The other day, I was at a bookstore in front of the station, browsing through a book that explains how to interpret long sentences in English for university entrance exams,

I was surprised.

"The content of English text was to the point of violence, tedious."

- What life was like for our ancestors 100,000 years ago.

- A foreigner complains, "When I ask a question to a Japanese person, they answer me as a Japanese person, not as an individual.

Frankly, I don't care about them.

To borrow a line from a specific animated character, the contents were,

'It was boring. It was even painful to read. Boring beyond imagination.'

Like that.

It seemed that "forcing students to take this boring English text" was "abuse.

I am also surprised to see that the content of the English language content has not changed at all since my college entrance exam.

I would feel comfortable if this issue appeared in my time.

However, is that no problem?

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Me: "...there was a time when..."

Wife: "Common English-language content of interest to each student for exams -- there is no such thing."

Me: "..."

Wife: "Then colleges will have to choose content that is "uninteresting" and "dead" for all students."

I see if that is the reason. We can't help but be the same content for decades -- is that right?

No, no, no. Light novels and other exciting things nowadays.

I believe that many new ideas and values are emerging that were not present in my younger days.

I think, 'Why not submit a translation of a light novel?'

Even the contents of my diary are still much better than that "dead" English text.

For my part, I think the following content would be interesting to see on the college entrance exam.

Well, it may cause quite a commotion, but I think it's okay to shake it off so that there is a "cuscus" of laughter in the exam hall.