英検１級

In Japan, especially in elementary schools, there are "special activities." These are educational activities outside regular lessons, like math, science, and PE, as well as extracurricular activities or club activities such as baseball and basketball clubs, which might be more familiar to schools abroad.

中高の英語教師だった頃、海外からの留学生等を授業に招き、生徒に英語で話してもらってました。ある時ネパール人留学生に、生徒（中学生）が質問。Have you ever climbed Mr.Fuji? おそらく生徒は、「まだです。有名な富士山に登るの楽しみ！」のような答えを期待してたのでしょうか。

I hope this letter finds you well. I want to share some interesting stories about how meeting people from different countries can change our perspectives.

昔ヘブライ語を学びかけたことがあります。ギリシャ・ローマと並び西欧文明の源泉だ、と一時期燃えましたw今回中東紛争がきっかけで興味が再燃。でヘブライ語をしばらくぶりで再学習したら、改めて驚くことが２つあったんです。

I hope this letter finds you well and excited to learn more about languages! Recently, I decided to revisit my interest in the Hebrew language, especially because of the ongoing situation in the Middle East involving Israel and Palestine.