Gave a talk on the Great East Japan Earthquake, at a highschool in Tokyo. Though having done so little for the reconstruction, I tried to tell the unreported stories. During my talk I could not get
good response from the students, and got few questions. I was wondering if my talk had been well organized. But a few days later, I got their review sheets with full of their emotions. "Be moved.
Near to tears." "I also got goose bumps all over, almost with tears." "By any means I do want to talk to the people in the North East." I found they were not unresponsive, but just concealed their
emotions. What impressed them was actually not my word but a twitter message I referred to; "A kid was in a check-out line at a grocery store, having some sweets in the hands. Approaching to the
cashier, thinking over and over, kept looking at the cash register... Finally put all the money to the donation box by the register, returned the sweets to the shelf, and got out of the store. The
clerk said to its back, 'Thank you so much!' in a trembling voice. @matsugen" Next month, as a collaboration with the high school students, I am going to deliver another science program in Miyagi,
concealing the title of my talk "Thoughts to bridge, beliefs to continue" in my heart.
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EE (金曜日, 09 8月 2013 22:10)
Gave a talk on the Great East Japan Earthquake, at a highschool in Tokyo. Though having done so little for the reconstruction, I tried to tell the unreported stories. During my talk I could not get good response from the students, and got few questions. I was wondering if my talk had been well organized. But a few days later, I got their review sheets with full of their emotions. "Be moved. Near to tears." "I also got goose bumps all over, almost with tears." "By any means I do want to talk to the people in the North East." I found they were not unresponsive, but just concealed their emotions. What impressed them was actually not my word but a twitter message I referred to; "A kid was in a check-out line at a grocery store, having some sweets in the hands. Approaching to the cashier, thinking over and over, kept looking at the cash register... Finally put all the money to the donation box by the register, returned the sweets to the shelf, and got out of the store. The clerk said to its back, 'Thank you so much!' in a trembling voice. @matsugen" Next month, as a collaboration with the high school students, I am going to deliver another science program in Miyagi, concealing the title of my talk "Thoughts to bridge, beliefs to continue" in my heart.