【ENG】
I ate too much dinner today, so decided to walk a little after dinner. The photos were taken at a neighborhood park lined with gingko trees. Gingko trees at night, illuminated by streetlights, are surprisingly beautiful. It was like watching cherry blossoms at night.
However, the fallen leaves were so large amount that they must have interfered with traffic. They were already packed in garbage bags and prepared for disposal.
On my way for a walk, I stopped by a supermarket where a 5 yen copy machine was available. My elder son will take the Kanji Proficiency Test at the beginning of next year, so I thought I would make a copy of the text for him. As I recall, he is also taking a math exam in January or February.... Both are group exams for elementary schools.
I myself am a lazy person who even took the EIKEN, English proficiency test for the first time in my second year of high school. Until then, I had put it off because I didn't want to take tests on Saturdays and Sundays. Naturally, I never took any tests outside of school when I was in elementary school. Compared to myself, I think my elder son studies quite a lot and I think he is doing his best. I know he slacks off a little bit, though.
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【JPN】
今日は晩ご飯を食べすぎたので、食後に少し歩くことにしました。写真は近所の公園の銀杏並木で撮ったものです。街灯に照らされた夜の銀杏も、意外と綺麗ですね。夜桜を見ているような気分でした。
しかし落ち葉はかなりの量で、通行の邪魔になるのでしょう。既にゴミ袋に詰められて、回収の準備がされていました。。
散歩ついでに、5円コピー機のあるスーパーに寄りました。長男が年明けに漢検を受けるので、そのテキストをコピーするためです。確か同じ時期に算数検定も受けるんですよね… いずれも小学校での団体受験です。
私自身は、英検すら高2で初めて受験した怠け者で（それまでは土日が潰れるのが嫌で先送りにしていたのです）当然、小学校の頃に学校以外でテストを受けたことはありません。そんな自分と比べると、長男の勉強量はかなり多いと思うし、頑張ってるなぁと思います。ちょいちょいサボっていることは知ってるんですけどね。
