Kamiyama Tomohiro , Kotaki Nozomu and Takemoto Shinpei
MYOJO 8/2011
Translator: amnosseiran @ LJ
Original poster: Aishyoshi@LJ
Fashion teacher: Kamiyama Tomohiro
I’m Mr. Leopard-print, GOD MOUNTAIN. For students who take my class, I’m going to teach them passionately that “Challenge=Fashionable.” At the same time, I’ll do fashion counseling too. The other day, a student, Shigeoka-kun, asked me to find a striped T-shirt, so I picked a gray and black one for him. Everyone is welcome to use this service!
Classroom Scene
Kamiyama Tomohiro
Strong subject: English, PE
Weak subject: Math
Best score: 98% (English)
Worst score: 0% (Math)
I’m not good at studying. But recently, I’ve become confident in English! I really love K-POP right now, so I’ve been listening to it from morning till night. Korean song lyrics have both English and Korean words in it, so the English phrases started coming into my ear. There are studying methods of listening and remembering, and it’s kind of like that actually. Also, I’ve come to understand some Korean too!! I’ve been bad at English before, but the power of love is amazing. And there’s an option at my high school that lets you take Chinese. China is a really big country, so it might be convenient if I could speak Chinese. Should I study it?
I study for tests by holing up in my room and reading aloud. Rather than remembering by writing, I think it works better for me if I read my text book and memorize through my ears. Even though I really love music, I stop listening while I study.
Kotaki Nozomu
Best subject: PE, Society
Weak subject: Science
Best score: 84% (Math)
Worst score: 14% (Math)
· Human relationships teacher: Kotaki Nozomu
I’ll teach how to become friendly with people. The most important factor is to be thoughtful of others. You have to think about others when taking action. And sometimes, it’s important to praise your elders. Praise them from the bottom of your heart with words like, “You’re really amazing!” Summer classes should be outside! Playing in the river and having a BBQ would be fun. Let’s go outside with everyone and build important relationships♪
8th grade was kind of like the year I started slacking off… When I realized it, my grades were going down. So I panicked and started going to cram school. And I have to study for high school entrance exams this year, too. It’s a type of cram school where one teacher teaches two students, and the teacher is really good at teaching and it’s easy to understand. But the teacher’s mouth moves in an interesting way, and it distracts me (laughs).
This time, in the mid-term test, I tried out a different studying method. I read the English textbook aloud and recorded it. I listened to that over and over again while thinking, “I have pretty good pronunciation” (laughs). Whenever I get bored of studying, I listen to fun music for a little breather♪
Currently, I’m playing soccer at school in fitness class. I love soccer, so I get really excited. My tone of voice naturally becomes one octave higher!
Takemoto Shinpei
Strong subject: Math
Weak subject: Japanese
Best score: 96% (Math)
Worst score: 12% (Ancient Japanese)
· Depending teacher: Takemoto Shinpei
I’m the lonely, needy type, so I hate having to shower alone after concerts. But it’s kind of embarrassing to say that I’m lonely… Those times, if you’re the needy type of character, you can invite them, “Come with me!” really easily. When you’re depressed, it really helps you a lot. Learn from me that life is all about being dependent!
The first time I went to cram school was in the summer of 6th grade. I enrolled in a class for kids who’re going to take entrance exams for middle school, but in the test to get into the cram school, I scored really low. I really panicked that time… After eight months, I studied really hard every day and got into the school I wanted to go to! It actually wasn’t that hard. I liked studying back then, and I had a lot of friends at cram school. We studied a lot, but we also played a lot too. The cram school teacher even told me, “Cram school got a lot brighter since you came in.” I talked to everyone, disregarding gender. My personality came in handy♪
The summer course was really hard… There were classes packed from morning till night! For those days, my only enjoyment was to have lunch at a fast food restaurant with my friends. We talk and re-energize ourselves! To overcome hardships, it’s easier if you find something you can look forward to.