14, February, 2013
日本の教育は段々と変わっていっているようだ。

島田君（イエズス会の学校に通っている生徒）によると、灘や麻布のトップの生徒は夜も寝ずに留学する勉強をしているらしい。

教室にあるアメリカの高校のテキストを島田君に渡したところ、一週間後にはノートにびっしりりと色分けしてそのテキストを勉強して来たので驚いたのだが、彼によると灘の高校生（１年生）は寝るのも惜しんでもっと勉強している、との事。
どうやら、日本の優等生たちは日本を見限るようになってきた様だ。

東大合格ランキング１位である開成の校長も、今では生徒達を東大ではなくハーバード大学に行かせたい様である。
校長ご自身もハーバード（ＨＡＲＶＡＲＤ）で教えておられた事があるので、その良さをよく知っておられるのだろう。

なんとなく、でも確実に、日本は変わって行くようだ。
gto

February 13, 2013
The light is turning to the new world of education in Japan.
Ryoya Shimada, a fifteen year boy attending a Jesuit High School in Japan,
was telling me that the most regarded high school, Kaisei, will target their school entrance not to Tokyo University but Harvard..
gto

February 12, 2013
Aoyama Gakuin University is moving back their humanity courses back to Aoyama campus.They are one of the many universities in Japan, building and building their buildings. Compare to China it is much smaller scale but still look like wasting energy.  Why we are building?
gto

February 11, 2013
Dear Friends
Here is the construction of a new nursery school, ages 0 to 6, near Higashi Hakuraku and Higashi Kanagawa, Hirakawa-cho, right next to a park and Kanagawa Sougou High School.
The owner, Mrs. Nakamura, is a builder. This is the third accredited school in ten years.
gto

February 10, 2013
Kermit and I went to Chinese Temple on Chinese New Year.
First we have to bang the Chinese bell to wake the gods to listen to our prayer.
The prayer is simple, not our father who art in heaven, but listen to our prayer to bring more
money in everyday life.  They are more realistic than any other gods in this world.
gto

February 9, 2013
Dear Friends
I watched YouTube in the morning and went up to Yamate to visit my mom's grave yard. It is her fourth or fifth year after burial.  As we are not Buddhist we are not counting the years.
We went home and had cakes and I head to the office.
I bought a cheap used computer from NEC and trying to connect to Kermit's network. It was hard but did it. Around 9:30 saw Kermit struggling with the sound pose for his Christmas Carol, went home and wife said are you going to have a dinner so late, but got it.
gto

February 7, 2013
I forgot to write this blog which was on Thursday. The day was cloudy and became warm later. The whole day was moving the desk from Kamakura to Yokohama.
It was originally belonged to Dr. Takenori Takahashi,MD, father of my wife, who died at the age of seventy.
My daughter needed a good desk to study her law for becoming a solicitor.
 We are hoping this desk will transform  a good brain to her from her grandfather.
Good Day.
George