From Hirakata-city, Osaka-prefecture, Japan

We've been to coder dojo hirakata  from march this year. I happend to see article about  CoderDojo  and wondering if there is CoderDojo around my place. And I was very surprised that it it there in our city! CoderDojo is free programing clubs and there is no curriculum so they attend this club and doing programming. Main programing language is Scratch  so all they need is only notebook computer. There is wifi curcumstance it this club and there are mentor so if they have some quesion or trouble, they can ask them reluxly. It is about 2 hour and at the end of club, they can demonstrate their programing and it is good experience. It is for children from 7 to 17 years old, held once a month. And at hirakata club, almost all of them are elementary school children so it is best for him. View this post on Instagram #CoderDojo枚方 スタートしました！ #coderdojo CoderDojo Hirakata さん(@coderhirakata)がシェアした投稿 - 20see18年 9月月8日午後10時52分PDT CoderDojo hirakata is held at hiraba , co-working place and m

Recently in japan, there is an argument about whether private english certificate could be used at unversity's entrance exam. Some top university said this certificate is not indispensible. I think using private english certificate is good because it is more practical than current entrance exam. Japanese entrance exam needs some "exam skill" so I think spending time for getting such skill is waste of time. Furthermore, English is just one of basic skills so if they pass certain level certificate, it is enough, I think. I don't know why so-called japanese top level university is so keen to their entrance exam. Most important thing is that whether or not these university are attractive for really talented students. Their name brand is meaningless, I think. If they are talent and boring school, they only choose high-levek university but if high-level university are stick to such "score that needs exam skill", these university is not attractive for t