今日のモンテネグロ

いいお天気です。

パン屋の向かいにブルックリンの有名な霊園墓地『グリーンウッドセメタリー』があります。

墓地というとなんか怖いイメージでしたが、

友達が『あそこで時々コーヒー飲みながら散歩するのが好きなんだよねぇ。』

なんて言っていたので、自分も真似してみました

There is a Greenwood cemetery in front of the bakery. 

My impression on cemetery was something creepy, but my friend told me that he liked to walk  in there with coffee time to time, I tried to do.

国定歴史建造物の霊園墓地です。

富裕層の墓地として有名だそうで。バスキアのもあるそうです。

It's famous as a cemetery for wealty. Basquiat is also  burried in here.

奥に見えるゴシック調の門が入り口です。

The Gothic gate can be seen in the back is the entrance.

とても荘厳なゲートですが、インコが巣食ってます。

It's a very majestic gate, but there are parakeets nesting there.

ホームページによると、翁インコだそうです。

いよいよ中に入ります。

セントラルパークの半分ぐらいの広さです。

この垂れ具合が不気味さを醸し出すのかなぁなんて。

墓石にお写真が貼ってあります。

A photo is pasted on the gravestone.

パルテノン宮殿のお墓。

Tomb of the Parthenon.

結構広いからホームレス一人ぐらいなら住めそうだなぁなんて考えながら歩いていると。。

When I was walking and pondering  that it was quite spacious, so maybe one homeless person could live there....

ピラミッド発見。自由度が高い墓地です。

Found the pyramid! It is a cemetery with a high degree of freedom.

なんか公衆トイレみたいなのもあるなぁなんて失礼なことを考えながらきた道を戻ります。

I went back the way I came, thinking that something rude that the cemetery looked like a public toilet...

送迎バス。

春には桜祭りが開催されるそうです。

A cherry blossom festival will be held in the spring.

ワンワールドトレードセンターと墓地

ちょっと長くなりましたがご覧いただきありがとうございました。

Thank you very much for reading. 

Have a good day.

今日はIKEAにランドリーバッグを買いに。IKEAでの楽しみはメンバーの無料コーヒー 

チーズケーキも食べます。

　　　　　　　　
 

I went to IKEA to buy laundry bag. and the most favorite things at IKEA is drinking a free coffee. and of course I 'm gonna eat a slice of cheese cake.

今日は、数学のクラスでなぜか出されたエッセイを載せます。

お題は『数学は芸術か、科学か？』 

Today, I will post an essay that was somehow given to students  in a math class ...

The topic is "Is  Mathmatic Art or Science?"

内容はほんと子供の作文レベルですw

The content is really at the level of a child's writing lol 

内容はほんと幼稚なのに、先生が天使のような優しさで５点満点中4.5ポイントくれましたありがたや〜

Teacher was so kind and merciful, so she gave me 4.5 out of 5! She is angel!!!

ではどうぞ。

 Is Mathematic Science or Art? 

　Mathematics: Mathematics is a subject that causes allergic reactions not only in children but also in adults. Mathematics also causes headaches even among scientists. That is, "Is mathematics a science or an art?" Indeed, the art created by geometric patterns is breathtakingly beautiful, and the indescribable graph created by sine-cosine-tangent is awe-inspiring. So, is mathematics an art?  

Mathematics is not ART. 

　　　　　I strongly disagree that the people who say mathematics is Art because mathematics is Language of science, contribution to the development of modern science, and essential to understanding sciences.  

Math is a Language to understand Natural. 

The first thing to note is that mathematics embodies science. According to the dictionary, "Science is the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experiment, and testing of theories against the evidence obtained." In other words, science is the activity of studying phenomena. So, what do we need to understand the phenomena? The Italian physicist Galileo once said: 

[The universe] cannot be read until we learn the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written. It is written in a mathematical language and the characters are triangles, circles and other geometric shapes.” (Galileo, Opera Il Saggiatore, page 171) 

 He also asserts that unless we understand the language, we cannot understand even "one word" of universe. For instance, we enjoy the four seasons. Thanks to the four seasons, we can enjoy seasonal fruits. Why are there four seasons? This is because the Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees. (NASA What causes the season?) How humans knew this fact? They used Mathematics.  

Mathematics makes a tremendous contribution to the progress of science. 

The other significant point that I would like to make is that mathematics makes a tremendous contribution to the progress of science. Without mathematics, we would be living like in the Stone Age. There are not any buildings, bridges or highways. There are no computers, no internet, we never have iPhone. The list goes on and on... Sciencestruck.com explains why there is no such tech if there is no mathematics. "Since the mechanism and working involves complex algorithms, which are possible because of mathematics". What is more, mathematics is not only important for computer science but also the medical field too. If without mathematics and computer science, medical progress would not have been possible. Mathnasium explains how science is used in healthcare. CT scan and x-Ray image "relies on math functions in the form of millions of computations that are registered through the software that directs these machines" (West 2022) I can strongly say that mathematics is science. 

Some people assert that mathematics is Art 

  In deed, some people might say. "Mathematics is art. Do not think Math is difficult. Look at and taste the mathematical beauty of the Arts in nature. These are drawn by radiation, geometric, and using Golden ratio. How beautiful the arrangement of sunflower seeds according to the golden ratio and snowflakes that are structured by geometric shapes are!" 

"Snowflakes are not only beautiful to look at, they can also teach us something about the underlying mathematical structure in our world: group theory. It’s essential in many fields of abstract and applied mathematics and even leads to major implications in fundamental physics, chemistry, or computer science." (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021) 

However, I don't think mathematics is art.  

Do you need math to understand for Art? 

To put it bluntly, Mathematics is essential to understand Science, Physics and quantum mechanics. It is required for students to take math classes if they study these subjects. However, obviously Mathematics is not necessary to understand art. Do you need the Golden ratio, which is 1,618, when you see paintings of Katsushika Hokusai and Rembrandt? Art can be enjoyable without any knowledge of mathematics and even kids can enjoy them.  

In conclusion, Mathematics is not Art but Science. 

  The consideration of aspects of mathematics, that is the language for understanding science, its dedication to progress of computer science, and there is not needed to understand the Art, I conclude that Mathematics is the Science. 

参照資料も載っけます。

​​References​ 

ANNA CLAIRE MAUNEY (2023,Aug 25) The golden ratio revealed in 7 masterpieces 

https://www.artandobject.com/slideshows/golden-ratio-revealed-7-masterpieces

Galilei, Galileo  (1546-1642). Opere Il Saggiatore, p. 171.  

Institute of Science and Technology Austria, The Mathematics Behind Snowflakes 

 (2021, Dec 22) https://ist.ac.at/en/news/the-mathematics-behind-snowflakes/  

Madison West (2022, Jun 8)  HOW IS MATH USED IN HEALTHCARE? https://www.mathnasium.com/madisonwest/news/how-math-used-healthcare-mw#:~:text=Medical%20professionals%20use%20math%20when,medicine%2C%20biology%2C%20and%20science.  

NASA What causes the season? https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/#:~:text=The%20Short%20Answer%3A,winter%20in%20the%20Northern%20Hemisphere. 

Niel, (2014, Jul 30). Life Without Mathematics    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH2O85Z2yxM 

Sciencestuck.com Can We Imagine Life Without Mathematics? The Answer Will Stun You https://sciencestruck.com/can-we-imagine-life-without-mathematics 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art #MetKids Made for, with, and by kids   https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ 

なんだか暗いニュースが続きますね。。。何気ない日常がありがたいことなんだと実感してます。

能登半島地震、また飛行機衝突事故で被害に遭われた方々のご家族に早く心休まる日が来ますように。

駅に怪物くんおったけどw

Thank you very much for reading my blog!

Have a nice day

　　　　　　　　

あとドアも落ちてたけど

こんにちは。今日はお天気良いのに外が極寒だったため、家で猫とぬくぬくしておりました

Hi, although it was really sunny day today, it was also  really cold outside,I stayed home with cat. 

今日は去年書いた英語のエッセイをそのまま載っけたいと思います。

お題はマルチリンガルの利点。

２つの論文を読んで、要約部分に（第一段落）多言語を話す、または習得する環境で育った子どもたち、また大人にどんな益があるかまとめます。

第２、第３段落目にはその論文の有益な部分が私個人の経験にどう当てはまるか述べます。

Benefits of Bilingualism 

　The articles, “How a second language can boost the brain” by Ramin Skibba, and “the Super Social skills of bilinguals” by Katherine Kinzler explain how bilingualism has beneficial impact on all generations who speak multi-language. Both authors address that bilingualism promotes brains functions and abilities. By using two or three languages, brains work more efficiently. According to Skibba, in his article, he explained how bilingualism benefits both children and elders. Katherine explains how early exposure to multiple languages enhances children's social skills. Ultimately, what the authors want to say in their articles is that a long time ago, bilingualism was believed that obstruction linguistically growth, however, there are great benefits and advantages to all generations. This essay will discuss how studying two languages benefits my son and my mother. 

　A significant idea in the passage is that the benefits of being bilingual are promoting active and healthy brain. According to Skibba, the children who are bilingual “shows advantages in metalinguistic awareness.” Therefore, bilingual people can more tactfully and switch languages spontaneously. It reminds me Katherene's study. According to Katherine study, children who are bilingual and even the children who are not bilingual but regularly exposed to another language that is not their mother tongue have a strong ability to cognitive other person’s views and expectations. Therefore, they can have communication with others smoothly. I agree with the authors. My son, who is not proficient bilingual, but had been exposed to a lot of language since he was baby every day, has strong social skills. He was raised and educated in Chinese, in Japanese and in English. When he was in kindergarten, I was told that stop using Chinese and Japanese in house to avoid his language confusion because he had " code mixing." in his sentences. However, no one could spoke English perfectly in our family fortunately, we decided to continue using three languages. After thirteen years, he does not have any language problems, on the contrary, he is very talkative, and a skillful speaker when we have conflicts. What is more, he is shy, but he is good at commutating with any generations such as babies, elderly people, and of course teenagers who are not only American, Chinese, Italian, Norwegian, and Japanese. Some of them even cannot speak English fluently, he can manage and have a good relationship with them. 

Another important key in these articles is learning another language is promote human’s brains. Skibba explains that people who speak multi-language have dense brains which is indicative that the brain is healthy and more undamaged white matter brain which means they can transmit information smoothly. What is more, he also points out that the brains whose bilingual people support for brain damage and used another route. He calls it “Cognitive compensation.” Therefore, he agrees that being or learning second language is great advantage to prevent from becoming dementia, such as an Alzheimer. For me personally, I strongly agree with that. My mother, at age 73, she has been learning Spanish for over 20 years. She is healthy physically and mentally. Every morning she wakes up early and goes to her vegetable garden where are far away from her house. She does not have a car, so she rides a bicycle for 30minits and takes care of her vegetables for two or three hours. She has been doing this every day for 10 more years. I am really impressed by her energy. 

In conclusion, the authors explain how beneficial and helpful learning a second language is. Being bilingual or even just exposed to other languages promotes the human brain not only physically, but also mentally and surprisingly socially.

つまり、多言語を使うことによって脳の活性化が促される、、、というわけですね。

英語、がんばろ。

読んでくださってありがとうございました。

次回は、別のエッセイ載っけますw

2024年になりました。

今年もどうぞ宜しくお願い致します🙇‍♀️

今年もテレビでカウントダウンを見ましたが、みなさんやっぱり陽気でした。

As usual, we watched and enjoyed new year countdown at home. everyone was cheereful...

 

 

ブログのネタ探しにと思い近所の日本食スーパーに行ったら人だらけで人酔いしました。。。

I went out to Japanese supermarket to find something I can write about for my blog, the shop was full of the people  I got dizzy…

 

 

 

 

おまけに、お気に入りの本屋は閉まってました。。。

What is more, my favorite book store was'nt open...

 

リア充の幸せいっぱいの落書き。と、それに対して悪態をつくぼっちの落書き。

Happy couple's full of a happiness doodles, and a graffiti of a lonely boy cursing it.

 

 

お裾分けの箱。中に缶詰がいくつか入ってました。

The box of kindness. There were some can of food inside the box.

 

 

息子は明日（1月2日）から学校です　冬休みがほんと短い。。。でも夏休みは２ヶ月以上。。。

School will start from tomorrow... Winter break is really short, but summer vacation is over two month...

 

My class will begin the end of January, so I can take a rest for a while...

 

今回の石川、また能登半島での地震、または二次災害で被害に遭われた方に早く心穏やかな日が訪れますように。

 

Thank you very much for reading my blog. 

Have a great day