How was your Obon Vacation?

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2021.08.18

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Hello everyone,

Did you enjoy the holiday for Obon last week? I’ve been asking our students what they got up to, and most of them stayed home to do their summer vacation homework. Usually during Obon, it’s too hot to do much outside, and that was true for the first half of the vacation last week. On Tuesday I went to Makaino Farm with my daughter. We usually stay for a few hours when we go there, but last Tuesday was ridiculously hot, so we gave up after about an hour. Luckily there was a big water sprinkler that sprayed water into the air. It felt like cool rain and was a very refreshing way to cool down. Later in the week, after the heat died down, it became too rainy to do anything outside. It was, and still is, unusually cool for autumn. There was heavy rain all across Japan over the weekend. We are lucky that Fuji didn’t experience any floods like other parts of the country. Otherwise, I had a nice relaxing holiday, and helped my daughter with her summer homework. She is in the first grade, so this is the first time to do any vacation homework. It’s unusual for me, because in Ireland we never got any holiday homework. Summer, winter, spring etc. All of our vacations were totally free of any extra schoolwork. Of course, in the final years of high school we are expected to study, but in my younger years we just played outside all day. I think that makes it more difficult to get back in to the routine of studying when we go back to school. What do you think? Should students get homework for every vacation? Enjoy the rest of your summer holiday!

Alan

みなさん、こんにちは。アランです。

先週のお盆休みはいかがでしたか

今週、生徒達にこの質問をすると、ほとんどが家にいて宿題をやっていたと言います

普段はお盆休みの間は、外にいるには暑すぎます。今年も最初の数日は普段とかわらぬ暑さでした。火曜日には、娘をつれて「まかいの牧場」へいきました。いつもは２、３時間そこで過ごすのですが、その日は暑すぎて一時間だけで帰りました。そこにあった、スプリンクラーが救いでした。週の後半は、暑さはありませんでしたが、雨がひどかったですね。今もまだ雨は続いて、すずしく感じます。激しい雨が日本中で降り続いています。ここ富士市は、大きな被害がなく安心しています。