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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
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So, this one.
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Ayu-san.
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こんにちは。
こんにちは。
いつも夕飯の支度中に楽しく聞かせていただいています。
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アメリカの入学式文化
さて、昨日子供の高校の入学式に参列しました。
私立だったからか、たくさんの来賓の方と学校の幹部職員の方々が
それぞれ壇上の左右に着席されていらっしゃり、
校長先生だけでなく理事長、附属大学の学部長、
父母会代表の方からの挨拶や祝辞などありました。
そこで少し思ったのですが、
こういった卒入学式での来賓の方の長い&堅苦しい挨拶や、
その和社が挨拶前後に壇上で行う来賓等に向けた三方向への一礼、
You know that? Those things?
I think I've seen it, yeah.
また、全員起立、礼、着席などといった式典内容は、
日本ではどこの学校でもある程度お決まりだと思いますが、
アメリカなどでも同じような感じなのでしょうか。
イメージ的にはもう少しカジュアルだったり、
全員起立、礼、着席のような全員一律の行動というのは
なさそうに感じるのですが、いかがでしょうか。
そういった文化の違いを教えていただけると嬉しいです。
これからもみなさんの活動を応援し続けます。
So, they don't have the bowing, obviously.
Okay, yeah.
You know, we don't bow to begin with.
First of all.
Yeah.
No, they just...
No, if a principal were to come up and just do fucking shit,
he would just stand up.
He would just...
You know, there really wasn't a 全校集会 to begin with.
If there was an announcement,
he would use the speakers to sort of announce everybody.
Because all classrooms would have the speakers.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, he would use that to sort of announce shit to everybody.
I see.
Yeah, so...
Yeah.
I don't remember him.
カトリック学校の体験
Oh, so my middle school was a Catholic school.
Okay.
So, there were masses to...
Masu?
Nandake?
Misa.
Misa, yeah.
We would do masses.
We would do a mass to sort of...
And then everyone would gather.
Oh, yeah.
And then we would do all this religious stuff.
Yeah.
So, I was not Catholic.
So, to me, it was just...
Yeah, it was all religious stuff.
So, yeah, they would do all this religious stuff.
And that was like everybody would just sort of like do the same thing, you know?
And then, you know, the president or whatever would just go up on stage
and do his shit and, you know, say his words.
Yeah, that was there.
But even then, he wouldn't like bow to everybody.
He would not do that.
He would just stand and just start talking, you know?
I see.
Yeah.
So, Catholic school can...
Like, non-Catholic people can enter the Catholic school?
Yeah, I mean, yeah, they can.
Okay, okay, okay.
Yes, they can.
I didn't know that.
But I guess, I don't know, because I was from Japan, maybe they were like,
okay, this was like he was a student from Japan.
So, like, okay, it's okay.
We can do something like that.
I don't know.
I see.
But I think they're open to everybody.
Yeah.
I think there was a...
Yeah, I think there was a friend who wasn't religious like me.
Yeah.
So, but you have to sometimes do like a little, those like...
Yeah, we would have to do that.
Yeah, we would have to take their religion class.
Oh, yeah.
We would have to take the test, and we would join the mass.
We would pray with them.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, we would have to do that.
I see, I see, I see.
Right.
So...
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
So, you didn't...
Do you remember like, nyuugakushiki or like, sotsugyoushiki?
アメリカの卒業式の雰囲気
Sotsugyoushiki I remember.
We did it in like a party hall or something.
Oh.
Yeah, it wasn't like the...
Did they play like music and dance?
So, there was no dancing.
There was...
I think it was like celebratory music.
Oh, okay.
Like party songs.
Okay.
Like fun party songs.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And yeah, we did it in like an event hall.
And then they were...
You mean outside of the school?
It was outside of school.
It was a different venue, kind of like a faraway place.
It's like a concert.
It was like a...
Yeah.
Live house.
Yeah.
It was more like a dinner show-ish kind of place.
There would be round tables.
Okay.
And everyone would sit with their parents in the round table.
So yeah, students would not gather in one place and the parents would be on the side.
It would not be like that.
You would sit with your family.
Okay, okay.
And each in a round table with like very fancy desk...
What do you call those?
Those desk curtains?
Yeah.
What do you call those?
Like decorations?
Yeah, those fancy decorations.
Okay, okay, okay.
And there would be drinks on the table.
And a flower on the table.
Yeah, yeah, flowers on the table.
Yes.
Sounds like wedding parties.
It does kind of seem like a wedding party.
A typical wedding party.
Right.
Yeah.
And then on stage there would be, you know, the principal and the teacher and then they
would announce some shit.
You know, like, you guys did a good job.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then they would go for the...
They would give out awards.
Awards?
For example, like Japan has it too.
The, you know, kesseki zero.
Oh, kaikinshou.
Kaikinshou.
Or like if you have good grades.
I see, I see, I see.
If you behaved well.
Ah, okay, okay.
Or, you know, like you did something for the community.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like if you're like athleticism is high.
Yeah.
And then you won a contest.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And all that stuff.
Yeah, yeah.
You don't, you don't, like, for example, you don't sing?
No.
No, you don't?
There were no singing.
Okay.
No, not for my school.
Like, you don't do the...
Yeah.
You don't have those things?
That did not exist.
No?
That's a highly Japanese thing, I believe.
No?
Uh-uh.
That did not exist.
You...
So, you...
Not everybody goes up to the stage.
Only for those being awarded.
But I think everybody at once would go up for something.
Like for club photos.
Ah, I didn't like photos.
Yeah, or like, whatever.
Like, it could be anything.
They give out shows and awards for everything.
Oh, I see.
You would go there once, I believe.
I see, I see.
So that's the chance for the family to take pictures on stage.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
For your kid to shine and shit, you know?
I see, I see, I see.
Yeah, right.
You eat?
No, I did not eat.
Oh, okay.
I think there were, like, snacks.
But it wasn't, like, a dinner or shit.
Like, you wouldn't get a steak.
It would just be, like, Cheetos and burritos.
You drink in the middle of it.
Yeah, like, yeah, like soda.
I see.
You'd get Coke or something.
That's it.
アメリカの卒業式
It's really different from Japanese Sotsugyōshiki.
Yeah, so casual.
Yeah.
Wow.
Right.
I see, I see, I see.
That's interesting.
But I guess the graduation for college or university, that's more similar to the Japanese graduation.
I think they would gather in, so maybe, like, the gymnasium or somewhere.
Yeah, a huge theater thing.
Yes, theater thing.
And they would sit in rows, you know, with just the students.
And they would all wear the, you know, the hat that they throw up in the air.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They would wear that.
And the parents are, like, on the side, you know, ready to take pictures and stuff.
Yeah, so that's that.
I've never experienced that, so I don't know.
And then they're all, like, the famous guy coming and give them a speech, you know, like
Steve Jobs coming.
Yeah, sometimes.
Right, it happens.
Yeah.
Right.
Like, I guess they're, like, alumni from the university or something.
Probably, possibly.
Yeah, like, Elon Musk comes and then give you, like, speech.
Like, speech and stuff.
Yeah.
Right.
No.
You would not do that.
You would not do that.
Just, like, an applause.
That's it.
Ah, okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
Right.
Interesting.
That's different.
Yeah.
Is that me?
Oh, it's you.
Oh, is it?
Yeah.
Nope.
Not important phone call.
Yeah.
It says...
Oh, okay.
Do you have the app on you?
No, it's...
Oh, so...
The phone says like that.
Oh, so you're a carrier?
Yeah.
Just kind of categorized it for you?
Yeah.
Oh, that's convenient.
Yeah.
Oh.
So.
I see.
Okay.
So just...
That's cool.
Yeah.
But I'm not sure if it's really a...
Right.
It could be a really important call.
Yeah, right.
But, yeah.
So, that's that, guys.
All right.
Thanks for listening.
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