June 5/6/7, 2024
国際教育研究所
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May 5th I went to Boyondia International School., Meguro to meet Sekine Sensei in the morning.
She mentioned that Tokyo International School kindergarten and elementary school are separate entity and the elementary does not want Japanese nationals. They have a quarter for the embassy kids. I remember Mr. Eymard mentioned that they have learned a lot from Nishimachi International School, and maybe that is one of the things they have learned..
Sekine Sensei mentioned that today Embassy is hard to get in because there are so many international schools want to be friends. There are 800 international pre-schools in Japan according to Mr. Murata of International School Times.
I went to Keio U. Mita and found they had a Hokoubi and all quiet that day.
I later went to Ryogoku to see Lakekland University. I was lucky to meet the vice president of the university and he let me tour his university. I think they have a tremendous future because Temple is hard to get in like Sophia and now Lakeland too are attracting international students and even students from the States.
May 6th, I went to Beyondia International School HQ, Honbu, in Higashi Yamata. It is very convenient place for me to go.
I had waited for Kurihara Sensei to finish her meeting and hand in the contract and Myanmar goods.
I asked if I can give most of my Gakken English works and she said it is OK;
We talked about the school and asked her about the English textbooks they were making in 2018 and found out they had changed the idea.
She mentioned that there is no native coordinator(s) to take care of the ventures they are doing now but I think maybe there will improve in that area in near future.
I think that should be solved soon. That is our future work and I am sure it will improve eventually.
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