（日本語は後半にあります）
【English】
Today was my elder son’s entrance exam day. Although it didn’t snow, it was an extremely cold day.
To get him accustomed to taking exams, I had him take entrance exams for a private junior high school near our home starting last Saturday. Since the exam fee allows multiple attempts, we decided he would take all the exams that fit his schedule. This school offers a scholarship program where, if he achieves a certain accuracy rate on the exam, the admission and tuition fees are waived.
I was thinking that if he did not get into his first choice school, it might not be a bad idea to send him to that private junior high school if he could take advantage of the scholarship program, but...hmmm.... I guess it is still difficult. So far he has taken the entrance exam three times, but all of them were just regular acceptances. After confirming the result, I am directed to the payment page for the entrance fee 😭One more chance on this Friday, but at this rate, I don't think there is much hope for him.
My husband accompanied our son to the exam site today. After they got back, he told me that our elder son parked his bicycle in the bike stop at the “77” cycle stand as soon as he arrived at the bike parking lot near the station 😂 When I took real estate qualifications exam a few years ago, I parked my bicycle at “77” in the same bicycle parking lot. It was for good luck. I subsequently passed that exam without incident. My son must have remembered me bragging about “77”.
It was a good thing that my husband accompanied him instead of me. It is because the train was apparently delayed significantly due to the commuter rush as well as caring for a person who had suddenly fallen ill. They said the train only proceeded at a snail's pace, making numerous stops, and even though they left the house with quite a bit of time to spare, they arrived at the venue 15 minutes before the registration closing time. I am extremely directionally challenged, so if it had been me who had accompanied him, he might not have made it in time for the start of the exam!
Well, after I saw them off, I decided to go grocery shopping. I heard that using sugar made from sugar beet instead of white sugar is good for one's health, so I went to buy it. Also, my elder son loves curry rice, so I decided to make that for dinner as a way of rewarding him for his efforts.
The exam must have been very difficult, and my son might come home depressed because he couldn't solve the test at all... If so, I would encourage him without being too deliberate... I was waiting for him, thinking this and that, but there was no need to worry about it. My son came into the house with a little leap of joy from the sense of freedom he felt after the exam, and I was relieved.
He originally wanted to go to school as soon as he got back from the entrance exam today, but I prevented him from doing so and gave him the day off (because I thought he would come home more exhausted), but I thought I should have let him go if he was in such an energetic mood. He also had a swimming lesson scheduled for this evening, and I suggested that he turn around and go another day, but he said, “No, I'm going" and then he got on the school bus with great excitement.
Hmmmm…he may be a much tougher guy than I thought.
【Japanese】
今日は長男の入試当日でした。雪こそ降らなかったものの、とても寒い1日でした。
試験慣れのため、長男には先週の土曜日から家の近くの私立中学の入試を受けさせています。受験料一律で複数回受けられるため、日時の都合のつく回は全て受けることにしたのです。というのも、その学校には特待制度があり、試験の正答率が一定以上であれば入学金や授業料が無料となるからです。
第一志望の学校がダメだった場合、もし特待をとれるのであればその私立中に通わせるのもありかな、なんて考えていたのですが、うーん… やはり難しいのか、今のところ3回受験しましたが、全て普通の合格ばかり。合否確認後、入学金の決済ページに誘導されてしまいます😭あと一回、金曜にチャンスがありますが、この調子だと望みは薄そうです。
今日は試験会場まで、夫が付き添いました。帰ってきてから話を聞いたところ、長男は駅付近の駐輪場に着くなり、「77番」のサイクルスタンドに自転車止めに駐輪したとか😂
私が数年前に宅建の試験を受けた際、同じ駐輪場の「77番」に自転車を停めたんです。縁起担ぎで…。その試験には無事合格したのですが、私が「77番」のことを自慢げに話していたのを長男は覚えていたのでしょう。
電車は通勤ラッシュに加えて急病人の介護で大幅に遅れていたらしく、私ではなく夫が付き添ったのは正解でした。電車は何度も停車しながらノロノロとしか進まず、かなり余裕を持って家を出たのにもかかわらず、会場に到着したのは受付終了時刻の15分前だったそうです。方向音痴の私では、間に合っていなかったかもしれません。
一方、留守番の私は食材の買い物に出かけることにしました。白砂糖の代わりにてんさい糖を使うと健康に良いと聞いたので、それを買いに。また長男はカレーが好きなので、ねぎらいの意味でも晩ごはんにカレーを作ることにしました。
試験は難しかっただろうな、全然解けなくて、落ち込んで帰ってくるかもしれないから、あまりわざとらしくならない程度に励まして・・・なんてあれこれ考えながら待っていたのですが、そんな心配は無用でした。長男は試験が終わった解放感から小躍りしながら家に入ってきて、私は椅子から崩れ落ちそうになりました。。。
今日は元々、本人は遅刻して学校に行きたいと言っていたのを私が阻止して休みにしたのですが（だって、もっとヘトヘトになって帰ってくるだろうと思っていたから）、こんなに元気なら行ってもらえば良かったです。また夕方にはスイミングスクールの予定も入っていて、私は別の日に振り替えることを提案したのですが、長男は「いやだ、行く！」と。そして、ウキウキとスクールバスに乗り込んで行ったのでした。
なんというか・・・長男は私が思っていたよりずっとタフな奴なのかもしれません。
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試験は本人はもちろん、ご家族も緊張ですね。長男さんたくましい！緊張感の後にプールに行きたくなる気持ち、わかりますー。むかーし、将来はみんなオンラインで試験ができるようになるのだろうなと思っていたのですが…。今でも受験地に出向いて受験しなければならないのですよね。本当にお疲れ様でした。
もう少し頑張れたのではないか・・・などと思ってしまう一方で、私が小学生の頃は長男ほど勉強していなかったし、あまり偉そうなことも言えません😅
なかなか試験のオンライン化は進まないですね。監視しなければならないので、なかなか難しそうではあります。。
Love the pictures from inside the supermarket! What chain is that?
!LUV
It's a supermarket called Meat Hanamasa. They deal in commercial size meat, fish, and seasonings. There were many people in that corner, so I did not take a picture.
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Hi, @go-kyo, I have a question after reading the post, did your son pass the exam? On the other hand I liked reading how your son coped with the rest of the day after the exam.
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My son passed the exam he took just for practice.
However, we still don't know the result of the school he actually wants to enter🤓
お疲れ様でした😊私のときは2月1日が本命で、2日に滑り止め、3日になんだっけ…と懐かしく思い出しました。
笑っちゃいけないけれど笑いました😅今は一律で何度も受けられるときろがあるんですね。
ゆっくり休んでくださいね！
2万円の受験料で最大で5回くらい？受けられるところだったのです。
あと1回受けられるので、奇跡的に特待がでないかなー なんて・・・
次男がよくSplinterlandsで良いカードをひくので、次男に合否ページをあけてもらったりもしましたがダメでした🤣
神頼みのような😁次出そうな気がします！！がんばれ長男氏💪