2012年12月25日火曜日

Report2-3

statement of the topic
How to care of homeless people?

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Kyoka(50): she had been homeless for 10 years.
Reiko(40):a officerof local college
Hikari(52):she became homeless 6 months ago
Asuka(17):a high school student, some homeless people live near her house and she is annoying

important points of the discussion as I see it
In this city the number of homeless people are increasing uniquely. However, there are not enough employment offers.

what the outcome was
They build temporaly house for homeless people and reduce their aids.

my personal opinion
When homeless people give their house, they would stop finding their job, so I think it is better to support their job.

how effective the discussion was
The audiences joined the discussion because the topic was difficult.

how it could have been better
This topic was too difficult and the important panel member didn't have enough preparation, I thought. She should have take serious effort, if not, it makes the discussion more hardly.

2012年12月19日水曜日

Report1-3

statement of the topic
Will we continue the temple?

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Yosaku(53): a chief priest of his temple
Atsushi(25): a college student, he likes to visit temples all over the world
Chihiro(35): the president of the department store
Sakiko(17): a high school student

important points of the discussion as I see it
Our town had dameged only Yosaku's temple by an earthquacke. However the temple has many historical significance and visiters.

what the outcome was
Yosaku didn't agree with broking down his temple and built a department store, and Chihiro gave up her plan. That's why we leave Yosaku's temple.

my personal opinion
The temple has historical significance, if we broke it, we never recover the precious property. In the other hand, a department store bring finacial benefit in our city. I think we should not weigh the each value. So I agree with leave Yosaku's temple.

how effective the discussion was
All of the members state their own opinion and ask some questions activery, and the moderator did her job well.

how it could have been better
Their typical establishment was poor I think. They should decide the topic we will discuss more carefully.

2012年12月3日月曜日

Report3-2

statement of the topic
How we use our budget?

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Riho: a university student
Taiga(45): a history teacher in a high school
Iku(42):a worker in the old library
Chiaki:a programer

important points of the discussion as I see it
Our budget is 100 million yen, so it is not enough to built the new library. The old library has been buit 50 years and we need to repair it.

what the outcome was
There is an unused facility in the city, so we share the budget to use the facility to constract new libraly and improve the old one.

my personal opinion
I didn't know how often the buses run between the city and the old library. If the number of the bus was not so less, it doesn't seem worthwhile to increase it. Additionaly, I couldn't understand why they wouldn't break downthe old library. I think it is better to move the old one to the unused facility and prepare the book delivery system with the local school.

how effective the discussion was
They had more background as compared with the last time.

how it could have been better
Once again, the moderater had her own opinion, however, she shouldn't have her own opinion. And there is not enough basic information.

2012年11月17日土曜日

Report2-2

statement of the topic
How will we use the budget?

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Mizuho(42): a worker in the town holl
Kyoka(30): a housewife
Reiko(20):a local cuniversity student
Hikari(28):an office woker
Asuka(80):live with her husband

important points of the discussion as I see it
The budget we can use is not so much, so we should use it in the most effective way for our town.

what the outcome was
It is important to get some benefit after useing the budget, that's why we decided to use it to improve transportation.

my personal opinion
I don't care even if we couldn't get money from the project. I think it is good idea that we improve the establishments for children or elderly peoople because it can attracts some people who live in other city.

how effective the discussion was
Each panel members have strong reasons for their own opinion.

how it could have been better
There were too much decision branches, so they should make them more narrow. Moreover, the moderater needed to care about the time management, this time, I felt we didn't enough time to make the outcome.

2012年11月14日水曜日

Report1-2

statement of the topic
A mayoral election

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Mariko(42): a candidate and housewife, her hobby is sewing
Yosaku(42): Marioko's supporter, an elementary school
Atsushi(46): the present mayor of this city and he announce his candidacy
Chihiro(44):Atsushi's supporter and secretary

important points of the discussion as I see it
We should consider what is their policy and how it will be good for our city.

what the outcome was
Atsushi has a career as previous mayor, so we elect him as our city mayor.

my personal opinion
I think both Atsushi and Marioko don't have enough foundation. I can't entrust the important job to someone who don't have any career and knowledge of administration at all. And I can't trust the mayor who lost our money. That's why, I couldn't agree with both candidates.

how effective the discussion was
All of the members state their own opinion and ask some questions activery.

how it could have been better
In this case, we could only chose one from the limited person, so I wanted to think that what is need to make our city better, what is the important thing to be a good mayor.

2012年10月31日水曜日

Report3

statement of the topic
Where will we construct a garbage dump?

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Mai(55): a college professor who lives in the urban area
Riho(68): a farmer in the surburb area
Taiga(60): the president of a jewelry store, Rosian
Iku(42):a Chinese manager of the factory
Chiaki:a college student who lives in the urban area

important points of the discussion as I see it
The disposal limit of the present garbage dump is not enough because of the appearance of the factory, so we need a new garbage dump. However, it has some demelits for the construction area to built it. That's why we should consider the place of the new garbage dump and how we suport people who live there.

what the outcome was
When we have the garbage dump in the urban area, some pollution would happen and it costs too much, so we decide to consstruct it in the urban area. Additionally, we insure people who must moved out.

my personal opinion
I wonder that why the factory was construced in urban area because it also causes pollution. And it's cler that we will be need to have a new garbage dump for the factory. If we construct the garbage dump in surburb are, we must carry a lot of garbage from the factory to there, it doesn't effectable. That's why I think that we construct the new garbage dump in the surburb area and move the factory to near the garbage dump is good way to solve this problem.

how effective the discussion was
Every member have their own opinion as their each social position.

how it could have been better
They have two moderators and the moderators have thier opinion, so we confused and the discussion was not fare. Moreover, we couldn't understand the position of each member and the situation of this city, so they should explain about them with civility.

2012年10月24日水曜日

Report2

statement of the topic

How to stop decreasing number of the population?
introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Mizuho(45): a farmer, his son has gone to Tokyo
Kyoka(20): a student in a local college, she want to go to Tokyo or Osaka to study design work
Miyabi(25):moved here because she married a man in this city last year
Hikari(40):a woman diver, her husband is a fisher
Asuka(19):a student in a local college, her major is economics

important points of the discussion as I see it

The strong points of this city is primary industry, so it's important to make an appeal to young people the charm of that.
what the outcome was

They will establish agriculture course in their college, and introduce job to the college students.
my personal opinion

Many young people aren't intarested in the primary industry, so giving them some chances to attend to agriculture is a good way to attract them. For example, they held a thanks-giving party, and then let yong people experimence easy farm work like cow milking and making butter.
how effective the discussion was

The each discussion members stated a lot of opinion, and the modelater made the discussion smooth, so I could understand easily what they talked.
how it could have been better
Audience had nothing to say for oneself, so they should state their opinion more actively.

2012年10月15日月曜日

Report 1

statement of the topic
What should we do to activate the shopping street in our town?

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Mariko:37 years old, a clothing shop clerk, married woman
Sakiko: years old, a liquor store clerk
Chihiro:28 years old, a candy shop clerk, She likes flower arrangement.
Yosaku:54 years old, a South Korean, He runs a fruit and vegetable shop.
Atsushi:Taiwanese, He runs a noodle shop.

important points of the discussion as I see it
Some large shopping mall opened in our town, with the result that the shopping street ran-down. That's why, we should consider what is our strong points to attract customers.

what the outcome was
They decided to held a summer festival.

my personal opinion
I think it's better to held some events more frequently. Even if we held a summer festival, customers would use the shopping strret only the day of festival. But we shold gather customers continually, so we should take advantages of ourselves to enrich the service. For example, Chihiro's hobby is flower arrengement and she runs candy shop, so childen may be attracted when she decorates her shop with some flowers. I think that it's important to provide a better atmosphere.

how effective the discussion was
Every member talks their own opinion positively, so we could hear the difference views.

how it could have been better
All members of this discussion are work at their shop in the shopping street, so people who live in outside the street to listen to broad range of opinions.
Additionaly, they should take advantages of theirselves to solve the probrem, or it has no meaning that a diversity of people take part in this discussion.

2012年8月2日木曜日

Last Presentation

Mizuho
He talked about Job oppotunity. There are some jobs which only men or women have, or the treatments are different between men and women. But it has no relation to have oppotunity of job whether you are man or woman.

Manami
Her topic was a Women's place. Many women retire her job after she got married to take care of their chilren. Children have a lot of probrems, for example, they quit school, drinking and so on. But it is not because of their parents. Women can decide their place freely.

Yukiko
She talked about T.P.O of fashion. She saw some women wore a long-sleeved kimono in a coming-of-age celebration. They wore it loosely, so she felt they ware not suited to the situation. The sense of fashion and way of thinking are different between each people, but it is important to think about that. Kyoka
She talked about Job. Many people works hardly to their success. To give a lot of money makes us happy, however, we can't buy our happiness by money.

Miyabi
She talked about Wars. The peace and a lot of lives are losed becaouse of wars. The most important thing is our lives, and wars never happen if we think about the peace and our live. We have to stop fighting to get real peace.

My presentation
I talked about the technology then and now. The development of technology made our life more convenient, and we can make contact with people around the world easily with twitter and facebook. However it also made us more lazy, and then we reduce the chance to use our head. In fact, the development of technology gave us a lot of merit, but we shouldn't become too dependent on it.

2012年7月11日水曜日

Ideas about success

Chiaki
She presented clearly about her idea about success with a clear voice. She tried to make eye contacts while she was talking. The length of her presentation was good, so we were concentrated on that. I have the same idea about success.

Kyoka
Her content was good and easy to understand. Her voice was not clear and she read her note almost whole time, so I want her to improve these points next time. However we were interested in her presentation.

Manami
Her opinion was experimental and very convincing, so her presentation holded our attention. Though her voice was clear, I want her to make more eye contacts.

Takaaki
His attitude for this presentation was better than before. His opinions were clear and original. In the middle of his speach his voice was became indistinct, so if he improved that, his presentation would be better.

Mizuho
He spoke loudly, so it was easy to listen. His contents was also convincing and unique. He looked shy, so he should do presentation more confidently to improve his presentation next time.

autocriticism
I practiced this presentation, and tried to not have a look at my note. I spoke loudly, but it was not clear. And my content was not easy to understand, so I should improve these points.

2012年6月16日土曜日

How I was as a child


Takaaki
His contents were a little abstract, but it was interesting. His character when he was a child likes me, for example, he was shy and often depressedd, so I sympathized with his feeling. And then, he gradually became more brightly through playing soccer. And then, he got away by bycicle. I think playing sports changes us more active and brightly, too!

Chiaki
According to her presentation, she was not doog at taliking, and she didn't have many friends when she was young. She read picture books or cathed insects. But her teacher make some chances to play with classmates twice a week. I think Chiaki had a good people.

Miyabi
She prefered being busy, and she took a lot of lessons, piano,singing,calligraphy. Moreover, she belonged to a badminton club! Especially, she likes dancing, so she often dancing at home. She and her family like traveling, and she often took family trips. And so then, she want to be a men in her next life, because her men friends didn't invite her to play soccer or TV game. Incidently, I want to be a man in another life, too. I want to be commited to sports!

Ryota
From his childhood he likes sports, soccer, baseball, running, and swimming. In particular, he had belonged to a soccer club. The team was strong, and some of his team-mates became professional soccer player! Ryota also wanted to be a soccer player, but he began to study English hardly with his dream of becoming an English teacher since he was in high school. By the way, he played with nighborhood kids because he don't have any brothers and sisters. Though I have a brother and sister, I didn't come in contact with nighborhood, so I envy him.

My childhood
I was more active until enter the junior high school. I used to play with my men friends. I took swimming, gymnastics, piano, and calligraphy lessons, and then I belonged to a volleyball club. Though I'm not good at playing sports, I like swimming and volleyball! In the other hand, I was shy in front of strangers.When I was a 5th-year student, my teacher suggested to me that I read my composition at an event. But I refused thet because I ashamed. Looking back now, I should have done it. So now, I try to do something I want as many as I can.

My presentation didn't flow, so I should have practice to talk smoothly. But I made eye contacts with my group members, and talked louder than last time. These were improved points.

2012年5月24日木曜日

Presentation of self- improvement

Comments on members' presentations

Mizuho
He presentationed at first in our group, so he looked strain. But the content of his presentation was good and I could sympathy. His voice was big enough and the presentation went smoothly with eye contacts because of his preparation. If he mentioned what he efforts more concretely, it was better.

Takaaki
His voice and content were good, and he made eye contacts again and again. His preparation was inadequate so the flow was not so good. But I was interested in his content. I want him to presentation with a dignified attitude next time.

Mariko
Her content resembled Mizuho's one, but it was interesting too. Although she didn't prepare for this presentation, it flowed on. Her attitude was good and her voice was silver. To improve her presentation, she might want to make more eye contacts next time.

Asuka
Her content was different from ather's and it was the most inresting for me. Her voice was low, but it went fine. It means her preparation for this presentation was good. However, she avoided eye contacts with us, so if she made change at this point, her presentation is expected to be better.

Self-criticism
I didn't prepare enough for this preparation, so the flow was not so good. But I made eye contacts with this members and my voice was not so bad. Members of the presentation were interested in my content, so I should prepare and talk clearly next time.

2012年1月21日土曜日

RADWIMPS

I like J-Rock music.

Especially, RADWIMPS is my favorite Japanese rock band.
Their lyrics are impressive!
The other day, I bought their live DVD.
You might want to watch this!



This song is my current favorite song.

lyrics↓
http://www.uta-net.com/user/phplib/Link.php?ID=37108

2012年1月18日水曜日

Micealle Branch

Hello!
Today, I introduce to you my favorite singer, Michelle Branch.

She made a debut when she was 18.
Her voice cannot be ignored and her first album was a great hit.

These are my favorite songs!

Goodbye To You


All You Wanted


Everywhere

2012年1月11日水曜日

good movie





"The King's speech"
This is very famous.
You know, this movie was awarded many prizes last year.

Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Tim Downie
Director: Tom Hooper