DAY153 [渡英132日] 2020年8月31日（月）Babysitter#15，OUNCのconversation, bank holiday

　朝からBabisitterの日。昨日届いたレゴを一緒に作成し，公園に行って日本人のお友達と遊ぶ。11時過ぎには戻ってきたが，日本人のお友達とお母さんまで連れてきてしまった。結局，相手が遠慮して入らなかったが，それにより息子の機嫌が悪くなり，機嫌を直すのが大変だった。子供心に一生懸命作成したレゴを見せたいのはよくわかるが，そこはまだ子供で相手の気持ちまではまだまだ読めない。

　今日はBank holiday（＝英国の祝日）ということで油断していたが，OUNCの英会話はあったのだった。14時から会話を開始し，私を含めて6名が参加。会話は，参加者の一人が教師であるということから「体罰(corporal punishment)と教育」について。日本についての意見を求められたが，昔は体罰があったものの，今は親からのクレームも多く，そうしたことがすぐに問題になるため少なくなっていると述べた（つもり）。会話が終わると家の前で息子とおもちゃのテニスをして遊んで一日が終わる。こうして8月も終了。

　There came the babysitter. They built one of LEGO, which was delivered yesterday; after constructed a clean, they went to the park and played with a Japanese boy. They came back home at 11 am with the Japanese boy and mother. My son wanted to show the LEGO they built, but they refused and went home to enter our house not to disturb our work. However, that made my son have a tantrum. Though we understand why my son invited them to our house, he cannot think of others.

　Because of bank holidays (= British holidays), I almost forgot OUNC conversation. The conversation started at 14:00, and six people, including myself, participated. The content of the discussion was corporal punishment and education because one of the participants is a teacher. I explained the physical punishment of Japan. I explained that in the past, there was corporal punishment, but now because parents easy to accuse teachers, teachers don't do that. After the conversation, my son and I played tennis in front of our house. This is the end of August.