'Love Chain Message' - Series

Hello everyone!

This is Maza from GNT office. We (GNT) are starting the series called 'Love Chain Message' which is to share messages from EIC Family member and also to find out how other members are doing too.

To start off we have invited Aiko (EIC 2001~2007) to share her message with everyone.
Thank you Aiko for your message. Please enjoy reading Aiko's message. :)
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Hello Everyone!
How are you doing? Hope everything is going well with you. :)

My name is Aiko. I was a member of Kumon English Immersion Camp office from 2001 to 2007.
I left Kumon office in 2008, and now living in Miyazaki.

I want to share with EIC Family members a little about 'My Dream'. Do you remember the EIC activity named “Making Dream Poster”?

First, we talk and make images of what we want to do or what we want to be in the future. Then we draw a picture of future image on the paper. Some were cutting the magazines and paste photos on the paper. It was very fun! I am sure many of you loved it.

In EIC2006, I made my Dream Poster. Actually it was a Camp Leader training. I acted one of participants in the group. I made it very seriously. In my Dream poster, I wrote :
“ My dream is to have a peaceful family. I hope many peaceful family are born all around the world”.

To tell the truth, I was single and I had no plan to have a family of my own at that time. After the camp finished, I put my dream poster on my room’s wall and looked at it every day. And then……after 2 years, I met my present partner and we are blessed with a baby boy.

Well, now I can say that 'Dream Poster' is really effective! When we can make the image clearly, it is input in our brain and we unconsciously changed our words and actions .
It’s like…WOW!

How is yours? What happened to you after making your dream poster? Now I am very confident to say peaceful world starts from a peaceful family. Because I think peace is in each of our “KOKORO”. Even it’s a very small action, everything is connected to making a peaceful world.

I am going to make my next Dream Poster......

Thank you everyone, and thank you Kumon English Immersion Camp in giving me the chance to learn this wonderful way. I hope everyone’s dream will come true so that this world will become a better place.

Big hug,

Aiko (Aiko Kawano) Kumon staff (2001-7) --> Tingli, Aiko wants to know about you!

Do you know about MUNK and EMUNK?

Hello EIC family members!

Have you heard about MUNK and EMUNK?
Tatsu, Mika and I visited Kumon Kokusai Gakuen to observe MUNK and EMUNK.
MUNK means Model United Nations of Kumon and EMUNK means English Model United Nations of Kumon.  MUNK and EMUNK is the one of school activities at Kumon Gakuen.

If you want to know the details, please go to;
http://www.kumongroup.com/press/?p=2654&ID=TOP


The participants are junior high or high school students.  One student represents one country, as an ambassador.  They discuss world issues.  This time, the topic was the ”Abolition of human trafficking”（人身売買）  I think this topic would be difficult to discuss even if it were in Japanese.  On February 11th, the language was all English!  I was so impressed!


 But what I was surprised most by was that we found 4 EIC participants in this activity!  Hiroto(EIC2008 Hachikogen) attended MUNK and EMUNK!  In the MUNK, he raised his hands and asked some questions several times.


  I was really really encouraged by his attitude and courage!  In the EMUNK, about 80% of participants are returnees.  Hiroto is the only one who is not a returnee in his group.  But he spoke out his opinion in his group and also he shared his opinion in front of everyone in English!



P.S.
An interesting internet site called freerice.com was introduced at EMUNK. At that site, you can play an English vocabulary quiz. If you can choose a right answer, that site will donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger.

If you have time, access their webpage and play the quiz.
http://freerice.com