Good evening, everyone.
Today, instead of working on my personal business, I was sorting out various documents in my room.
Then I found a copy of an English letter I wrote to a friend of my daughter's 12 years ago.
The friend had failed her entrance exam after one year of unsuccessful attempts and was very depressed.
I wanted to talk seriously about "real study...", so I wrote the letter.
I wrote it in English because I was embarrassed to write in Japanese, and also because at that time (and even now), I was very interested in communicating in English.
At the time (2010), machine translation was not available for free on the Internet, and even the paid ones were of extremely poor quality. Therefore, I wrote the English composition entirely on my own.
Looking back on it now, there are many poor and incorrect expressions, but I still gave myself a good grade for writing it.
Nowadays, there are great machine translations available for free on the Internet.
I tried to translate my letter 12 years ago into Japanese using DeepL which I think the best machine translation.
It turned out to be so-so Japanese, so it must have been so-so English, and I think machine translation is amazing.
I decided to diclose this letter because I didn't want to mention any proper nouns, I didn't write anything private, and I thought I was addressing not only my friend, but all young people.
The translated Japanese version is posted on my Japanese blog (<-- click here).
Young people, really, don't be so happy or sad about your exams!
Today, instead of working on my personal business, I was sorting out various documents in my room.
Then I found a copy of an English letter I wrote to a friend of my daughter's 12 years ago.
The friend had failed her entrance exam after one year of unsuccessful attempts and was very depressed.
I wanted to talk seriously about "real study...", so I wrote the letter.
I wrote it in English because I was embarrassed to write in Japanese, and also because at that time (and even now), I was very interested in communicating in English.
At the time (2010), machine translation was not available for free on the Internet, and even the paid ones were of extremely poor quality. Therefore, I wrote the English composition entirely on my own.
Looking back on it now, there are many poor and incorrect expressions, but I still gave myself a good grade for writing it.
Nowadays, there are great machine translations available for free on the Internet.
I tried to translate my letter 12 years ago into Japanese using DeepL which I think the best machine translation.
It turned out to be so-so Japanese, so it must have been so-so English, and I think machine translation is amazing.
I decided to diclose this letter because I didn't want to mention any proper nouns, I didn't write anything private, and I thought I was addressing not only my friend, but all young people.
The translated Japanese version is posted on my Japanese blog (<-- click here).
Young people, really, don't be so happy or sad about your exams!
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Dear Ms. XXXXX XXXXX,
I am very regretful to hear the result of the examination.
But please do not feel seriously and have a confident mind.
Here I would like to show you my idea about “study”.
I would be very happy if you could accept my idea below.
Some people say that entering an university should be as early as possible.
But I do not think so, because I think “real study” starts after the person become matured and earn money by herself.
Real study is not to learn things passively but to create a new and your own system (or what to propose) and ask for your world if the system will work efficiently, and of course, for the world. When you get matured enough like thirty years old, you should your own purposes to improve the world or help people to become happier. Real study is necessary at such timings. Then, you should learn necessary matters of both academic and practical to create any new system. You should propose your idea and try to realize it as much as possible.
For your information I would like to introduce my studies. I learned basic sciences and technologies at University XXXX. Even after I entered Company XXXX, I had a chance to study advanced sciences at University XXXX for one and half years when I was from 28 through 30 years old. I continued my own study in parallel with the company business. In 2001 I submitted a doctor thesis to University XXXX regarding a study on xxxx for xxxx applications. Until then I published several papers on my study areas and finally compiled as the doctor thesis. I believe that my thesis is a kind of new “system” with which the industry may improve.
Now I plan to create another system of my own. As you know, the modern people suffer from some global environmental issues, and many Japanese people suffer from bad working atmospheres. It is so tragic that any persons commit suicide everyday at railway stations.
My life work is to propose appropriate environmental and working systems. My hope is that everybody has a common direction toward a potentially happy status with vivid motivations.
The basis of my life work is to combine different types of study (for example, combination of environmental science and history, or medics and politics.
Real study is quite interesting. Much more interesting than any other funs. This can be understood only by people who performed the real studies.
Therefore, please continue your learning on your belief. Your any efforts in young ages will surely result in wonderful outcomes when you intend to create your new xxxs or systems at later ages.
Enjoy your life.
Enjoy your basic study.
And enjoy your any things which may relate to your real studies later.
Sincerely yours,
ST Rocker
March 21st , 2010
Dear Ms. XXXXX XXXXX,
I am very regretful to hear the result of the examination.
But please do not feel seriously and have a confident mind.
Here I would like to show you my idea about “study”.
I would be very happy if you could accept my idea below.
Some people say that entering an university should be as early as possible.
But I do not think so, because I think “real study” starts after the person become matured and earn money by herself.
Real study is not to learn things passively but to create a new and your own system (or what to propose) and ask for your world if the system will work efficiently, and of course, for the world. When you get matured enough like thirty years old, you should your own purposes to improve the world or help people to become happier. Real study is necessary at such timings. Then, you should learn necessary matters of both academic and practical to create any new system. You should propose your idea and try to realize it as much as possible.
For your information I would like to introduce my studies. I learned basic sciences and technologies at University XXXX. Even after I entered Company XXXX, I had a chance to study advanced sciences at University XXXX for one and half years when I was from 28 through 30 years old. I continued my own study in parallel with the company business. In 2001 I submitted a doctor thesis to University XXXX regarding a study on xxxx for xxxx applications. Until then I published several papers on my study areas and finally compiled as the doctor thesis. I believe that my thesis is a kind of new “system” with which the industry may improve.
Now I plan to create another system of my own. As you know, the modern people suffer from some global environmental issues, and many Japanese people suffer from bad working atmospheres. It is so tragic that any persons commit suicide everyday at railway stations.
My life work is to propose appropriate environmental and working systems. My hope is that everybody has a common direction toward a potentially happy status with vivid motivations.
The basis of my life work is to combine different types of study (for example, combination of environmental science and history, or medics and politics.
Real study is quite interesting. Much more interesting than any other funs. This can be understood only by people who performed the real studies.
Therefore, please continue your learning on your belief. Your any efforts in young ages will surely result in wonderful outcomes when you intend to create your new xxxs or systems at later ages.
Enjoy your life.
Enjoy your basic study.
And enjoy your any things which may relate to your real studies later.
Sincerely yours,
ST Rocker
March 21st , 2010
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