縄文心導協会の翻訳をお願いしているアダムは今年のJETの採用試験に合格したそうです。
八月から一年間の契約で日本へ行きます。
今年も日本行きのJETプログラムは、アメリカ人に大人気！応募者が多くかなりの激戦だったとか。
どういう試験があったのか尋ねたら、面接の時にアメリカ人二人、日本人一人の試験官からいろんな質問があり、アダムが言うには、最後に質問された日本人の人が「今年のバンクーバーオリンピックは見ましたか？」と云われたので、「フィギュアスケートが大好きなので見ました。高橋選手が銅メダルを取りました。日本人の念願のメダル獲得でしたねと、答えたら試験官の人がニッコリ笑われましたので、この時瞬間何かホットした気持ちになりました」と。
オリンピックの話でアメリカの金メダルをとったライサチェックのことよりも日本の銅メダルをとった高橋選手のことを言ったことで、アダムの日本人にたいする思いの深さを感じたられ、高感度抜群だったのでは・・・
他にアダムが答えた事は、「何故日本に行きたいのか？」という質問には「日本語を使って世界で国際交流をしたい。アメリカと日本で私が習ったことの経験を交換したい。」
アダムは日本人の置き忘れた「情」の世界を思い出させてくれるまじめな良い青年です。
アダムは大好きな日本へ8月から行きますので、日本の皆さまよろしくお願いします。
Adam, who is translating Jomon-Shindo materials into English for the association, got accepted by a job opportunity program in Japan called JET.
He is leaving for Japan in August with one-year contract.
JET is a really popular program among American people, but I heard this year was especially competitive because of the recession.
I asked Adam what the interview was like, and he said there were one Japanese and two American interviewers asking him questions.
He said that at the end of the interview the Japanese interviewer asked him if he was watching the Vancouver Olympics games (it was right in the middle of the Olympics), and he answered that he likes to watch figure skating and he was thrilled to see a Japanese skater Daisuke Takahashi won a bronze medal.
According to Adam, the interviewer seemed pleased to share the exciting news with him that a Japanese man skater won a very first medal at the Olympics, and that made him feel relieved.
I assume that the conversation made a good impression of Adam to the interviewer because he mentioned Daisuke Takahashi instead of an American skater Evan Lysacek who won a gold medal, and it showed Adam's interest in Japan.
Adam was also asked at the interview why he wants to go work in Japan, and he answered that he wants to enhance international relations between Japan and America by using Japanese, and he wants to exchange his intercultural experiences with Japanese people.
I think Adam is a really nice young man who would remind Japanese people of the importance of being generous to and caring about other people.
He will stay in Japan from August, so I kindly ask you to support him if you are in Japan.
