helping poor people and afflicted people.” In my opinion, people tend to choose more “volunteer-like” activities, which are famous, well-known and easy to be evaluated by many people. I mean people are more likely to see international cooperation volunteers in impoverished countries, and volunteers in afflicted areas, while there are needs of help in daily life and local communities’ works.
Why people tend to choose the popular volunteer? It is because your lovely works in poor countries and afflicted areas are recognized and get appreciated easily. On the other hand, daily-life works are not seen as heavy and serious problems. People see them as normal and not special works. They want more attractive volunteer activities beside desperate voices asking for help.
“Trend” and “popularity.” In other words, “ big impact” and “attractive appeal.” If you continue to choose volunteer works by these two elements unconsciously, people in need of help are neglected. I am really afraid of variability of help supply. Can we keep people beleaguered by our self-centered incentives?
Now, I would like to suggest you the first step to reduce variability of help supply, in afflicted areas and others. Firstly, I will mention afflicted areas.
Every-time, when some disasters like a big earthquake, eruption or typhoon occurred in a year, there is a tendency that a large amount of common people would join the only one restoration initially. It is because we cannot see every damages at the same time with unconsciousness. And here is a interesting data about the translation of the number of volunteers in Tohoku. It says that the peak of the number is in May, and now it is one-tenth of that in May. It means we forget victims’ difficult positions, eventually and naturally. So, we need try to see damages of each disaster, imagine the victims’ feelings and keep in mind about them, continually. Please do not make any ignorance to any afflicted people.
Next, about common volunteer, I mean volunteer other than afflicted areas. I guess you did volunteer related with daily life and local communities in elementary and secondary school. For example, it is collecting contribution and going to nursing care home. By contrast, university students are more likely to choose international volunteers. It is because your views toward society are wider. The wider your viewpoints are, the less concern about locals and Japan
you have. However, problems in Japan are as serious as in developing countries.
Depopulation in rural areas, jobless workers, less children and elderly care…
Many big problems and a lot of victims are in Japan! So please concern and find problems around all of us.
I have showed you the first step to reduce variability of help. But I leave what you do for the next step to YOU! Going to actual places or supporting from your home, any actions is fine if you know the very serious position and feeling of people in need. Your works are always expected by beleaguered people.
“HELP!” Can you hear much more voices than before? It proves that you have took off your earplugs of preconceived idea about volunteer. Needs of your help can be everywhere, and also here.
☆概要☆
一言で言うと、“「ボランティアへの偏見」（ear plugs）をなくしてほしい！！”という スピーチ。
☆きっかけ☆
きっかけは福島県只見に行ったこと（スピーチに登場）。大雨による洪水の被害が大き かった場所。そこで大きな鉄橋が壊れ、田畑は流され、建物の中に泥水が入っていたり…そ のような光景を見た時、「なんでこんなに酷い状況を知らなかったんだろう」と思った。そし て、人々の東日本大震災の被害への対応と只見をはじめ他の自然災害への対応・動きに矛 盾を感じた。その矛盾への疑問からスタートしたのが、このスピーチ。
☆思考過程☆
初めは「メディア」の影響を軸にするつもりでした。東日本大震災の報道の影響力の大き さを感じたからです。津波の映像のインパクト、情報の更新頻度…これらによって、頭の中 が東北での被害でいっぱいになってしまったから、他の自然災害には目が行かなくなって しまうのだと考えました。でも「メディア」に注目しすぎるとメディアリテラシーの要素が 高くなってしまうと思いやめました。メディアリテラシーのように形式化された理性を提 案するのではなく、人それぞれが持っている「心」という理性に働きかけたい！！私が感じ た矛盾をそのまま感じ、考えてほしい！！という思いがもやもやと現れてきました。そして 今の形になりました。ひとつの体験・トピックでも、方向性はたくさんあるでしょう。その 中で自分の価値観にしっくりくるものを選ぶことが良いのかなと思います。
☆工夫☆
特別な工夫はありません＾＾；けれど、このスピーチは自己体験がベースになっている ので、ボランティアの体験やそれを通して考えたことをカテゴリー化するよう心がけまし た。特に「考え」の整理は大切だと思います。本当はもっとボランティア体験や考えがあった んですが、それらを省くことができました。（とは言いつつ、それでもめっちゃ文字数多い んですけど。笑）
☆評価＆反省☆
◎BAD
・早口！！緊張もあったけれど、何より文字数が多いことが原因。
⇒原稿は文字数少なく！（あ、でも少なすぎは駄目よ）内容はシンプルに！
そして、デリバで色を付ける！間を置いてオーディエンスに考える時間を与える！
・文字の使い方。もっとじっくり考えて言葉をチョイスしたかった。（自己評価）
⇒ ぱっと思い付いた言葉をそのまま英語にするのではなく、「この言葉は自分の考えのどの
部分を表現するものなのか？」「この言葉に込めた自分の意図は何か？」とじっくり言葉と 向き合う時間を持つ！
◎GOOD
・QA。きちんとクエスチョナーとコミュニケーションが取れてると評価していただいた。
←やっぱり友達や先輩にQをもらうべきですね！相手が予想外な質問をしてきたら、自分 のスピーチの抜けてる部分がわかるし、批判的な質問に予め対応しておくことによって「反 論」の力だけではなくて、「自分の考え・価値観を再認識する」ことができます。特に後者は 大事。今まで出されたことのないようなQが出されても、揺らがない価値観・考えの基盤 があれば答えられます☆ ちなみに、このスピーチでは「ボランティア活動は現状を変え る力（解決手段ではない）」という基盤を持っていました。
☆おわりに☆
あーあ、この原稿書き直したい！！！！！
なんてぼやきはいらないですね（－ω－）ノシ
実を言うと、リライトをしたのはこのスピーチが初めてでした。（月１回程度しました）
今までは、一つのトピックについて発表したら終わり、次のトピックを探す…を繰り返して きました。けれど、それは勿体ないなと思います。「リライト」はロジックを詰め直したり、
さらにブレストやリサーチを重ね、表現・スピーチを変えるといった行為ですが、そうする ことで問題・トピックにきちんと向き合うことができ、また自分の「大切にしているもの」
を発見できる良い機会だと思います。これはスピーチ活動だけではなくて、人生の中でも良 い経験です。是非、リライトしたことのない人は「スピーチ活動」ではなく「人生」のために やってみてください☆
文責：門馬由佳（津田塾大学）
Get Tiny Lights, Have Shiny Life
Minami Mori Tsuda College
①On a long, long road, you are walking by yourself. There are a huge number of tiny lights on the road. You may think it is nonsense to pick one up and use it as a torch because it is too small. But if I were you, I would pick up them as many as I could. This is because, for me, each represents “a piece of happiness”: happiness which one can get by doing a tiny thing.
②Today, I would like to suggest to you some ways to get lots of small pieces of happiness in your daily life. And I hope your life will become shinier than ever. Happiness is, in my speech, to feel good by experiencing something we like.
③Feeling happy is a very important thing for us. Because we can be positive and can treasure our everyday life if we think we are happy. In our daily life, we have piles of discomfort such as school assignments or tough time with our boss. But by feeling happy, such as eating our favorite food or meeting with our truelove, we can take a pause and start to think about the next day.
And if we lack such a feeling, we may face the possibility of committing suicide.
Mr. Yoshitomo Takahashi, a professor of National Defense Medical College, says that one of the reasons why people kill themselves is that they cannot feel happy in their everyday living. Therefore it is better for us to feel happy.
④However, Japanese people tend to think they are not so happy though Japan has great material wealth. According to the awareness survey last year by the Japanese Cabinet Office, the percentage of people who think they are happy is, on average, 44%. On the other hand, in Bhutan, whose GDP is only one-twentieth of that of Japan, the percentage is 95% as reported by the Bhutanese government. Can you believe it? The number of Japanese who are able to have a sense of well-being is much too small.
⑤This research result indicates the possibility that people can gain happiness, which is small but has huge power, by making some actions by oneself. The research group says that when speaking of happiness, Japanese people place a high value on health, household economy, and family relationships while those of Bhutan do only on relationships within the family and among the community. Bhutanese feel a sense of well-being by realizing the wonderfulness of keeping and developing lovely relationships with others.
Happiness is not a gift you can receive by waiting for it, but a reward you get by doing something for yourself.
⑥Then, what should we do to get a piece of happiness and step forward positively in our daily life? To do this, it is necessary to take small actions like the Bhutanese people. Now, let me introduce two simple ways. The first way is to have an awareness of what we take for granted carefully. For example, we can take notice of weather. On a sunny day, maybe you think nothing about the weather. But if it is rainy, particularly in winter, you will feel bad; you will be very cold, your nice shoes and coat will get wet. So on a sunny day, your mood of the day will be much better if you just think “Today is sunny. I’m happy.”
⑦The second way is to have time to look back on the day. I guess many of you are very busy every day. So perhaps you have little time to “stop and think” about your day. But if you do that, you may notice that you had a piece of happiness, which you did not realize. I think you have an experience where you looked back on a time one or two years ago, and feel nostalgia for your happiness you did not notice at that time. If you practice it everyday at the end of the day, it is possible for you to recognize the happiness more than ever.
⑧I am practicing these methods many times a day, especially since 3.11. I am always thankful for my ordinary life, and naturally everything in my life gives me happy feeling. I am happy to have my family and friends, I am happy to be able to study at my college, and I am happy to be able to tell you my ideas just right now. And these small pieces of happiness give me energy for the next day; I can get over difficulties by feeling happiness and gratitude for every single moment of my life.
⑨Maybe you think I can get a piece of happiness because I am in not so difficult situation like people in poor countries. But I think it is easier for such people, who are in darkness, to recognize a tiny light. Both people who are in comfortable and challenging situations can benefit from the power of small pieces of happiness.
⑩On a long, long road, you are walking by yourself. There are a huge number of tiny lights on the road. “Life” named “long road” has a lot of “small pieces of happiness” named “tiny lights.” I hope that everyone, in their variety of situations, will come to recognize the attractiveness of tiny lights. Small piece of happiness: it is a tiny but powerful light which will make your life so shiny. (898 words)
★はじめにちょっと紹介
このスピーチちょっと浅いんですが...どこで迷ってどこで工夫したらそれがどういう評価 につながったか書いてあるので、バリューでお悩みの方は読んでもらえると参考になると 思います！
★スピーチ概要
幸せを感じることは大切。それは毎日ある嫌なことから抜け出して次の日に前向きに進む ためのtipだから。でも日本人はなかなか幸せを感じない。ホントは幸せに囲まれているは ずなのに。気がつかない。じゃあ、まず小さなことに幸せ見出していこうよ！
★このスピーチを書いた理由
結構昔から、自分って幸せだなと感じることが多かった。でも現代日本人って欲が多い気が して(一概には言えないけど)、もっと｢幸せだ｣って思うべきなのに…と思っていたことがも ともとのきっかけ。3.11もあったし、最後に何についてスピーチしたいかって考えたとき に、前から考えていた｢身の周りにたくさんある小さな幸せに気付こう、感謝しよう｣という 想いをカタチにしたいと思ってこのスピーチを書いた。ちょっとありきたりで読んでてつ まらないかもとも感じたけど、本当に書きたいものだから…と思って♪
★スピーチでの工夫 とそれに対する周りの評価
・バリュースピーチなので主張の重要性をできるだけ強調できるようにした。
4パラ目で、日本人がどれだけ幸せを感じないか政府のデータを使って証明した。それと 併せてブータンのデータを持ってきて、GNPが低けれども彼らが身の回りの幸せ(地域との つながり)に気がつくことで「自分たちは幸せだ」と感じて毎日明るく生きられていること を述べ、小さな幸せを感じることの大切さを示した。
このデータの示し方はジャッジさんなどにある程度認められた。しかしもっとここの部 分で深く分析をすることを求められた。例えば、日本人とブータン人の違いはどこにあるの か、違う部分で幸せを感じる原因など。それを解き明かした上でsuggestionを出せばもっ と効果的になるとされた。
・オーディエンスとの距離を縮められるようにした。
MCパラの後3パラ目で幸せの大切さの概念を述べた際、万人が感じるような「日々ある