ニクソン大統領の中国電撃訪問以降、中国語学習は人気に。一方、日本語は・・・・
Who says education is expensive! If you want the knowledge, and not the degree, it can be very close to free. In those days, the popular language was Chinese, as President Nixon just opened diplomatic relations with China. The Chinese classes were packed while the Japanese classes couldn’t gather 10 students. Even though I was not even enrolled in the school, the teachers allowed me to sit in the class as I mentioned, do the drills in class and use the language lab anytime I liked! They were very kind to me. It was all free, was a very productive time in my life and gave me what was to be one of the most powerful skills I have used throughout my career, speaking and using Japanese every day. When I hit Japan, I was off and running.
One month before coming to Japan, I decided to stop studying Japanese and to travel the East Coast of the US, starting in Boston where my aunt lived. Boston is an extremely historic city, and I very much enjoyed seeing the city. Unfortunately, that was in February, so I felt cold temperatures that I had never experienced before. From Boston, I went by bus all the way to Miami where another aunt lived. Those two aunts I had only seen once or twice my whole life with the distance between California and the East Coast. Days after I returned to San Francisco I sold my car, gave my golf clubs away and took off for Japan.
この続き（いよいよ日本上陸）は、来年！！
Ronさんのセミナーいかがですか。苦労の多かったRon-sanの青春時代やキャリア形成の話、特に何故日本に来る決断をしたのか、などを聴いてみたいですね。それとRonさんが楽しみにしている出席者と皆さんとのノミニケーション。年末にはできそうですね。
皆さんがおやりになっている勉強会などに出張し講演させていただきます。
ただし、Ronさんが住んでいる東京都大田区から日帰りできるところとさせてください。
もっとも台湾でも日帰りは可能ですが。
＜新しい仕事が始まり、ストレスたっぷり状態！気分転換に漫画『武蔵野』を読んだ。阿部公房の小説『砂の女』『燃え尽きた地図』の読後感のような不思議な気分。大人の漫画だ＞
Who says education is expensive! If you want the knowledge, and not the degree, it can be very close to free. In those days, the popular language was Chinese, as President Nixon just opened diplomatic relations with China. The Chinese classes were packed while the Japanese classes couldn’t gather 10 students. Even though I was not even enrolled in the school, the teachers allowed me to sit in the class as I mentioned, do the drills in class and use the language lab anytime I liked! They were very kind to me. It was all free, was a very productive time in my life and gave me what was to be one of the most powerful skills I have used throughout my career, speaking and using Japanese every day. When I hit Japan, I was off and running.
One month before coming to Japan, I decided to stop studying Japanese and to travel the East Coast of the US, starting in Boston where my aunt lived. Boston is an extremely historic city, and I very much enjoyed seeing the city. Unfortunately, that was in February, so I felt cold temperatures that I had never experienced before. From Boston, I went by bus all the way to Miami where another aunt lived. Those two aunts I had only seen once or twice my whole life with the distance between California and the East Coast. Days after I returned to San Francisco I sold my car, gave my golf clubs away and took off for Japan.
この続き（いよいよ日本上陸）は、来年！！
Ronさんのセミナーいかがですか。苦労の多かったRon-sanの青春時代やキャリア形成の話、特に何故日本に来る決断をしたのか、などを聴いてみたいですね。それとRonさんが楽しみにしている出席者と皆さんとのノミニケーション。年末にはできそうですね。
皆さんがおやりになっている勉強会などに出張し講演させていただきます。
ただし、Ronさんが住んでいる東京都大田区から日帰りできるところとさせてください。
もっとも台湾でも日帰りは可能ですが。
＜新しい仕事が始まり、ストレスたっぷり状態！気分転換に漫画『武蔵野』を読んだ。阿部公房の小説『砂の女』『燃え尽きた地図』の読後感のような不思議な気分。大人の漫画だ＞
