in English was. I understood what he was talking about, but some grammartical terms confused me a lot and I couldn't explain them! I thought I got used to communicating with people in English, but this skill was not enough. I couldn't do anything but smile bitterly to think how foolish I had been.

Don't get me wrong. I don't mean to say that Japanese English teachers don't have any abilities to teach English. They are surely capable of it and know how to do. However, we have to understand this; teaching English in English is a totally different story.

There are a number of people who can ice-skate in the world, but I assure you that Mao Asada is surely the cream of the crop. Her skate is elegant. Her movements are always just the way things should be. Once she starts dancing on the ice, I can't take my eyes off her. Her skating reminds me of a story that has been in my mind.
She won the World Grand Prix Figure Skating Championships, which was held in South Korea.

There are a number of people who can ice-skate in the world, but I assure you that Mao Asada is surely the cream of the crop. Her skate is elegant. Her movements are always just the way things should be. Once she starts dancing on the ice, I can't take my eyes off her. Her skating reminds me of a story that has been in my mind.
She won the World Grand Prix Figure Skating Championships, which was held in South Korea.

How long do you sleep regularly? If you don't have enough time in bed, you might be more careful about your health. Here is an article from "The Japan Times."

Those who slept less than seven hours nightly had a 47 percent higher risk of cancer than those who got more sleep among the physically active women, the researchers reported at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

I'm not sure why it mentions only women, but lack of sleep may cause any problems. Luckily, I have a good 8 hours sleep with my children almost every day. I've changed my "night-owl" life these days. I go to bed around at 9:30, and wake up at 5. How about you?

Would you care for a piece of cake? How about some delicious desserts? You can have them as much as you want without worrying about their calorie, because they are all fake ones!

We went to a small museum the other day. The exhibitions teaches us how to provide dietary education to children. In a FAKE restaurant, we can choose whatever we want, and then we can check its nutrition or calorie with a computer.






I didn't realize how much I had taken high-calorie meal without knowing it!
Are you sure you've been having a balanced diet? Are you sure?
Can you avoid taking excessive amounts of desserts? Can you?
You can ask yourself. ;-)





When you consume a variety of food on a daily basis, a piece of cake will be no halm in taking...maybe.