The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

August 30, 2013
Dear Students and Friends
What I learn from teaching many years is that the most important thing in studies is to read books. Anyone who read books surpass that of others. This is true in any languages.

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
Mark Twain
US writer
1835-1910
優れた書物を読まない人は、それらを読めない人より買っているわけでは決してない。

I want you to write about the most impressive book you have read and why you chose it.

gto

Wise men learn more from fools than fools learn from wise men.

August 29, 2013
Dear Students and Friends
It is our third day of lesson in Surugadai Campus of Meiji University.
I understand you are working hard and tired, but you are young and now is the chance to study.

"Wise men learn more from fools than fools from wise men."
Marcus Porcius Cato
Roman statesman
234 BC-149 BC
愚か者が賢者から学ぶより多くのことを、賢者は愚か者から学ぶ。

Today I want you to think what you have learned from your education in the elementary, kindergarten, or middle school(junior high school). Write anything you remember in your school life.

gto

If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.

August 28, 2013
Dear Students and Friends

"If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one."
John Galsworthy
English novelist and dramatist
1867-1933
自分の将来について考えないのなら、将来はない。

To Meiji University High school students：Write an essay of 100 words with the above phrase
and on your dream. We have a dream.  This dream is our motivation to study hard and to attain our goal.
Meiji University's motto is ever forward, go forward, move forward.
I think this is an excellent motto for us to improve ourselves.
gto

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

August 27/28, 2013
Dear Students and Friends
I would like to express my heart warming welcome to the students who are taking the Summer Seminar of Meiji University High School of 2013.
It is my seventh year with Meiji University High School students since I started this TOEIC classes for the Meji University High School.

I want you to read my Blog this week and write an English composition(essay) of 100 words or less next day from Wednesday to Friday.
Today I want you to think of the message I wrote and write an essay on the topic as well as a short self introduction of yourself.

Think about this message:
"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."
決して一つの敗北を決定的な敗北だと勘違いしてはならない。
F.Scott Fitzgerald
US novelist
1896-1940

The person who does not read good books has no advantage over the person who can't read them.

August 23, 2013
"The person who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
Mark Twain
US writer
1835-1910

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

August 21, 2013
Dear Students and Friends
 I found out two things recently.  One is that Tokyo University grading system is A,B, C, and F.
Most students will receive A's. Under this condition most students GPA will be 4.0 and they will have far advance grades to receive a full scholarship in the USA over "the private universities" students from Japan.
The other is I learn in the university that the Shogun's decree is above that of the emperor.  Japanese bureaucrats misinterpreted the decree that the imperial government gave to the supreme commander of pacifying the barbarians in  the eastern Japan(SEI I TaiSHOGUN) that it was in the war time but they said throughout any time.  So emperors hesitated of giving the title to Minamono no Yoritomo or Ashikaga Taga Takauji. They will be superior commanders above the emperor's decrees.( the Legal History of Japan )

Today's quote:
"Only those who have the patience to do simple things
perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily."
簡単なことを完璧にやる根気強い人たちだけが、難しいことを難なくこなす能力を身につける。
Johann Schiller
German poet and Dramatist
1759-1805

Consider the postage stamp:its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

August 20, 2013
Dear Students and Friends
"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."
Josh Billings
US writer
1818-1885
"切手のことを考えてみなさい。　　その利用価値は、向こうに行き着くまで一つのものに貼りついていられることだ。”

Tomorrow I will start the classes in Mita Campus of Keio University Summer School of their Extension classes.
I will take the Japanese Economic History and the Japanese Legal History, both have huge books to read in a week. I think a year of intensive study of Japanese is needed, so I will do so.
I started retaking courses in the university was to get  credentials in teaching social studies in Japanese high school and still pursuing today for that.
gto