English Class

     There is still gender discrimination all over the world, The world of scientists is no exception. According to this article, If women discover a something, men may take all credit for hers. I think this is a kind of gender discrimination. Maybe there are quite a few female scientists who was taken credit for. The idea that men are better than women is old.       Now I'm interested in one woman activity. She is Yukiko Yamashita. She won the MacArthur Fellowship Award which is called "Genius Award" in 2011 in the USA and now publishes research results on developmental biology in various well-known scientific journals including Nature magazine. Although she is a professor, she still conduct latest research in the laboratory.

     Hi, how have you been recently? Now, we are in the middle of exam week. Last Thursday, I had a physics test. Physics is difficult for me, so I studied it many hours with my friends in the library. Just like I thought the test was difficult and it required many calculation! I was upset because of the amount of the calculation... but maybe it's ok for me.      This Tuesday I have two math exams. When the math exams finish, I will be freed from the exam. I'll do my best!

Hi, I will introduce my winter vacation. There is New Year’s Day during the winter vacation. Watching the sunrise with my friends on New Year’s Day is my annual event. The friends who I watch the sunrise with are my soccer clubmates when I was in junior high school. Each entered a different high school, so the opportunity for us to meet might be few when we were in high school, but on New Year’s Day we surely have got together. I’m looking forward to the day this year too.

     Yesterday, I went to the university festival with my friends. I was looking forward to it because my friends told me that Yonsentoshin, Japanese popular comedian would come to it. I like Japanese comedy, in particular Manzai which is a kind of comedy performed by a duo. Generally speaking, Manzai is performed by two people, however Yonsentoshin's Manzai is performed by three people. I like their unique worldview.       Actually I couldn't see them live yesterday... This year the number of seats is limited because of the coronavirus, so the people who can see them live were selected by a raffle a few days ago and I was not chosen... Then we enjoyed only listening to their voice.       Hiroshima University Festival also have food stands, so we ate various foods there. My favorite food there is Agemochi. The university festival is held today too. If you do there, please eat it.

      Holy cow! My favorite soccer team lost the game again, two loses in a row...I can't believe this fact. I always get up early to watch their games and to get encouragement from their enthusiasm, but I can't feel it from them these days.       Although they play hard, they can't win the game. People say that the team has special members, but are not organized and discipline at all. The team is Juventus, Italian soccer team. I think Juventus is the team which has a great teamwork originally, so I'm regretful people say that it doesn't have teamwork.      I'm sure that they will return as a stronger team. Whether they win or lose the game, I will continue to support them.

     We can see a lot of birds are flying in the sky. Several people are wearing white costumes and masks. They are also wearing blue gloves. Maybe, they are cleaning in a mountain. Two people have several white bags. If I look this picture closer, I can see three people are wearing goggles.