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He never gives quick solutions.
Today, I want to discuss the concept of mentoring. But first, what exactly is a mentor?
According to our club’s document, a mentor is someone who knows a lot, has experience, and is a trusted guide. M
Positive failure
Today, I would like to talk about power of failure. Everyone here doesn’t like failure, right? Me, too. I hate failure. The fear of judgment after a failure can be daunting. Thoughts like, “If I fail,
もっとみるQ&A Diary #107: Share a recent breakthrough in science or technology.
Internet is definitely one of the most influential technological breakthroughs in history. We can access anyone I want to connect anytime regardless where I live. I can buy anything I want at any stor
もっとみるQ&A Diary #106: Describe your views on environmental issues.
In my view, human beings cannot solve environmental issues. People will destroy more forests and consume a lot more fossil fuels. Gradually, population of humans will drop. Then at some point, populat
もっとみるQ&A Diary #105: Talk about a positive news story that inspired you.
Two baseball teams, Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffalos won the series. Untill recently, both teams had not been special. The Buffaloes won the championship in the first year after the change of coach. T
もっとみるQ&A Diary #104: Discuss a recent political development.
A recent development… There is nothing I can call. If a two-party system is realized, many things may develop. Unfortunately, I don't have high hopes for the opposition parties, having experienced gre
もっとみるQ&A Diary #103: How do you stay informed about world events?
I stay informed about world events by watching TV news reports, reading newspapers. But recently I prefer to touch opinions shown by Ian Bremmer. He predicted the coming of a leaderless world more tha
もっとみるQ&A Diary #102: Share your thoughts on a current event or global issue.
Israel's behavior in Gaza makes me wonder if the world leaders really care about justice. If Israel is running a democratic and humane state, it could continue to call this conflict a fight for democr
もっとみるQ&A Diary #101: What's a recent news headline that caught your attention?
The news I am concerned about is Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Putin had been isolated under Covid conditions for two years. So he hadn’t been traveling around the world hearing what other leaders we
もっとみるQ&A Diary #100: Discuss the importance of education in your life.
My learning style is to study on my own. Therefore, education system, schools, and teachers are not important to me. Instead, it is important to have an environment where I can easily find the knowled
もっとみるQ&A Diary #99: What's your preferred learning style?
My preferred learning style is learning by myself. It might be better to have someone else’s guidance. But it ruins the most exciting part of learning process that is understanding essences. My job is
もっとみるQ&A Diary #98: How do you approach self-education and personal growth?
Recently, self-education and working is mixed. Someone who has technological challenges comes to me and asks me the cause of the problem. Understanding mechanisms and providing solutions requires a wi
もっとみるQ&A Diary #97: Share your thoughts on lifelong learning.
For me learning is just fun. My driving force for learning is to understand physics. Understanding physics is always intriguing. But in other side, I don’t learn anything that I’m not interested in. P
もっとみるQ&A Diary 96: Describe a valuable skill you've acquired.
My valuable skill is programming. As an engineer, I often have to check an influence of physical phenomena numerically. In that case, I prefer to use a simplified model that describes essential phenom
もっとみるQ&A Diary #95: Talk about your favorite teacher or mentor.
There are some mentors who influenced on my life. Stephen Covey, Susumu Tonegawa, etc. It’s not easy to choose one person.
But here I would talk about my first boss in my career. The boss was a grea
TOEIC Speaking受験メモ
今年3月にSWを初受験でS140W170。
その後7月にも受験しS130。
そして今回12月にS170になりました。
Award 資格にも入りホッとしているところですが、S140(3月)とS170(12月)の間に行った学習や試験時の解答レベルの違いについてメモに残そうと思いました(まだ記憶に残っている間に)。S160を目指している方の参考になれば幸いです。
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