2006 November 21 Tuesday.
It is not snowing today, it is raining. It's not raining that hard, and the rain is not that cold. Neither is the air temperature. In fact, it's a rather warm day for November in Hokkaido. A very good day to get in my van and drive over to Asahikawa University for my first class of the day which starts at 10:40. I arrived on the campus at about 10:25, a bit earlier than usual. I didn't need to have any copies made in the university office today, because I still had some left over from my lesson of last year, at about this same time. So, I went straight up to Prof. Sugawa's Office. Today we discussed about how we should conduct the final exam for these 30 some students which we both teach on alternate days. During the brief 10 minutes that we had before my class started, we reached a preliminary agreement about how we should test, and then evaluate our group of students. We used common sense, and a respect for the feelings and individuality of each and every student under our gentle guidance. The students' ability to survive in THE REAL WORLD, after graduation from the university, is the starting point of our thinking process. This trait, we both have in common. I firmly believe that attending a college or a university, or any other higher level of training after high school is very important. Not because of the good or bad marks that you might receive on your "REPORT CARD", but mostly important because of the people you will meet, and be influenced by, and the people that you will influence, just by meeting them face to face on a regular basis. HUMAN INTERACTION is another common term to describe this fact of the electro-magnetic universe. It is very important to put out good vibes that the students can ride upon, and have both and enjoyable and informative time while in the classroom. By the way, the photo in today's blog is of a new, limited edition 限定 of Yebisu Kohaku All Malt Beer. How does it taste? Click on the yellow link, to hear my reading of today's blog, along with my real time comments about this beer, as I take my first taste.
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