May 22/23/24/25/26, 2024
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I was at YCAC to meet
Mr. Ed Bernard, MBE
He mentioned YIS has over 800 students with 70 % Asian population. Yokohama and Tokyo seems to
be quite different but international school boom is still going on
as I see with Chiba's Makuhari International School.
May 21, 2024
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Shuma:
1. as the others, EIKEN Pre-1 vocabulary drill study
2 go over your Math work
3. Read Japanese history book.
4. next lesson date will be Saturday, May 25
Ryan:
1. go over EIKEN Pre-1 vocabulary
2. Study for your school test.
3. if you had 2 minutes, study
4. spend time in reading instead of games.
5. next lesson Sunday, May 26
6. June 2nd ,maybe you need time for the school examination preparation
May 18, 2024
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I visited Makuhari International School Bazaar on Saturday, May 18, 2024.
It took 2 hours but it is worth going. I learned a lot about the school and parents.
It was established by Chiba prefecture and trying to attract international community
but it is now an international school for Japanese plus others,
I think there is a demand of international school for the Tower "Mansion" community and for Japanese who started to find that English base education is needed.
I met the principal who came from St. Maur International School principal for 6 years,
met Director who is from Chiba prefectural government, a parent and a friend from Nihon University professorship and CLIL member, a PTA president for ten years who had a daughter graduated from Gyosei International School ( who was inspired by Father Tagawa's educational philosophy), met a parent called Jo who has a son in the British Boarding School and thinking of sending other children later. He mentioned that the Tower "Mansion" recently constructed had 20 to 1 "BAIRITSU" and the one that was built 3 years ago is 30% up. I also met parents from Shanghai. Basically this school is an international school for Japanese and the school year starts in April.
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Today I went to International School Fair at Iidabashi.
There are certain things I noticed:
1) There are so many international schools emerging in last few years.
2) surprise to see Chuo-ku is starting an international school. I thought was a joke when Muranaka Sensei who introduced me to CHIST asked to find teachers. I did not response till Mr. Lambakard, an colleague from Aoyama Gakuin helped the Sensei. Learn a lesson: always be friendly and help who asked you for a hand.
3) Rugby School is a real serious school with meeting their standard.
Felt what my friend Kermit had said: "fame and money(rich)"society/class in the world. Schools like British class society: 1) Those who are there, 2) Those who want to be there and 3)Those who cannot be there.
This Rugby School is #1 and for #1: why? Usually teachers are easy to to detect: they are with tired clothes and look very kind: I saw them in St. Maur's, Horizon, or any other schools including regular Japanese schools, but Rugby School young teacher is someone you see in the British Boarding Schools.
4) I don't know why regular Japanese international schools like ICU , Meikei, Kosei, are participating.
5) I had a chance to speak to New International school principal and founder, Mr. Parr. He was the principal of Aoba under Mrs. Doi who started company owned international school, now we see all over. Mr. Parr, a graduate of Brown University supports strongly non-graded and bilingual education. Lucky thing is most of the visitors don't know what is an education, so we had ample of time talking to him.
6) I saw "International High School" booth and asked them who are attending their school.
Most of them are students from neighboring countries and target is not their university: Nagoya Shouka Daigaku but other Japanese universities who are far cheaper and have good education. This is what Mr. Ito, Keiou Gijuku Jukuchou pointed that private universities have raised their tuitions but national or public universities are not. Those universities are the target of this business and seems to be growing for past ten years, including Musasshino Daigaku has over 50% foreign students and Japanese government is paying about 50% of their tuition.
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May 8/9/10, 2024
I went to Mutsuura, the southern end of Yokohama to see Mr. Muranami, our Tax Accountant.
)th, I went to Ward Office to re new my My Number. There are two things I was surprised.
One was the bus is always crowded with the Old folks, don't forget I am one of them. The reason is we get "all you can ride" pass and we are encouraged to get out instead of staying home.
Two is how behind we are with Digital world. In order to digitalize our registration we have to go to Ward Office to reregister our data to Ward Office clerk. I think this is to give work to the officials.
I had a chance to go to Subway Higashi Yamata Beyondia International School to meet the CEO and have a chance to listen to his future plans and the near future East Asia situation and have a very nice lunch in his neighboring Italian restaurant.
Saturday I will see Shuma at 15 hour and Sunday go to Iidabashi to meet Beyondia International School, Meguro and Kashiwanomori principals to attend new international schools presentation meeting.
I will see Ryan at 16 hour Sunday, mainly high school textbook reading and world history reading
and go over the new EIKEN test system.
May 5/6, 2024
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Sunday Class with Ryan:
1) Asahi Weekly exercise and reading pages 2,3,24
2) Listening Test of EIKEN
Grade Pre-1 test day 2.
3) Bring "New Rays" textbook
