私感想文書くの苦手で.../ Teacher’s advice for opinion essay writing stays with one student to this day

私感想文書くの苦手で、高校の時講演会の感想文をブッチしたら遂に担任から呼び出されて「何故書かん」と言われ「気持ちを外に出したらそれはもう私のものじゃなくなるから嫌だ」と言った。そしたら先生は「そう書きなさい」と。そしてそれに丸をくれた。それから不思議と感想文が怖くなくなった。

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コココミ (@utanokobaco) November 19, 2019
“I’ve never been especially good at writing personal opinion essays. But one time in high school, when I dodged the opinion essay assignment, the teacher finally called me out on it, and asked me: ‘Why didn’t you write anything?’
I replied, ‘I hate taking my inner feelings and externalizing them, because then they don’t feel like my thoughts anymore.’
The teacher then said, ‘Then write like how you just told me.’
I did, and I got a good mark. For some reason, I’ve never been quite as nervous about essay writing since hearing that advice.”




https://soranews24.com/2019/11/25/japanese-teachers-advice-for-opinion-essay-writing-stays-with-one-student-to-this-day/