My Discovery

I discovered very interesting TV program yesterday. Before finding it, I've heard it from my friend, and it has recently been a popular topic in Japan. It is "Justice with Michael Sandel," in Japanese, "Harvard Heated Classroom."

I've wanted to watch this program, but I didn't know when it was been broadcasted. I found it on NHK yesterday by chance. It was TV pictures in Tokyo University broadcasted before. The topic was about the fair redistribution of wealth. Michael Sandel, who is the most popular teacher in Harvard University, plays a role of a dibate organiser, and many students and working adults express their opinions.

Then, how do you think about this problem (this was one of the topics discussed yesterday)?
"An ordinary teacher can gain $45'000(about 4 million yen) a year. Ichiro can gain $18'000'000(about 1.5 billion yen) a year. Obama, President of the US, can gain $400'000(36 million yen) a year.
Thus, Obama earns about 10 times as much money as an ordinary teacher. Ichiro earns about 42 times as much money as Obama, about 400 times as much money as an ordinary teacher.
Is it the fair redistribution? Should Ichiro be given 42 times as much money as Obama? In other words, what is the justice?
Other problem discussed yesterday was "Can we get the right to enter Tokyo University with money?" Is it good or not?

The answers are different from the situation you stand on. Please think about these problems in some different positions.

My 40 years old

When I was 40 years old, I would work as a certificated weather forecaster or work with the qualification.

At present, I participate in an extension program "Course for certificated weather forecasters" in this university. I have been linterested in meteorology(= weather) when I was a high school student because I like chemistry, phisics, and math, which attracted me about environmental problems and weather.

The qualification is useful not only for daily weather forecast, but for long-term forecast for commerces. For example, fashion companies use long-term weather forecast for when to stock the next season clothes and to discount sold clothes. Food companies use it for when to sell hot or cold foods and drinks.

Moreover, It is advantageous for getting a job. If a student was a certificated weather forecaster, the interviewer would be impressed because there are few people who have the qualification. The examination of certificated weather forecasters is very difficult, and only 5% of the examinees pass at a time.

My Preference

I like playing and watching basketball. Before I belonged to rugby football club in my high school, I was a member of the basketball team.

I have watched NBA(National Basketball Association, professional basketball league in the USA) games for five years and checked the information of NBA in the Internet. Especially, this season off (2010.7-2010.10) has a lot of big, sensational news. One of them is the center of subjects in this season and surprised people all over the world. It is that Lebron James was transferred.

He is one of the star players in NBA. He was called 'King', and he was said the return of Michael Jordan. So, what he was transferred means the structural change of power balance of NBA.

His play is so fantastic, and sometimes unbelievable. He can get points, get rebounds, steal the ball, pass the ball to assist teammates. He can do everything needed to basketball players. Moreover, his big plays in clutch time often can beat other teams, and make the impossible possible.

What I Dislike

I have a lot what I dislike. One of them is those who don't follow social rules and manners. For example, those who don't make a line to get on trains, who don't throw away trashes to trash boxes, and who smoke in walking.
I can never forgive these people. If someone break a rule, other people start to think they may follow the habit, and some of them actually do that. It means breaking the rule becomes the common sense and new social rule. This tendency would make the world worse, but it is unstoppable by oneself. So the awareness that everyone has gets better is the best method.

Good Friends

They are my good friends. This picture was taken when I was a twelfth grade(3rd grade high school) student. I belonged to rugby football club, and they were the teammates. I practiced with them every day. We lauhged together, also cried together. We encouraged each other to overcome hard trainings, shared the happines of winning and the sadness of losing. Many things we experienced. Because of them, we can call each other good friends, or brothers.

Good friendship will remain for life. We don't forget our memories, and we always help each other whenever we are faced to big problems. I believe this is the definition of good friends. Nothing can break down our relationship.

A Special Day

My special day is also the day I cried most with tears. It was the day I retired my high school rugby football club.

It was a little cold, rainy day at the end of October. Our team was faced to the greatest challenge. We had to play a match against the strongest team (in fact, the high school team finally won the High School Rugby Football Championship).

Ten minutes before the match started, we formed a circle to encourage each other and talked to try to do the best performance with our efforts for three years. Every teammate was full of tears in their eyes. Some of you might think why we cried before the match, not after the match. One answer is it is the rugby. We can't play such a dangerous sports without being excited and crazy. Another answer is that we were reminded of three years we practiced. The rising of our minds made us cry.

Eventually, we lost the match. The thought which rose up first was "I can't play rugby with these members anymore. I want to play much longer with them!" However, it did never come true, of course. We talked and were deeply thankful to each other crying.

I owe what I am today to the members I spent together even when we were faced to any difficulties.

Problems between Communicatin and Technology

It may be true that the tendency which encourages people not to communicate with each other face to face because of the developed technological devices, but, I believe, the progress of technology doesn't have a responsibility for the less communication problems.

Indeed, technology makes us possible to telecommunicate, using devices such as phones, e-mails. Especially, it is very convenient for us to e-mail because there is no limit of time, and we don't have to response at once. In other words, we can have enough time to think about what we should say. We don't have to speak in our own voice, either. Thus, some people insist that it brings about problems of communication and make people's life unhappy.

However, I object against the thought for two reasons. First reason is that only a small number of people accept the negative influence, but most people don't. In my surroundings, No one is unsocial and difficult to communicate with. I hardly see people who is closed to other people. The another one is technology can proceed to communicate and associate with people. For instance, recent TV or portable games can connected to computers, and enjoy on-line services. This on-line technology enables game players to play games cooperatively with other players all over the world by using headset(for speaking and listening). Moreover, the players sometimes hold events and gather at a certain place to play the game and get along with them.

Therefore, if we use the positive effects of tecnology and do not accept the bad ones, we can enjoy everyday life happily.