Seminar about English Education

I attended a seminar for English teachers. 
The seminar was about English education in elementary school. 
A professor from a university held a lecture about how to conduct classes and how to evaluate students. 
In 2020, 3rd and 4th graders are going to be introduced to Basic English, in the same year, 5th and 6th graders will have English subjects. 
The number of English teachers who are Japanese and foreigners are increasing. 
The English subject has never been taught in elementary school.
Qualified English teachers are required to provide meaningful classes for students.
I want to be an English teacher in the next school year.

Imagination

I am now employed at a junior high school as an assistant English teacher.
For three years, I was a graduate student until March 2018.
There are many tasks to do at school and my exhausting jobs make me drowsy after work.
This is why there is not so much room to think besides my job.
Many future plans were piled up during my graduate student period, no exciting dream catch my attention recently.
I don’t want to ruin my life because of my job.
It is important to earn money, but I hope to have more free time in a day after work.
In order to make it come true, studying English is required to get or to create a high paying job.

Tennis After Work

I played tennis with my high school classmate after work.
Our school was in Ehime Prefecture, but we are in Kagawa Prefecture now, which is about 150 km away from Ehime.
We continued to play tennis for one hour without any rest so I was very tired after the practice.
After that, we had a chat about our recent situations.
Unlike talking with my colleagues at the school I'm working in, I was able to talk with my friend in a relaxed mood.
I am an ordinary employee so I always need to care about my behavior while working.
It is stressful and it makes me feel exhausted.
I want to play tennis and talk to him more to forget about my job for a while.

Silence

I was drinking a cup of tea at Starbucks after work yesterday considering about my future goal.
A seminar for teachers was held yesterday at a public elementary school.
A lot of teachers in this area attended the seminar.
We were divided into three groups, watched a demonstration class in each group, and talked about the lesson afterwards.
I gave a question to the teacher, but the other teachers didn’t ask any questions and didn’t say any opinions.
They looked hesitated to state some comments.
I hate this kind of atmosphere which people don’t say anything while meeting.
But this is a common scene in Japanese society.
I want to live in an environment where people say positive and even negative points honestly.
Based on this experience, my future goal at this moment is to live in a foreign country where people tend to state their opinions frankly.

Job Orientation

Our city government held a job orientation session for our second year students.
There were about 20 local companies at the session and the students listened to each company’s presentation.
The students were divided into some groups and each group talked with three companies to know about their jobs.
In a large public hall, each company had a booth and the students were sitting down in front of the booth while each representative did their presentation.
It was a good occasion for the students to know about local companies and about what they do.
The city mayor and some reporters from newspaper companies were also at the hall.
I hope the students will have more opportunities to know what they want for their future.

Jogging in the Morning

I resolved to jog in the early morning in order to lose recently gained belly fat.  
Exercising before going to work is a good primer to start the day right.  
It's still dark when I start jogging.  
The morning breeze is soothingly cool and refreshing.  
There are not too many pedestrians, which allows me to concentrate on my jog.  
It may take some time before my belly fat dissipates, but I am determined to continue until I get the desired result.  
Autumn has just set in, and winter is not far behind.  
Hence, the temperature is getting colder by the day making it more difficult to get out of bed.  
However, my resolve to keep myself in good shape is the driving force behind especially when waking up feels dull.

Dinner on Sunday Night

I dined out with a girl whom I met at a party last week.
She is older than me and our professions are totally different.
What amazed me the most was that she walked very fast.
She slowed down to my pace but she usually walks twice faster than I do.
She got the menu right away so that we can order quickly and not waste time waiting.
I thought of myself as impatient, but her behavior made me think that I was not.
It turned out that we both liked singing in karaoke places, so we may end up going next weekend.