No Pains, No Gains
Ms. Ai Yoshidome (3S)
Kagoshima National College of Technology
Are you working hard every day?

Are you leading your daily life positively?

people dislike hard work and seek an easier life.
having hardship and avoid working hard.

What do you think about that?

Actually I was no exception.

most painful but most important experience in my life.
lesson of my life.

There is a trend that young
Most of my friends don’t like

How about you?

Last year I had theThrough this experience I learned the most important

So I want you to share in my experience and to think about young people’s lifestyles.

I’m a member of the mechanical and electronic club researching robotics and making robots. Last year two
teams of our club took part in the All Kyushu Robot Contest sponsored by NHK.

Last May all the members started

considering what kind of robot they should make. We exchanged ideas according to the assignment, which was tomake a robot clear four obstacles. When our captain explained it to us, I couldn’t believe my ears. The fourthobstacle was to make a robot jump rope.

I thought it was absolutely impossible!

We were divided into four groups by each obstacle. I was responsible for the fourth one, the most difficult one.
I went to the library to read books on robotics and considered what kind of robot could clear the obstacle easily andquickly.

I considered from morning till night, all day long.

discussions.

Every day we exchanged our ideas and had long

After the best idea for each obstacle was adopted, we started making robots.

We worked together

every day. During the summer vacation we stayed in school and worked long hours. I was sleepy and exhausted.
Finally I ruined my health because of the lack of sleep and overwork.

I had never had such a difficult experience.

I tried to quit the club once but reconsidered thinking of my teammates and decided to work hard again.

The last

obstacle, a robot’s jumping rope, was very difficult, so we had to remake the robot and make minor adjustments
again and again.
After countless failures we completed a robot which can jump rope perfectly.
life.

When the robot jumped rope perfectly in front of us, we were overjoyed.

I had never felt so happy in myTears ran down my face. This time

I could drive all my pains away.
The day of the contest came.

We were very nervous but very confident.

Can you believe it? Both teams from the same club reached the finals.
seen.

Both teams advanced to the finals.

It was the most exciting match I had everMy team beat the other team by a slight difference. We won the championship.

It was the greatest day in

my life.
Why could we win the championship?

It was because all the members cooperated, worked hard together andovercame all the difficulties on the way.

I noticed I could have the most satisfying feeling after overcoming

obstacles.

Before I entered college, I had never had such an experience.

experience today.

I learned that after hard work, hardship, and much effort, come attainment and joy.

happy feeling after so much work and difficult problems!
society.
why?

So I wanted you to share in myWhat a

After I graduate from my college, I’ll start working inA lot of problems and hardship will await me, but I’ll never give up and I’ll do my best.

Do you know

It’s because I know after overcoming hardship comes happiness.

My friends, what do you think of my experience?

I was lucky.

If I hadn’t had such an experiecne, I would havecontinued leading an easier life, would never have had the satisfying feeling of attainment, and wouldn’t havelearned how to cope with difficulties in my life. If you are still one of the people who avoids hardship and seeks aneasier life, why not face difficulty once?

After that a happy feeling of attainment will await you.

If you want totry, I’ll give you a well-known saying, “No pains, no gains” as valuable advice for your happy life!
Thank you.