Philosophy of admission preparation

Six years have passed since the winter I spent my maternity leave listening to B'z Christmas songs, and I bought the chair I wanted in October, not December. I remember that in the summer before the national exam, I was exhausted because the height of my desk and chair didn't match, and I nearly went crazy when I heard the combination of a little girl running outside wearing beep-beep shoes and the noise of a campaign car saying "Thank you, thank you." I don't want my son, who is about to enter the gates of learning, to have any difficulties, at least in terms of the hardware. Even if the campaign car and beep-beep shoes are unavoidable.

You have prepared a school bag, chair, and study desk for your child's start of school, but what else should you prepare?

Although I wish he could at least write his own name, I felt it was wrong to force him to be motivated, so I stopped interfering too much.

I think I once read an article that said, "Until what age should children not be taught to read?" At the time, I thought that was just fine, but recently I've started to think like this. Written information is easy to convey. It can be conveyed in one word. It goes without saying that this is important in life. On the other hand, in exchange for the ease of conveyance, doesn't it take away room for the imagination? I've come to think this.

For example, if you see a container with a clear liquid and it says "water" on it, you'll assume it contains water, right? But what if you can't read the letters? You'll imagine all sorts of things. Maybe it's cider? Or maybe it's water being dechlorinated for goldfish. Or maybe it's detergent or something. The answer isn't straightforward, so you can think of any number of possibilities.

I am often astonished by the misguided imaginations that come out of my son. However, when I ask him, "Why did that happen?", the process that led to that thought actually makes sense. Maybe it's because he can't read that he has developed a free mind.

Preparation before entering school is about "experiences that bring out your imagination and increase your interest in the mysterious." Learning is fun if you are interested. The spirit of digging deeper is something that Japanese people with otaku culture are good at. Fall into the path of otaku. And it is in maniac places that you can easily find allies. Find friends to walk with.

So, my son's question today is
"Why is glass smooth?" My husband's answer to that question was that it can be made rough by simply making it smooth. However, if it is rough, the high transparency of glass cannot be utilized, so in most cases it is made smooth. That's what he said.

My husband is a physicist. Smart people usually don't know common sense (of course there are exceptions). He must have been fascinated by the field of "physics," which is sexy to a certain kind of person.

Son, follow in your father's footsteps. Find wonder in every situation and cultivate the sense of "why." Predict why things are the way they are, and be moved by how well the world is created. Live each day as if you were finding hidden treasure, and the drama will never stop.

And I think that if my husband wins the Nobel Prize someday (needless to say, the possibility is almost zero), he will have to dance in Stockholm, so I will have to master the way of dance. For that, I need good posture. I will sit on the balance chair too.

So, I think that as long as I have interest and the habit of sitting at a desk, I can manage elementary school life. I don't need a reference book yet. I want something that allows me to freely spread out a blank notebook, but one that has certain functionality and quality.

That said, I don't have the habit of sitting at a desk. For now, I'd like to play cards and spend more time sitting in a chair. With that in mind, I've been sitting in a chair at Balance Lab lately, as the December lights slowly begin to light up.

What do you think? Are you not prepared enough for your entrance exams? It's also good to take things as they come. You who have the strongest card of infinite possibilities called "youth", you can recover in any way you like.

Profile/Eriko Seki