{"id":23282,"date":"2012-01-20T22:50:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T02:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=23282"},"modified":"2012-01-20T22:50:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T02:50:59","slug":"article-students-in-rikuzentakata-take-the-eiken-in-memory-of-monty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/20\/article-students-in-rikuzentakata-take-the-eiken-in-memory-of-monty\/","title":{"rendered":"Article: Students in Rikuzentakata Take the Eiken in Memory of Monty"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a summary of an article originally appearing in the Kahoku Shimpo (Tohoku News) on January 19, 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

Students in Rikuzentakata Take the Eiken in Memory of Monty<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.kahoku.co.jp\/news\/2012\/01\/20120119t33008.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Roughly 80% of all middle school students, about 500 altogether, in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture<\/strong>, will take the English Language Proficiency Exam (Eiken), in part thanks to support from JETAA USA,<\/a><\/strong> whose donation will help to cover the cost of the test. This is one way to bring to life the wish of Montgomery Dickson<\/strong>, who taught English here as an ALT, and who told his students, \u201cI want you to love English.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monty worked for the Rikuzentakata Board of Education since 2009 and was an assistant English language teacher at the city\u2019s elementary and middle schools. Immediately after the earthquake on March 11 last year, he evacuated to a park near the board of education offices, but was lost to the tsunami shortly after.<\/p>\n

Everyone knew him as \u201cMonty-sensei\u201d, and admired the way he diligently studied Chinese characters (kanji<\/em>) and performed Japanese folk songs (enka<\/em>) and comedy skits (manzai<\/em>) at the board\u2019s social functions.\u00a0\u00a0 He dedicated himself to improving his students\u2019 English ability, even holding classes for free over the winter break.\u00a0 He was very popular with his colleagues and students.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that the learning environment is still in disarray for middle school students in the city, the number of students registered for the exam on the 20th<\/sup> is about three times higher than this time last year. There have been three prep sessions this month, with many students working through problems from past tests and studying to get ready.<\/p>\n

Dickson came to Japan on the JET Program<\/strong>, and after the disaster JET alumni from across the US* collected money and created a fund to support recovery efforts in Tohoku, focusing their attention on Rikuzentakata and on Ishinomaki<\/strong>, in Miyagi<\/strong>, where the other American victim, Taylor Anderson<\/strong>, worked. This aid to the students is one expression of their warm wishes.<\/p>\n

Rikuzentakata would also like to establish an exchange with Dickson\u2019s home state of Alaska. Their hope is that in return for receiving so much support from around the world, they will become more outward looking themselves, and that their children become able to go to Alaska and speak in English about their memories of Monty and their own experiences in the disaster.<\/p>\n

*JETwit Note:<\/span>\u00a0 While the article specifically references money raised by US JET alumni for the JETAA USA Fund, it’s worth noting that current JETs, JET alumni and JET Alumni chapters all around the world donated and helped raise money in myriad other ways through various channels and organizations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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