{"id":856,"date":"2020-09-25T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T07:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/?p=856"},"modified":"2020-09-25T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:41:31","slug":"student-wins-top-award-at-english-speech-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/student-wins-top-award-at-english-speech-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Wins Top Award at English Speech Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u3000\u3000On Sept. 14, the 13th Shimane English Speech Contest for High School Students was held at Ohda High School.\u00a0 11 students participated this year, and two of them were from Izumo High School.<\/p>\n<p>\u3000\u3000Moyu Konishi, from 1-1, talked about the importance of preserving beautiful seas, which she loves visiting with her beloved grandfather.\u00a0 She said, &#8220;We can start with small things.\u00a0 For instance, I use my own water bottle every day, not the plastic bottles.\u00a0 Also, I use a reusable shopping bag made by my grandmother.\u00a0 I believe such little things can make a difference.\u00a0 The first step we can take is simply to learn and be aware of this problem.&#8221;\u00a0 She called for action which any of us can do.<\/p>\n<p>\u3000\u3000Kazusato Fujiki, also from 1-1, talked about the seriousness of work situations in Japan. He said, &#8220;We need to be proactive and try to improve things, and not be passive and just wait for them to change someday.\u00a0 By doing so, I believe we can prevent death by overwork.&#8221; He pointed out the important issue Japanese people have faced for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u3000\u3000Both of them delivered their speeches with confidence and received compliments from the judges.\u00a0 They have worked very hard toward this contest throughout the summer.\u00a0 Moyu was awarded the 1st prize and Kazusato received the 3rd prize.\u00a0 There will not be a regional or national contest this year, however, this experience surely boosted their confidence and will help them in their future endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CIMG3552-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3000\u3000On Sept. 14, the 13th Shimane English Speech Contest for High School Students <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izumo-hs.ed.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}