60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (41) Tired of both instructors and students

Thursday, July 29, 2004 Tomorrow afternoon's class will only listen to the presentations of other teams, so I'd like to take a break today and spend a little time relaxing. Besides, this morning I have a cold because of the sudden drop in …

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (40) The presentation theme is "Ralph Nader"

2004/07/27 (Tue) At this afternoon's workshop, Mr. C and I gave a presentation on "Ralph Nader". This was a result of deepening the "Civil Rights Movement" through VTRs and group discussions at last week's workshop, and as a finishing touc…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (39) Participate in a social gathering for Japanese students

2004/07/25 (Sun) Last night, a social gathering for Japanese students attending a summer school was held in the meeting room in the basement of Annenberg Hall, where the cafeteria is located. Most of the participants were Kirkland House st…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (38)I want to make the next presentation a touchstone for teamwork!

2004/07/23 (Friday) Recently, in the afternoon workshop, we have deepened through VTRs and group discussions on the theme of the civil rights movement, but as a final touch, we will give a team presentation on the theme of "civil activitie…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (37) (Episode) Tears, tears Three-Minute Essay

One morning in an integrated class, the instructor imposed a "Three-Minute Essay" on the students. "Three-Minute Essay" means that the students fill out the prescribed form after the lecture, "what they understood," "what they did not unde…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (36) Do writing and speaking require different abilities?

2004/07/22 (Thursday) There was the first "PEER EDITING CHECKLIST (PARAGRAPH)" program in the integrated class this morning. "PEER EDITING CHECKLIST (PARAGRAPH)" is a team of two people, each of which has a short English composition assign…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (35) Sometimes I team up with a bad guy (2)

2004/07/21 (Wed) In general, I thought that preparing a presentation by a team was a collaborative effort, but Mr. X thought it was worthless to act with me, who lacked thinking ability. From the stage of the tour of the "Attorney General"…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (34) Sometimes I team up with a bad guy (1)

2004/07/21 (Wed) There are students in the class who want their surroundings to recognize themselves as excellent. And Mr. X, an EU male college student I teamed up with in today's workshop presentation, is typical. He speaks fast-spoken E…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (33) This stay in Cambridge is study-oriented

2004/07/18 (Sun) My Boston-based friend MS. T is worried that I've had the opportunity to stay in Cambridge for two months, but never go to Boston across the Charles River. Her concern was justified, and my initial vision was to live in he…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (32) Oh, I envy you!

2004/07/17 (Sat) I'm still busy with my homework and preparations, but it's a long-awaited weekend. Today, I had lunch in the cafeteria with Miss A, a Japanese woman in her late twenties who lives in the same dormitory Kirkland House as me…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (31) First presentation by a multinational team (2)

2004/07/16 (Friday) After school, Mr. C, Miss L, and I gathered information about the United Nations at the computer center on campus, then brought them together and collated them, and collected the same content from the same website. We w…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (30) First presentation by a multinational team (1)

2004/07/16 (Friday) At this afternoon's workshop, Mr. C, a Taiwanese businessman, Miss L, a Thai female student, and my first multinational team gave a "UN" -themed presentation. The three of us have been working on preparing presentations…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (29) Helped by the facilitator

2004/07/14 (Wed) Tomorrow morning's class will be my first presentation, so I woke up at 3:30 this morning to prepare for it, do some homework and review that I had put off. In addition, apart from them, the materials distributed daily, su…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (28) Is it sometimes necessary to be overwhelmed?

2004/07/13 (Tue) Lately, I can't keep up with the tempo of the lesson, and sometimes I get vague. Even for me, M instructor encouraged me, "You are not good at discussing at a fast tempo, but you have a unique perspective," so I managed to…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (27) One after another day of mistakes (2)

2004/07/12 (Monday) This wasn't the end of my mistake. In the afternoon workshop, a group discussion will be held based on more than 20 pages of lecture materials in preparation for the lecture by Professor Harvard University scheduled for…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (26) One after another day of mistakes (1)

2004/07/12 (Monday) After a fun weekend, it was a terrible day with a series of mistakes. The first mistake I made was that the impression of the novel "Montana 1948" was submitted today, but I misunderstood it as tomorrow and couldn't sub…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (25) Sometimes a bargain hunter

2004/07/11 (Sun) Although I was in Boston, which I longed for, I couldn't go to Boston over the river because I hadn't had enough time since I arrived at Harvard, but today I had lunch in Chinatown at the invitation of a friend who lives i…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (24) It's time to determine the priority

2004/07/10 (Sat) After the workshop last afternoon, I chatted with three men in their thirties at a nearby cafe. The members are Mr. S, a Japanese wandering in the United States, Mr. T, a Japanese office worker, and Mr. C, a Taiwanese offi…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (23) Team presentations start with choosing members

2004/07/09 (Friday) In the Integrated Skills class this morning, M Instructor told us that we will be giving a presentation in a team of two or three people on the theme of "UN" or "civil movement" in class next Wednesday and Thursday. Aft…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (22) Benefits of team activity-centered lessons

2004/07/08 (Thursday) The curriculum content and required abilities of the lessons have become stricter, but as the number of lessons has increased, communication between classmates has become smoother. I guess the reason is that the lesso…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (21) Ingenuity to create time

2004/07/07 (Wednesday) As expected, when I come here, I get tired of having a lot of homework and preparations. Even after class at 15:00, I can only sleep for 3-4 hours because I am busy with homework, preparations, and team meetings. Thi…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (20) To Lamont Library

2004/07/06 (Tue) After dinner in the cafeteria today, I stopped by the Lamont Library. According to the Summer School Guidebook, several libraries and computer centers on campus are open to summer school students. When I entered the librar…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (19) American Independence Day Boston Fireworks Festival

2001/07/05 (Monday) Today was the last day of the three consecutive holidays, and last night I was invited by a friend living in Boston to enjoy the Boston Fireworks Festival on Independence Day on the banks of the Charles River near MIT (…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (18) Sketch of classmates in group discussion

2004/07/04 (Sun) In group discussions, students are expected to understand the basic articles and sentences in advance and actively exchange opinions in class. However, this expectation is too heavy for me to belong to the second level fro…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (17) Build physical strength with meals

2004/07/03 (Sat) After yesterday's class was finished before 17:00, I was so tired that I spent some time window shopping near the campus until dinner started in the cafeteria, and after having a light meal in the cafeteria, I returned to …

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (16) Looking back on yesterday's class

2004/07/03 (Sat) After a group discussion based on the speech resume of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, I would like to look back on yesterday's class where I presented the summary on behalf of the group. First of all, it was …

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (15) I was praised by the instructor for the first time

2004/7/2 (Friday) At the Integrated Skills Class this morning, my instructor praised my summary presentation for the first time. In this class, a group discussion was held based on the resume on page 3 of the memorial speech by United Nati…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (14) Fragments of life that spending records talk about

2004/07/01 (Thursday) I decided to keep a record of my spending during this summer school in Excel, but when I looked at it now that I had settled down, some fragments of my life became apparent. (1) June 26: Refrigerator / fan rental fee …

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (13) To be at the end of the ambitious people

2004/07/01 (Thursday) After 40 years of working as an office worker, I was about to start a leisurely life. However, even though it is a short-term study abroad program for two months, the students who have been attracted to the Harvard br…

60-year-old Harvard Summer School Diary in Google Translate (12) Workshop in the afternoon, Plenary Lecture Series on Friday

2004/06/30 (Wed) At the Workshop held at Boylston Hall from 1 pm to 3 pm, students will express their thoughts through group discussions and presentations using materials such as tours of suburban facilities such as museums, news articles,…