畑仕事のお手伝い - Helping with Farm Work -
Helping with Farm Work
Yesterday, one of the girls came to my house to stay over.
Since it was just in time for working on the grapes and vegetable garden, she helped us.
I learned a little bit about the excellence of this girl’s way of learning.
Normally, if I’m asked “How do you do this~?”, then it ends at “You cut this and this~”.
But, she said “You cut this and this~! Okay, I’m going to try doing it, so watch me!”.
And then, as she was actually trying to do it, even more questions came.
Then, by doing that, even more things to teach appeared.
Once she was taught, the girl tried doing it again.
In that way, conversing back and forth, she was gradually becoming more skillful.
I was impressed by her way of asking questions to get better at doing things. “This way of asking questions is the way to improvement, isn’t it~” I thought admiringly.
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One of the girls thinning out the grapes.
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She also helped us with the farm work at her own home.
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She worked hard for us until the sun was just about to set.
Because the farm work seemed fun, I think I’ll have her help me again sometimes (^^)
By Executive Director
Translated by Shane Healy, Middlebury College, Vermont, USA