今日は有志の人が企画した、ＭＢＡ関連のイベントに行っていました。
すでに学校が決まった人が、自分の体験談を語る、というもので、
出発直前の忙しい時期に時間を割いてくれた合格者のみなさま、
アプリカントにも関わらず、企画してくれたみなさまには本当に頭が下がります。
直前まで、会社の方の出張に行くか迷っていたけど、
このイベントは行ってよかった！と心から思えました。
これは実行しよう！と思ったり、目からうろこのTipsは以下の通り。
・ＴＯＥＦＬとＧＭＡＴとエッセイの準備時期
→私自身、昨年度済し崩し的に、ＴＯＥＦＬとＧＭＡＴの両方を手掛けていました。
このやり方では成功していない＆平日ほぼ勉強時間をとることが難しいので、
なるべくかぶらないように心がけようと思います。
・リーダーシップの定義
→「リーダー」と冠がついていた時に行ったものだったり、
ぐいぐいと引っ張っていく、というものではなく、自分の定義でとらえる、
経験から学ぶ、ということが大切。
・エッセイ全般のスタンス
→つよいエッセイにこだわる必要はない。むしろ強ければ強いほど、
Why MBA？が薄れるという逆効果になりかねない。
improveしたい部分があるから、ＭＢＡに出願している、というスタンスをうまくからめる。
・出願時のスコアにこだわらなくていい
→スコアはあったほうがよいが、低いからと言って、出願しない理由にしなくてもいい。
本当に受けたい大学があったら、低くても出願はすべき。（出願してもよいかを確認したうえで）
アドミニとのコミュニケーションの取り方、状況の伝え方（内容、人など）で挽回のチャンスはある。
・何よりも人とのつながりが大事
→これはどの人にも共通。ＭＢＡ自体がキャリアチェンジの役割を持っているため、
海外でキャリアチェンジの際に重視されるネットワーク構築力を、
事前にどれだけ備えているかも問われる。
2012年6月24日日曜日
2012年6月23日土曜日
米沢富美子さんの生き方
日経新聞の「私の履歴書」の米沢富美子さんの連載から目が離せない。
物理学者として、世界で活躍しつつ、３人の女の子も育て上げた人だ。
２０代後半で妊娠中に夫に「怠けてないか」と言われ、
「世界的」といわれる研究を成し遂げたり、
国際学会を提案して一人で切り盛りして実現したり、
今日の記事では、なんとがん手術を５回切り抜けたそうだ。
バイタリティたるや、すさまじい。
また、「私の履歴書」の白黒写真でさえも、
キュートで、おしゃれな雰囲気が伝わってきて、
本当に魅力的な方だ。
ものすごく刺激を受けるし、
自分自身もがんばろう、と心から思えた。
物理学者として、世界で活躍しつつ、３人の女の子も育て上げた人だ。
２０代後半で妊娠中に夫に「怠けてないか」と言われ、
「世界的」といわれる研究を成し遂げたり、
国際学会を提案して一人で切り盛りして実現したり、
今日の記事では、なんとがん手術を５回切り抜けたそうだ。
バイタリティたるや、すさまじい。
また、「私の履歴書」の白黒写真でさえも、
キュートで、おしゃれな雰囲気が伝わってきて、
本当に魅力的な方だ。
ものすごく刺激を受けるし、
自分自身もがんばろう、と心から思えた。
English Coaching
I am taking English coaching this month from my acquaintance. My first lesson is this article and I took the third coaching session today. In the first and second lesson, we discussed my problems and decided to work on the listening part of the Toefl exam, which is the most difficult part for me. The coaching was effective for me because I could focus the lesson on my weak point. My problem is that my listening score doesn't improve despite tackling many problems. Thanks to the lesson, I realized that I had been tackling the problems insufficiently and found out what point I should focus on. Moreover, I mistook the problems because I can not understand how to solve the problems following the ETS's trend. This experience is helpful for me to understand which parts I lost points on. I hope it will help me improve my Toefl listening score!
2012年6月17日日曜日
Get Acceptance Letter
I got an acceptance letter from one university last Saturday, which was a great pleasure for me. I applied to the university at the end of May, and had an interview one week later.
First, I was very surprised when I saw the e-mail which began "Congratulations", because I was anxious that I could not answer the questions in the interview appropriately due to my poor English skills. I felt very happy with the acceptance.
I learned many things from my application process. For example, I requested a recommendation letter from my current boss and previous boss. They not only cooperated with the letter but also advised to strengthen it, which I appreciate them so much for. Also, I considered well my future so I recognized that my current job will be helpful for my future, which had an impact on my way of working. I got to always be aware of the way of doing business and what to do in business deserves a recommendation.
Though I got the acceptance, I am continuing to prepare for other schools and my company's system to support studying abroad.
This sweet is my reward for finishing the interview.
First, I was very surprised when I saw the e-mail which began "Congratulations", because I was anxious that I could not answer the questions in the interview appropriately due to my poor English skills. I felt very happy with the acceptance.
I learned many things from my application process. For example, I requested a recommendation letter from my current boss and previous boss. They not only cooperated with the letter but also advised to strengthen it, which I appreciate them so much for. Also, I considered well my future so I recognized that my current job will be helpful for my future, which had an impact on my way of working. I got to always be aware of the way of doing business and what to do in business deserves a recommendation.
Though I got the acceptance, I am continuing to prepare for other schools and my company's system to support studying abroad.
This sweet is my reward for finishing the interview.
2012年6月16日土曜日
Computerization of School Education
I went to New Education Expo 2012 last Saturday and that was a very impressive experience for me. One conference was about the problems and present states of teacher training of digital education materials in Korea and Singapore.
Dr.Cho said that Korea is planning that all schools need to use digital textbooks in classrooms by 2014. But the problem is whether teachers can use digital textbooks efficiently.
The Government of Korea started computerization of school education in 1996, fourteen years earlier than Japan. The Government of Japan has planned that all schools need to introduce digital textbooks by 2020, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology have trials for computerization of education in some schools.
Korea is progressing the field of computerization of education in school earlier than Japan so I think Japan will have the same problems as Korea: The way that teachers use digital materials efficiently in the classroom.
In Korea, the government policy is that economic disparity should not affect educational disparities, so the government has prepared an education platform which connects school education and work at home and every student can use education materials through the internet. But in reality, Dr.Cho said, students in urban areas are very busy with cram schools. Even a law that prohibits cram schools from being open after midnight was enacted recently so it is impossible for them to do homework within their busy schedule.
Anyway, the situation is different between Korea and Japan but I think the problem will be same so we need to prepare computerization of school education and a support service for teachers who have to use digital education material in their classrooms.
Dr.Cho said that Korea is planning that all schools need to use digital textbooks in classrooms by 2014. But the problem is whether teachers can use digital textbooks efficiently.
The Government of Korea started computerization of school education in 1996, fourteen years earlier than Japan. The Government of Japan has planned that all schools need to introduce digital textbooks by 2020, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology have trials for computerization of education in some schools.
Korea is progressing the field of computerization of education in school earlier than Japan so I think Japan will have the same problems as Korea: The way that teachers use digital materials efficiently in the classroom.
In Korea, the government policy is that economic disparity should not affect educational disparities, so the government has prepared an education platform which connects school education and work at home and every student can use education materials through the internet. But in reality, Dr.Cho said, students in urban areas are very busy with cram schools. Even a law that prohibits cram schools from being open after midnight was enacted recently so it is impossible for them to do homework within their busy schedule.
Anyway, the situation is different between Korea and Japan but I think the problem will be same so we need to prepare computerization of school education and a support service for teachers who have to use digital education material in their classrooms.
2012年6月3日日曜日
ＴＯＥＦＬ特訓
今日は４時間ぶっ通しで、ＴＯＥＦＬ特訓＠六本木ヒルズ。
昨年、多くの問題集をこなしたものの、スコアの伸びが少なく、
数か月前に変えた取り組み方も、大きな伸びにつながらず、
行き詰まり感を覚えていたＴＯＥＦＬ。
思いがけない出会いから、知り合いの方に、
短期集中で特訓をお願いすることに。
試験の準備、心構えから、１つの問題の深め方まで。
本当に濃い４時間で、終わったころにはくたくたに。
アドバイス通りに、４つのパートの目標スコアと、期限を出すことで、
気持ちがきゅっと引き締まりました。
ＴＯＥＦＬの取り組み方だけでなく、
英語への接し方という意味でも気づきがあった時間でした。
６月はＴＯＥＦＬ強化月間として、
集中して取り組みます。
昨年、多くの問題集をこなしたものの、スコアの伸びが少なく、
数か月前に変えた取り組み方も、大きな伸びにつながらず、
行き詰まり感を覚えていたＴＯＥＦＬ。
思いがけない出会いから、知り合いの方に、
短期集中で特訓をお願いすることに。
試験の準備、心構えから、１つの問題の深め方まで。
本当に濃い４時間で、終わったころにはくたくたに。
アドバイス通りに、４つのパートの目標スコアと、期限を出すことで、
気持ちがきゅっと引き締まりました。
ＴＯＥＦＬの取り組み方だけでなく、
英語への接し方という意味でも気づきがあった時間でした。
６月はＴＯＥＦＬ強化月間として、
集中して取り組みます。
2012年6月2日土曜日
ご冥福をお祈りします
6/2は二胡の先生の葬儀に参列し、出棺までを見届けました。
その後、久しぶりに再会した昔の二胡のクラス仲間と、
中華料理店へ。
４人掛けの席に３人で座り、
空いていた１席に、先生の分、とういことで好きだった紹興酒入りのグラスを。
その場に先生がいるような気がして、
一緒に食事をした光景がよみがえってきて、 涙ぐんでしいまいました。
ウィーンでの弦四重奏とのコラボ。
今年の９月に同様のコンサートをオペラシティで予定していたそうで、
実現しなかったのが残念です。
リハーサルの様子。
もう、この音色が聞けないのが残念です。
先生のご冥福をお祈りします。
その後、久しぶりに再会した昔の二胡のクラス仲間と、
中華料理店へ。
４人掛けの席に３人で座り、
空いていた１席に、先生の分、とういことで好きだった紹興酒入りのグラスを。
その場に先生がいるような気がして、
一緒に食事をした光景がよみがえってきて、 涙ぐんでしいまいました。
ウィーンでの弦四重奏とのコラボ。
今年の９月に同様のコンサートをオペラシティで予定していたそうで、
実現しなかったのが残念です。
リハーサルの様子。
もう、この音色が聞けないのが残念です。
先生のご冥福をお祈りします。
2012年6月1日金曜日
The death of my Erhu teacher
To my sorrow, my Erhu teacher died last Sunday during his concert tour suddenly. He was fine the day before his death and played Erhu passionately as usual.
He was a very energetic and cheerful person and attracted many people.
I had lessons twice a month and after every lesson, the class fellows and the teacher went to a Chinese restaurant. It was a fun time for me and we enjoyed our conversations very much. Sometimes he played Erhu in the restaurant, which delighted the restaurant owner and customers.
I have stopped my lessons for one year to prepare for studying abroad, but I am looking forward to restarting my lessons. I feel very sad and I can't believe it.
He was a very energetic and cheerful person and attracted many people.
I had lessons twice a month and after every lesson, the class fellows and the teacher went to a Chinese restaurant. It was a fun time for me and we enjoyed our conversations very much. Sometimes he played Erhu in the restaurant, which delighted the restaurant owner and customers.
I have stopped my lessons for one year to prepare for studying abroad, but I am looking forward to restarting my lessons. I feel very sad and I can't believe it.
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