Life is not easy for any of us.

                                         Prince Chichibu at Yokohama Country Club around 1927

June 19, 2013
Dear Friends and Students

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that?  We must have
perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.  We must
believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must
be attained.
Marie Curie
Polish scientist
1867-1934
誰にとっても、人生は楽なものではない。だが、それがなんだというのだ。
わたしたちは、忍耐と、そして何よりも自分への自信を持たねばならい。
私たちは、何かのために才能を授けられているのだから、それを達成せねばならない、
と信じるべきだ。
I think this is Positive thinking.
What do you think of this statement?

Today I went to Ferris University and covered the section on Terrorism from 9.11.  We saw the documentary on it with Youtube. The question they had for the end of the chapter was on the opinion of
democracy.  I thought it was irrelevant so ask the question on terrorism.
After the class I went up to the documentary section to print some conversational drills for the Water workers. I drove the car to Yokohama/Kanagawa office to prepare for the nursery classes. Their attention span is very limited so I must switch every 10 or 5 minutes to a different topic; reminded me of interaction exercises in university conversation drills, shows that the Japanese students' attention span is surprisingly limited, too.
On the road I saw an ad of Hitoko Yokohama International School. I was surprised to see the name as well as there are so many Pre schools emerging in this country.
gto