7月試験結果

今日はとっても楽しい事があった、この試験結果以外は。。。

今回の結果は、

経済学　C
社会学　C
西洋史　D
英語Ⅲ　B

ちょっと意外な結果に嬉しいのか何なのかよく分からない複雑な心境。。

経済学は２問中１問しか答えていないのに引っかかってくれた。これでCなのに何故前回がDだったのかよく分からない。でもこれでもうやらなくて済むと思うと嬉しいのなんのって

社会学は序論と殴り書きの結論１行を書いただけで時間切れだったけど、お情けでCを頂けた。なんだか申し訳ない気が。。

西洋史、またまた合格頂けず・・・マルチン・ルターについては、この人から宗教改革が始まったと言ってもいい重要人物。英米専攻であればキリスト教関連は絶対外してはいけない課題なのに、見事外してしまった。。

16世紀ドイツのルターは、カトリック教会の免罪符に対して「９５ヶ条の論題」という質問状のビラをヴィッテンベルグ城教会に張り出して、根本的な教義の見直しを求める改革を行った。免罪符を得るための寄付行為、つまり罪をお金で償うという行為を批判し、聖書の教えに忠実になるべきだと説いた人物であり、ルター派がカトリックに抗議(protest)したことからプロテスタント（Protestant）と呼ばれるようになった。
・・・と、これに似たような事を漢字を間違えながら書いたけどDだった（泣）西洋史の採点はとっても厳しい。めげずにまた受けるぞ～！歴史の家庭教師が本気で必要な私。。

英語がBというのも、自分的には結構問題Y(＞_＜、)Y　大丈夫かなあ、私・・・

Summer school in Hiyoshi

I've attended the class for 2 days so far. Pretty tired to be honest but fun also.

My writing class is nice and relaxing. No stress, no worries. The teacher assured us on the first day that no one in this class will fail the exam! Actually, everyone in my class is hard working, kinda A-Plus students!! I am sure the teacher is quite impressed at our enthusiasm.

My afternoon class is Linguistic. This was not a class I was wishing to attend at the first stage ( I wanted to take English Literature, but you know, how the writing class had been assigned for me...) but in fact, I found it a very interesting subject. The only issue is the sleepiness after lunch which attacks me constantly... please go away...

I have to do my report tomorrow.... same as I said last week I will do it tomorrow, definitely tomorrow!

Summer school (?!) at Keio Univ.

I am going to keep my diaries in English just for this week to kind of prepare for the "Writing" class which starts next week at the Uni. Yes, I know.....I am thirty something years old and attending "academic" (not business!) writing class during my precious summer break from work. Serious? Yes, I am very serious believe it or not. Writing and Reading are the mandatory subjects for all students in correspondence courses in Keio no matter your English is already proficient or not.

Personally speaking, English has truly become one of my languages to use in daily life. In fact, English is still ( and forever ) a tough language so I have been studying up until today but I am not scared of it any more. I graduated from American high school as an exchange student ( was not a brilliant student though ), and went to college in Australia ( note that I did not study but partied whole year.. I did not mean to go to college to study anyway...I just wanted to stay with my ex..poor idea ), and on top of that, I still write in English everyday at work probably more than Japanese.
So, what am I expecting from the course? The biggest reason to attend the class is.... because it is a core curriculum. That may be enough to explain why I am willing to sacrifice my vacation to such a thing. But is that all? Well, I think there is something else more profound.

People like me, think that you are so-called "bilingual", often misinterpret the meaning of it and overestimate your ability. In many cases, the fact is that your English (and Japanese) is not as good as you think. Mine is not either. I am not saying it is always good to be good but at least I think it will become a great opportunity for all of us the working students to go back to basics and learn things at an authentic institution like Keio. I am glad to receive a chance to benefit from someone's expertise to improve it. Language changes with times but you cannot have your language updated without knowing basics. You may also need deep understanding of the background info such as history, philosophy, sociology, the bible(?) or whatever belongs to the language to make it yours.

As a student of faculty of Letter, I believe my goal would be to find my own answer for " Why art is necessary" and to get the sense of literature as art through the entire course. I want my life to become more artistic and profound.

P.S. Guess I wrote something very similar in my essay for the enrollment.... glad they let me through!