I teach English grammar to studens privately.

My high school students got an assignment from their public school.
It was to write an essay:  what do you want to be in the future and what should you do
for that in high school days?

A (girl student ):  I want to be a doctor.
                        I :  What do you have to do?
                        A : I have to study.
                        I : What else?
                        A: I have to build up my comminication ability.
                        I : What should you do?
                        A: I speak to a student next to my seat.
                        I:??? What ?  Is it enough?
                        A: Okay, then I'll speak to one in front of my desk.
                            Because we have to think of what we can do inside our highschool area....
                  
This is present, common high school student.
I should think of the influence of COVID, but it may be.....

The age reaching "adult" is now 18. They can vote for elections and maybe can drink in the future.  To me, the young appears very childish to me.  I hope they think more in their mind.

I have been using matching app since last August, for almost one year.

We have bad imagination about that, deaikei saito, in Japanese.
Actually, I met many scammers, kokusairomansu sagi, in Japanese.
However, I think it has good influence to me for now, so I'd like to write about it.

The very first man who I first matched was a Japanese guy who lives in the same 
prefecure as mine.
I was nervous and excied because it was my first time talking with a man
for many decades.
He was nice , honest, straightforward... too honest.

We talked on the phone a few times,
The last time we chatted on LINE,  he insulted my dream.
It made me verry uneasy and uncomfortable.
I instantly quit chatting and blocked him.

Then, I decided not to use the app any more.
The app was p〇〇〇〇.

Anyway, I remember now being excited talking with a man.
After getting divorced, I thought living alone is nice and felt free and easy,
but I found that there is something that I can tell only to  a man.

Then, it was the beginning my experience on matching apps.

I used to put my smarphone at my bedside as an alarm.
It was not good for my sleep, I know,
as I always checked it when I got awake at night.

So, I've decided to put it away from my bedside. Instead, I bought an alarm clock.

It's changed my sleep dramatically.

Before, I often awake while sleeping.
Oh, 3 o'clock.  Oh still 5 o'clock...

Now, I can sleep without waking up.
It's so good to wake up in the morning after nice and sweet sleep.

Digital detox...  What a wonderful way to get a peaceful mind and body.