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.