00:00
welcome to Kevin's English Room podcast with this great professional microphone
yes the highest quality highest of all that we have not checked fully of its
quality yet but this is the highest yes yes yes how much was that 1300 yen
yeah this is from Yuka-san Yuka-san thank you Yuka-san
Hello Kevin-san, Yama-chan, my name is Yuka. I always enjoy listening to your talk after work.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I am currently a fourth-year university student and am studying hard to become a high school English teacher in the future.
I went to an education practice at a high school the other day, but when I looked at the teachers again, there were various teachers.
I was asked to think again about what kind of teacher I wanted to be. I would like to ask you there, but do you have any teachers that left an impression on you?
I think I have met various teachers in Japan, America, and France. Please give me some reference to think about what kind of teacher I want to be in the future.
Thank you very much. Nice message. It's a nice message. I'm sure you have one. Well, I have so many actually. I love my teachers actually. I once thought that I'd be a teacher of elementary or junior high or high school. Yeah, any university.
Because it's emotion related, right? Yeah, and I love learning things and getting better. So, I remember like every single teacher I had, and I have so many memories. I can actually choose one.
Really? Yeah. Was there like the most dramatic experience? Okay, when I was at elementary school of fourth, I mean, what do you say, fourth grade? Fourth grade? Is that right?
Is that different? Yeah? What do you mean? Because in the United States, you say seventh grade. Yeah, we do say seventh grade. That's middle school. So, first grade is Ichi-nensei, and seventh grade is Chugaku Ichi-nensei? Yes.
Ah, okay. Then fourth grade or fifth grade or third grade or... No, fourth grade. Anywhere. Somewhere. Somewhere. Okay, in pastula. There's a teacher called Tsuru-chan. Tsuruoka-sensei. Tsuruoka-sensei. She was my teacher, classroom teacher.
03:05
And there's another teacher called Masashi. Masayama-sensei. Masashi? Masayama-sensei. And she... Masayama-sensei was my fourth grade tanrin-sensei, and Tsuru-chan was my fifth grade tanrin-sensei. And Masayama-sensei and Tsuru-chan was both like close age, and they were kind of got to know each other and be, you know, friend.
Okay. Not relationship-wise. Like friends? Are they dating? No. Okay. Maybe not, but they were both in the same school and same teacher, and they were young. So, they were good friends as a teacher, as a co-worker.
And one day, Masayama-sensei had to left to another school, transfer to another school. As they were very good friend, Tsuru-chan... It was, you know, Shugyoshiki no hi. It was a little sunset was, you know, was on the ground.
And our school was... Like there's two buildings. Okay. And I was with Tsuru-chan in this building, in this classroom. And there's a building in front of the... In front of the other building, facing each other. Yeah, yeah. And there's a Masayama-sensei in another classroom over there.
And here, Tsuru-chan was shouting to Masayama-sensei, "Masayama-sensei, arigatou! Kiwotsukete ne!" Those things. And Masayama-sensei was noticed, and Tsuru-chan started to play a bass saxophone. Damn. And that was so beautiful.
And she was crying and playing that bass saxophone. And Masayama-sensei over there was crying. Of course, I was crying too, you know. Yeah. That's beautiful. That was... That is so beautiful. Memorable moment. Yeah. That is so like... Dramatic. Yeah. Emotional moment. Yeah.
Was that ever out on social media? Because I think I've seen like a similar video of that. No, because that was when I was elementary 4th grade. I didn't have it on my phone. Got it. Right, right, right. Okay. Yeah. I'm probably mistaken with a different video. Yeah. But there was some maybe similar things. Maybe.
That's so nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tsuru-chan was very like... You know, it's delicate to say this, but she was really like big lady teacher. And not like, you know, like...
Jimo handwriting wasn't that beautiful, beautiful. Right. And the way she speaks wasn't that like cute, cute. But she was very like beautiful as a person. And that moment was very nice to me. I remember that scene very much.
06:20
It's always the emotion things that leave... That leaves... That you know, that you remember the most. Yeah. When you look back at your student ages. Right. When it comes to teachers, like it's always the like... The emotional events. Yeah. The human side. Yeah. Not the information. Yeah. So... Right. Right. Numbers. Right.
For me. Yeah. Even though I just said the emotion thing, it's not that emotional. But I had this in high school. Okay. Nakachi-sensei. Oh, so high school in Japan. In high school in Japan. Yes. Nakachi-sensei would definitely be the most memorable teacher that I know. So Nakachi-sensei was a teacher for Koten. Okay. Koten. Koten. Wow. Okay.
So... But very unique style of Koten. Koten. So he... What he did... So he came in the classroom and was like...
What he started doing was he got the projector. Projector screen. Projector screen. Yeah. And then started playing "Tonari no Totoro". Okay. Yeah. And he would stop at every scene. Wow. Every scene. Like every 10 seconds. Or even less. Yeah. Right. And he would explain the meaning of... Wow. What's being portrated.
Like, Miyazaki Hayao-san wanted to do this. And the reason why the name of the village is called "Naninanimura" is because historically "Naninanimura" or like the reason why there's a tunnel here is because the tunnel represents a path to the other world. Yeah. And Sasaki and Mei-chan went to the other side of the scene. Yeah. Like that's what it's... And he would do that for the whole movie. Wow.
And then after that, the second movie would be like "Sento Chihiro". And then he would explain really in-depth analysis of the Ghibli movies. Like Shintoism. Japanese historical culture. Yes. He would teach Japanese culture and like the old age of Japan through the Ghibli movies. Wow. That was his Koten class. Wow.
So it was... We did not learn anything about like "Reten" or "Kairi Nani". Really? Yeah. Nothing at all. We did not learn anything about that. It was just all Ghibli related stuff. Wow. That was what he taught as Koten. It was interesting actually. Yeah. Was that fun? It was fun. It was actually really fun.
09:06
If I had known a little bit more of the Japanese culture and the Japanese language itself, it would have been so much more enjoyable. Yeah. I just was too caught up in like me getting grades. Like I needed to get a high grade for Koten. Of course. Because I would have done it if I didn't.
So I was so caught up in like what information would be on the test and not getting a high score. That I wasn't able to enjoy the actual beauty of Ghibli films. So if I had more yoyu, I would have been so much more... I would very much love to take that class. Yes. I think you would enjoy it so much. It's so beautiful.
Like yeah. It's so... It makes sense logically. And it's a huge, huge kind of like... It's a huge topic I feel like that you can study for a really long time. That's nice. Right. Yeah. Is he still in high school? Same high school? I don't know. I would go. Yeah. And get inside the classroom. You should. You should. You should do that. Get a desk and... Yes. Hide. And take class.
Do it. It's fun. It's worth it. Right. So that's the teacher that I remember the most. Yeah. That's nice. Nothing emotional but just a very interesting lecture. That's very special. Yes. Yes. Yes. Nice. Yeah. There you go. Alright. So that's our most...
Oboi theater teacher. Memorable teacher. Yeah. There are so many teachers out there. Yeah. Every teacher was nice. They were all good in their own ways, you know. With passion. With... You know. Yeah. Right. So if you think about your student, then... You would be a really like... Yeah. Remembered teacher. Yeah. Right teacher.
Like students are... Remember actually. They're humans too. We do remember. They're more mature than we perceive. Yeah. Like little, even tiny things. Yeah. Yeah. We notice these little differences. Yeah. We notice these little human things. Yeah. One, Shoyuka-san, of course she knows about those things but... Right. Go for it. Go for it. I'll do my best. Yeah. Alright. Thanks for listening guys. Bye bye.
