After talking about crazy bikers in Japan, we split into groups to discuss the article "Deletion of English from Entrance Exams Urged" and the Barna reading. Once again, I fell into the trap of the article; not noticing that the article was trying to avoid larger issues such as the necessity of uni entrance exams by only focusing on the purpose of English education in schools. But getting back to the actual argument presented in the paper... though I really don't like the mechanical style of university exam English that must be learned via robotic memorization, I also feel that this process creates a motive for people to actually study English. It may not always be the case but, sometimes this forced study of English may gradually turn into studying done on one's initiative. My claim is just as weak or probably even weaker than the journalist's, but that being said, I don't think the journalist can just automatically assert that students hate English and that it never comes in handy in daily life just with the limited evidence that s/he has.
And darn... I need to get into the habit of doing the 3B's! It didn't occur to me that I should do a 3B's check on the sources I've been using for my essay. I'd just found the evidences that made me go "Bingo!" and weaved them in my essay. And with Barna, I didn't even know that Barna is a woman until today, lol. I'd better check out what kind of person she is.
Oh and to those lucky ducks who are going to eat some yakiniku today, have fun!
Really wanted to go :( Please invite me to another outing :)
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