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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hey guys.
OK.
鶏さん。
OK.
Thank you.
Let's go.
こんにちは。いつも楽しく見ています。
Thank you.
私は高校生で、3日後にテストなのですが、
テスト1週間前にコロナにかかってしまい、
体調不良で4日間全く勉強しないで今日になりました。
Ooh, bummer.
Yeah.
範囲も強化も多く、
全てをやろうとするのは追いつかないため赤点の危機です。
このような状況の時、お二人はどのように勉強しますか?
Oh, wow.
That's a pinch.
Do you say pinch?
No, you don't say pinch.
Pinch is like つねる。
Ah, yeah.
That's a...
What do you say?
このピンチ...
How do you say this?
この状況はピンチ。
Danger?
Yeah.
Danger?
Yeah.
I'm in danger.
This is dangerous.
This is...
This is unsurvivable.
No, no, no.
Pinch.
Danger.
I'm in danger.
I'm in danger.
Well, it's a bit dangerous.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right.
What do you say?
Catastrophic?
Yeah, yeah.
Existential crisis?
What do you say in this situation?
Oh, no.
Pinch.
Oh, no.
Fuck.
That's fine.
Fuck is such a useful word.
Oh, shit.
Yeah.
Right, right.
Oh, shit.
I'm doomed.
Doomed.
Yeah.
Oh, shit.
I'm dead.
Oh, you're dead.
Oh, yes.
I'm dead.
Yeah.
Oh, shit.
What am I gonna do?
Oh, shit.
I'm done.
Something like that.
Good.
There you go.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So you woke up one day.
Yeah.
So you were dead out.
You were just blacked out from COVID, right?
Yeah.
And you wake up.
You find yourself in a situation.
Right.
And in two days, you have a huge quiz coming up.
What do you do?
Tell me your 48-hour plan.
I think you have like math, Japanese, history, science, English.
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All that shit.
So, okay.
I think it completely depends on who.
Okay.
For my case, English, Japanese, I won't do those two.
Okay.
I'm relatively, for my, think about those five subjects, I'm stronger those two.
Okay.
So I don't do this.
I don't do those two.
Like you're gonna rely on your own basic knowledge to get it through.
Right.
Okay.
And so math, histories, science.
So for math, I just go through the whole textbook.
Okay.
And then just see some, you know, koushikis.
Yeah.
And I just try to memorize all those koushikis.
That's all.
I don't do like small exercises and small things, but I'm focusing on just memorize koushikis
that I might be using in that quiz.
Okay.
That's what I do for math.
For science.
Okay.
So is it koukousei?
Yeah, I think this first is koukousei.
So math is like that.
For history, I just read through the textbook.
And just like get the story of what was going on as a history, like as a story.
And I think that's all I do.
Yeah.
And science, I'm terrible at science.
I'm very bad at science.
So I just focus on science textbook and try as much as I can.
Just as usual.
Yeah.
That's what I do, I think.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How's your day?
Well, I would, you know, I would first spend like an hour looking through every page.
Of every subject?
Of every subject.
Just very, just very general, like what's going on?
What section should I focus?
I'll spend the first hour or two just focusing on where I'm going to focus on.
Yeah.
Where I can most effectively get points.
Right, right, right.
Yeah.
Analyze.
I would analyze like where can I, like I would look for like the most effective, like, you
know, if it's too difficult, like I would need more time to understand it, right?
Well, that's not very efficient.
Yeah.
I would try to look for the ones that I could just, in the shortest amount of time.
Yeah.
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Where I could cover the most.
Right, right, right, right.
I would probably do that.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Efficiency wise.
Efficiency wise.
Yeah.
But mostly I would just probably just give up on it.
I wouldn't, I would, I would rather just chill.
Okay.
Okay.
It's probably not going to work.
Well, let me just, let me just do my best.
I don't just give up on it.
Like, I mean, I had COVID.
It's okay.
Fuck it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I would probably do that.
Probably like not pressure myself so much.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I'll do my best though.
I'll do my best.
Sure.
Like I'll try, I'll try not to beat myself up though if I didn't, you know, get as high
as a point.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm, I'm not sure if you, if you feel the same way, but for me, like English, Japanese,
math, but those three subjects are like, like it's, it's mostly like relying on your, like,
like kind of what you've done for very long.
Sure.
Sure.
Like it's not something that you memorize it and then you get a point or something like
that.
It's, it's, it's your kind of.
That's true.
Your basic understanding, your fundamental knowledge.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Of this whole shit.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
So to me, those three, I.
It's not like a last minute.
Yeah.
Last minute memorization.
Right, right, right.
Yeah.
Maybe the math, those koushikis or maybe English, some, I don't know, some, you know.
Right.
Words maybe.
Right.
Or Japanese, especially like gobunzo, those maybe some.
Tango?
Yeah.
Tangos or like tricks.
Yeah.
But mainly I think like science and history is if you, if you memorize one more word and
then you might get a one point out of it.
Right.
Right.
You might be able to write it as the answer.
It's just like, yeah.
That's right.
Oh.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Or.
Yeah.
I think about teachers.
Okay.
And who will be the kindest.
Oh.
Okay.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Or who is the most close, closest teacher to me.
Mm hmm.
Mm hmm.
Who I can.
Oh.
Susan.
Kind of.
Okay.
Okay.
That's a good strategy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's a strategy.
Yeah.
That's, that's one strategy.
I would probably do that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Probably talk to teachers.
Be like, hey, I'm COVID.
I'm sorry.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's one.
Right.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
Maybe.
What about, what about trying, trying to be sick for.
On that day.
Another three days.
Yeah.
That's a, that's a strategy right there.
Yeah.
You can maybe post it on your test day.
Yeah.
That's absolutely a strategy right there.
It's absolutely true.
Yeah.
Like go to like the dirtiest city in Tokyo just without a mask.
Just like.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Breathe in all the air you can.
Yeah.
Maybe.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Or like just do your best to fake it.
Fake sickness.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's one way.
That's one.
Yeah.
That's one.
That's one way of like navigating life.
Yeah.
True.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So.
Or like be in jail, you know, can't, can't physically be in school.
Right.
You know, just be in jail.
Yeah.
I mean, teachers will be like, oh.
Oh, you're in jail.
All right.
You can't do that.
All right.
We'll do it.
We'll do it the other day.
Do some other day.
I mean.
Yeah.
Like.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's one way.
That's one.
That's one.
You can avoid the test.
You can avoid the test.
But you have to accept something.
Something else.
Something much bigger.
It's your choice.
You can.
Or you can blackmail a teacher.
You know.
Of course.
Dig up some history about the teacher.
Yeah.
Find a weak point.
Yeah.
You know.
That's fun.
Maybe, you know, a teacher's having an affair.
That's one way.
You know, hire an investigator.
True.
Take pictures of the teacher.
With an affair.
During an affair.
True.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
That's one way.
That's one way.
You might be avoiding that test.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But highly, you will...
Be in some other trouble.
Some other very...
Very serious trouble.
Very serious trouble, though.
But still, your problem is solved.
Yeah.
One of the choices.
One of the choices.
One of the choices.
One of the choices.
Yeah.
Many choices.
Many choices out there, you know?
Many choices out there.
Eye-opening, actually.
that you have to be, you have to be keen on it.
You have to be, gotta be careful.
Yeah, gotta be careful.
Yes, yes.
Well, good luck.
Yeah, well, if you think about that,
then like just getting Akaten-zou, like not bad.
It's true, you know?
Like to think about those options.
You know, yeah, I mean,
would you rather have an Akaten or have a Zenka?
Which one would you want?
Sorry, yeah.
Yeah, I mean, Akaten-zou, not bad at all.
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It's not bad.
Yeah, just get it.
It's just one time shit.
It doesn't even matter in real life.
Just go for it.
Yeah.
Just get them.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.
Just get some Akaten-zen.
Great.
There you go.
You avoided those jail things.
Yeah, yeah.
Success?
Success, absolutely.
Yeah.
Go for it.
All right, thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye.