Writing Class

Hello, everyone! How often do you use the Internet? Probably, you use it every day, don't you? Now, we can't live without the Internet. If your smartphones are taken away just for a day, you will be really suffered. It is so stressful for young people like us. The Internet is an essential part of our lives. On the other hand, the Internet also has some dangers. There is so much information on the Internet. Are you able to receive them correctly? Some of you may think you can, but please be careful. Sometimes knowledge interferes with our thinking. Today, I will show you the way to receive information correctly with an example. In Japan, the declining birthrate is becoming a social problem. Look at graph1 below. This is a graph from the Cabinet Office's website. It shows the current status of Japan's declining birthrate. This graph shows the birth rate and the total fertility rate. The total fertility rate means the number of children born from one woman. if...

Hello, everyone! It has been cold lately. I can't live without my kotatsu anymore! Please take care of yourself. By the way, December is Christmas, isn't it? I love Christmas the most all of the events in a year. The town is decorated with lights. The stores are full of vitality. People passing me seem to be enjoying themselves. I love this kind of atmosphere. Of course, the most exciting part of Christmas is getting a present from Santa Claus for children. Their presents arrive in their socks on the morning of the 25th. I used to write letters to Santa Clause when I was a kid. Incidentally, do you know why socks? In fact, it has a deep connection with the story of the origin of Santa Clause. Today, I would like to introduce some trivia about Christmas! The origin of Santa Claus is the legend of St. Nicholas. He was a bishop in the city of Murat in the Eastern Roman Empire around the 4th century. St. He was a compassionate man. He often helped people in need. One day...

     I read an article about climate change. They talked about that if we understand the physics of climate change well enough now. We know what will happen because of global warming. Sea levels will rise, glaciers will melt, and so on. If we continue our business in the same as now, future generations will face great suffering. On the other hand, we don't know well about regional climate changes. It is difficult to predict. 

     One movie which I really liked was Les Miserable. It was made in 2012. Hugh Jackman starred in it. Tom Hooper directed it.      This is the story of a man who ends up living in prison for 19 years because he stole a single loaf of bread. It was set in France in the early 1800s. In the beginning, Jean Valjean was released from prison, but he wondered because he didn't know what should do. Then, he meet a people of a church and vowed to live an honest life. Suddenly, he encountered a police officer who knows about Jean Valjean's past. At the end of the story, Jean Valjean passed away while being watched over by the two persons he loved as if they were his own children.      I liked this movie because it describes the social conditions and people's lives at that time in great detail. It was unique because it is a musical movie. All of the songs in this movie were great. It's also interesting to see how their thinking changes throughout the ...

       This is a picture of people in a swimming pool. There are two girls on a ship made of cardboard. They are trying to row the boat with swords. They are maybe competing because there are some other boats in the pool. There is a woman not on a ship. 

Do you know alchemy? Alchemy is researches whose purpose is refining gold. Some people can imagine "Hagane no Renkinzyutsushi(The Fullmetal Alchemist)" which is a Japanese comic. However, Alchemy is not only the story of fiction. At the time, many alchemist spent his entire life in research. So what is alchemy? What is the difference between scientific research and alchemy? Today, I will introduce about Alchemy! Alchemy's main purpose is to transform the imperfect into the perfect. At the time, It was thought that gold would never rust. If we could make gold which is never rust, we also can make a human who is never die. We may can make a medicine which can  cure any disease. So many people have dreamed of this possibility. You may be wondering why they believe such an impossible thing. The cause was a man whose name is Hermes Trismegitus. At the time, he was thought to have succeeded in refining gold. Moreover, the method was only written in the abstract. Because of that...

  This is an arrangement of the house. Can you find the strangeness of this house? At first glance, you may be thinking this is a very ordinary house. However, if you look everywhere carefully, you will notice there are many strange feelings of discomfort that exist in this house. The discomfort was compounded, it leads to one ”fact” in the end. It is a fact too scary to believe.  Hello, everyone! I will introduce a mystery novel which I want to recommend. It is an introduction to the book that I wrote above. Don't you wonder what kind of secret is hidden in this floor plan? Try to imagine yourself! The book's title is "Henna Ie(Strange House)" which was written by Uketsu. I'm sure many of you have seen it in bookstores. When I find this book for the first time, I think that it is a book introducing a lot of storage arrangements of rooms. I wondered why a book like this could be the best seller. A few days later, I saw a Uketsu movie on YouTube. I was shocked to k...