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• 我
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• 2022/11/16 13:08

Gone again ？

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#4515

• LOVE 2
• 2026/10/30 (Fri) 12:04
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人それぞれ色々な経験があると思いますが、第三者から見ると事実と解釈を分けて考えることも大切だと思います。実際に何が起きたのかは当事者同士にしか分からない部分もありますので、決めつけには気をつけたいですね

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#4516

• LOVE 2
• 2026/10/30 (Fri) 12:05
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この投稿を読んでいて感じたのは、具体的な事実よりも解釈や推測が多いということです。もし本当に組織的な中傷が行われているのであれば証拠が重要になると思います。

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#4517

• LOVE 2
• 2026/10/30 (Fri) 12:40
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私の感想です。 事実かどうかは分かりませんが、長すぎます。 小説一冊分になりそうです。HAHA

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#4527

• タゲられ
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普通では考えられないほど次から次へとパーソナリティ障害の人たちのターゲットにされてしまう。
コントロール出来そう、そういうふうに見られてしまうらしい。

人として生まれて、何故他人をコントロールして意図的に目茶苦茶にしようとするような捕食者になってしまうんだろう。
ある指名手配者は完全な反社会性パーソナリティ障害(診断済み)で恐ろしいほど暴力的だったけれどやはり外面はとてもいい人で、私が周りに何を幾ら言っても誰からも信じてもらえなかった。
あの男がいた時、何故あんなに裏表のある恐ろしいサイコパスまたはソシオパスなのかずっと考え続けた。
勿論育った環境も要因ではあるだろうけれど、一番の原因は早くに亡くなったお母さんが酷いAlcoholicだったとの事で、胎児の時点で脳に何らかの損傷、Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disordersを負ってしまったのかもしれない。だとすると、やっぱり可哀想な人なのだろうか、と同情してしまった事が、取り返しのつかない結果を招いてしまった。
時々全くの別人格になる恐ろしい男だった。

現在進行で嫌がらせしている自己愛の人は、幼い時からの音楽の英才教育のプレッシャーがあって、あんな歪んだ人格になってしまったんだろうか。
絶対音感があっても記譜出来ない人が多いけれど、彼女のように聴いた曲を即楽譜に書き起こす能力を身につけられるようになるには親の多大な期待と金銭的負担があったと思う。
幼少期からの早期音楽教育でプレッシャーを掛け続けられたか、または他の理由で病んでしまったんだろうか。
今の彼女は、彼女に貢ぐ人、ターゲットを見つける事、ターゲットをコントロールする事を生きがいにしているような人だ。時々爬虫類のように目をギョロギョロさせているけれど、人前では愛想のいい可愛らしい人で男性人気も高い。

一年前からタゲってきた自己愛のアメリカ人女性は父親が牧師という家庭に生まれ、やはり何らかのプレッシャー(完璧に良い子でいなければならない、皆の見本でなければならない、等)があったか、または溺愛され過ぎて歪んだ万能感を持ってしまったんだろうか。
とても美しく、華々しい経歴で著書も二冊あり、自分の若い頃の写真を自著本の表紙にたくさん載せている。他にも、自分の写真を散りばめて印刷したポストカード等を配っている。
一緒にジムのロッカールームにいると、よく服を着ていない状態で鏡に見入ってI'm beautifulと言っていた。
色々なところに連れて行ってくれて(連れ回されて)、知り合いに紹介されたりもしたけれど、昔から彼女に思いを寄せている人もいるほど男性人気も高かった。
彼女は自分が一番優れている、自分が絶対的に正しいと思っていて、こちらが少しでも違う意見を言うと後々大変だった。

他人の人生や性格、人格を詮索したり分析したりするのが良い事ではない事は勿論分かっているけれど、彼らのターゲットにされて、その異常な行動と心理に至る原因はどうしても考えずにはいられなかった。
他にも次から次へとパーソナリティ障害やダークトライアドの人たちにターゲットにされ続けているので、何とか自分を変えないといけない。
笑顔が昔からの癖で、それが狡い人や病んだ人たちを引き寄せてしまっているのかもしれないと思う。良い環境にいるのなら笑顔でもいいのかもしれないけれど、私のいる環境で笑顔は危険な人を引き寄せてしまっている。

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#4528

• タゲられ
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彼らの共通点は、社交的で口が上手い、人々からも信用されやすい。
ターゲット側が幾ら被害を訴えても、大衆は彼らの味方をする。

でもターゲットのみに見せる裏の顔は全く違う。彼らの目は、時々爬虫類のようなギョロ目になる。

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• Mikae
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• 2026/10/29 07:02

新しい仕事を探して居ます。

ハワイでおすすめの職業はどんなものがありますでしょうか？

個人的には旅行会社はイジメがあり。飲食系はEビザ同士の不倫が気持ち悪くて働きづらかったです。

逆にここはかなりヤバい！とか教え頂けたら助かります。

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• [Date]2026/10/29 ～ 2027/1/1
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#2

• tantan
• 2026/10/31 (Sat) 10:29
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資格があれば看護師や不動産は大変稼げる仕事でしょう。
自分の家以外に賃貸収入がある人も少なくありません。
ローカルだけでなく私達のような日本人でも同じです。

かなりヤバい会社を知っていますがここで書いたら削除されるでしょう。
飲食はオーナーしか稼げない仕事だと思います。
若過ぎる社員の業界はビザの問題等あるので精神的にも経済的にも余裕がないからイジメをするのだと思います。

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• 倍金萬
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• 2018/02/15 04:44

Those of you who have crossed the ocean to come here to Los Angeles and Japan
are always concerned about something related to your travel between Los Angeles and Japan.

If you have anything to say or questions, please feel free to write.
I'll try to write "something" as well.

Example ：
What means do you use to call when you return to Japan?

Which seat on the plane do you prefer, Aisle or Window, front, back,

Which airline do you think has the best food?

Which mode of transportation do you use to get to the local area?

and so on and so on

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#4628

• Baikinman
• 2026/09/28 (Mon) 13:42
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＞ The ticket gates at Kunitachi Station on the Chuo Line in Tokyo

That said, I imagine many of you don’t know exactly where “Kunitachi Station on the Chuo Line” is located in Tokyo.

To begin with, people usually read “Kokuritsu” as “kokuritsu,” right? But it’s actually pronounced “Kunitachi.”

Even I, who was born and raised on the eastern outskirts of Tokyo, used to pronounce it “kokuritsu” until around middle school.

Sorry for the pointless comment.

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#4629

• 高杉くん
• 2026/10/13 (Tue) 13:35
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夏の日本行きチケット去年より＄700くらいあがってて死にそうです

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#4630

• 佐々オート
• 2026/10/13 (Tue) 21:21
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４６２９
若いもんはイースタンをお使いなさい。

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#4631

• What???
• 2026/10/25 (Sun) 09:14
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日本行きのチケットみなさんどうやって買ってますか？去年は夏の帰国はこの時期に取りましたが値段がほぼ倍になっていて驚いています。今年は帰れないかもしれない。

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#4632

• ?成田くん
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• 2026/10/27 (Tue) 03:10
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１ヶ月後に１０日ほど滞在で＄８００前後で出てきましたよ

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• D
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• 2026/10/03 02:51

どんな人が貧乏臭いと感じますか？
皆さんの意見をお聞かせください。

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• 友人の携帯から
• 2026/10/03 (Sat) 08:17
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人を叩いたり嘲笑うのがお好きな方がスレ立てしたんでしょうね。

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• ボンビー
• 2026/10/25 (Sun) 09:16
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お下がりの服をもらいたがり、少し汚れてるからあげなかったら「ボロ雑巾にするから全部欲しい」と言われた。なんか可哀想になった。

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• LOVE 2
• 2026/10/27 (Tue) 00:47
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「貧乏臭い」と感じるかどうかは、お金の多さよりも行動や考え方によることが多いと思います。

よく挙げられる例は、

いつも人におごってもらおうとする
自分の得ばかり考えている
必要以上にケチで周囲に迷惑をかける
店員さんや業者さんに横柄な態度を取る
見栄ばかり張って実態が伴わない
文句や不満ばかり言う
ゴミや物を整理せず、だらしない
安い物を買ってはすぐ捨てることを繰り返す

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• そういえば
• 2026/10/27 (Tue) 02:23
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思い出したけど、
レストランでのお誕生日会に来て、
自分たちは騒ぐだけ騒いで、
払わないでトンズラのが居たなぁ

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• シニア65
• 2023/09/24 01:56

How many elderly people of Japanese descent are living in LA? We would be happy to be a place of rest and relaxation for the elderly who use the Koryu Hiroba. We think the eligibility is from 65 years old and up.

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#1105

• 倍金萬君
• 2026/08/31 (Mon) 07:58
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Even now, it's 98°F/37°C in the shade of my backyard. It's just so hot.

The other day, I had the chance to meet up with some Japanese friends who live in Gardena and Torrance, and

I was surprised to hear everyone talking about the temperature in “Celsius.”

Until then, I had believed that Japanese people here in the U.S. also talked about temperatures in “Fahrenheit.”

The reason for this is that for over 50 years, I’ve been following local events through the news on the major TV networks (CBS, NBC, ABC ）), so I’ve been getting my weather forecasts from those same channels.

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#1106

• 倍金萬君
• 2026/09/02 (Wed) 02:49
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This brings back memories, too.

It was back when I hadn’t even been here for many years yet

When I translate the lyrics, I start to feel an overwhelming sense of nostalgia for my hometown

Though it’s not quite the kind of hometown described in this poem...

Linda Ronstadt

On Blue Bayou

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SWvRm5TzmcQ

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#1111

• 倍金萬君
• 2026/09/12 (Sat) 09:39
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The term “Bayou” in #1106 refers to the following location:

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4% E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC_(%E5%9C%B0%E5%BD%A2)

It also sounds like a song in which someone who has moved to the city longs for their hometown.

I was born and raised on the eastern outskirts of Tokyo. I was born about a year before the （ End of the War ） Commemoration Day.

Back when I was a child, the eastern side was a residential area, but toward the city center, fields and farmland stretched as far as the eye could see.

So, on sunny evenings, I used to see a small silhouette of Mount Fuji in the direction of true west.

When I hear this song, it somehow reminds me of my hometown—back when I used to catch medaka and crayfish in the irrigation ditches among the fields and farmland.

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#1112

• 倍金萬君
• 2026/09/12 (Sat) 10:01
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Lately, here in the San Fernando Valley where I live,

we’ve been having a string of days where the temperature is approaching 100°F (38°C). It’s extremely hot.

As a result, if I go for a walk around the neighborhood for about an hour, I end up completely drenched.

I wonder what it’s like in the Gardena/Torrance area, where many Japanese people live.

Since it’s an area where sea breezes blow in, the temperature is probably about 10 ～ to 20°F lower.

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#1113

• Baikinman
• 2026/10/15 (Thu) 09:48
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非常に懐かしいヒット曲が出てきました。

わたしがアメリカに＞ロサンジェルス 初めて来た頃ヒットした曲で、これを聴くとあの頃を懐かしく思い出します。

あの頃のメンバーも爺さんになっているんですねぇ。

The Eagles Tribute - Hotel California

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1091830323638294

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• プリちゃん
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• 2026/04/03 04:42

Hi

gasoline is getting more expensive these days, is the hybrid
Prius a good buy ？?

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• Happy S
• 2026/04/15 (Wed) 11:05
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It's just too overpriced to sell ？ 100,000 mile 30 series at that price.

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• 夜明日出夫
• 2026/04/20 (Mon) 02:04
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Unlike the days when the only hybrid was the Prius, today
there are a variety of hybrid cars on the market, so
you don't have to choose a Prius to choose another hybrid car.

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• 高!
• 2026/04/25 (Sat) 08:35
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Yes, it is. Even used Prius are expensive these days.

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• くるま
• 2026/04/26 (Sun) 19:19
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But Porsche is different. Hybrid is the lowest and maintenance cost is absurdly high

Other German luxury cars also have high maintenance cost
Wealthy people may flirt with Benz, Porsche, etc. for a while, but eventually they settle down with Lexus when they get old.
People who have enough money and don't mind the price end up with Lexus ～ It is best to change luxury cars in 3 years

Korean cars look cheap but they are copies and you can't find the soul of technology like Japanese cars
Sometimes people are fooled by the price and the glance, but I think I am not the only one. Sometimes there are people who are fooled by the price, but they are often people with low IQ.

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• Priusito
• 2026/10/18 (Sun) 09:26
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正規Toyota Dealerでプリウス購入しました。
定期検査とオイルチェンジの際、実際にプリウス所有のメカの方は、プリウスは日本製だから購入したそうです。
一時期リコールのパーツがないため、新品は販売していなかったときもあり、カムリハイブリッドを勧められましたが、前方スポイラーにセンサーがなく(オプション購入)、やはりプリウスにしました。満タンで約450マイル走破は財布に優しいですね。

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#1

• センター問い合わせ連打中
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• 2026/10/22 09:11

平成元年世代の方、あの頃の学生あるある語りませんかーー！
駅前のマックやラズモールが懐かしい。。。

定期的にモンシェリーのビックパフェを食べていたことも今となっては信じられない。。（1人1個）
あの時は500～600円だった気が！

学生にとっては駅周りがもっと活気があふれると嬉しいですよね

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• 30代木高生　C
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• 2026/09/15 14:22

I want to connect with people who graduated from Kisarazu High School ！
When it comes to high school days, the Kisarazu High Festival is definitely the highlight.

Why don't we share our memories of the Kisarazu High Festival?

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• あの頃の高校
• 2026/10/09 (Fri) 14:13
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高校に戻れるなら、木高祭をもう一度やりたい。授業がないお祭りの１週間はTHE青春！みんなで段ボール集めが地味に楽しかった

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• SS
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• 2026/10/06 09:21

SSリタイアメントベネフィットを受け取られてる方、受け取りを申し込まれたのは何歳でしたか。
もし良かったら理由と、感想を聞かせて下さい。
人其々なのは充分承知ですが、結果として良かったなどの感想に興味があります。
私はまだ受け取っていません。

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• お受験ママ
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• 2025/02/03 04:36

We moved to Hawaii from the Bay Area last May and have two children, our oldest is now 3.5 years old and our youngest is 1.5 years old.
I was interested in Montessori education before my children were born, and while researching, I heard that
Montessori Community School in the Makiki area is a wonderful school. I saw that over 95% of the students go to Iolani or Punahou each year
through the Feeding School to Iolani or Punahou schools.
I know that it is very difficult to get into Montessori Community School as there are several topics on this site.
I would like to enroll my oldest son from Kinder and my youngest son from Pre, what should I do to prepare for the entrance exam?
We would like to know what kind of education and preparation you have done for your son who is currently attending the school.
We have contacted the school and are afraid that the admission rate is quite high.

My two sons will be living in Hawaii for at least 10 years, so I am hoping that they will be able to attend Iolani School or Punahou School in the future
We are hoping to attend Montessori Community School. I heard that another school, Hana Hau'oli, is also a feeding school, but
I heard that you have to have some kind of connection such as family connection or working to get in, but I have given up because I have no connections in Hawaii.
I would appreciate any information you can give me if you have taken the test for Puri or Kinder.

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• MCS ALUMNIのママ
• 2026/01/30 (Fri) 07:04
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My son graduated from MCS and went from Middle to Punahou and graduated last year. He is now attending a state college in the Mainland.
Oh no, you can't compare Punahou to MCS. To be clear, MCS graduates have a very hard time getting to the top in Punahou.
The "pure gold Punahou kids" （ from Kinder ） are almost always at the top. At Punahou, we call the kids from Kinder "Punahou Kids".
80% of the students who went on to the Ivy League and the most prestigious colleges were also from Kinder.
MCS is a Montessori school, so academics are appropriate, and from about the 4th grade onward, children aiming for Punahou Middle must attend cram school or Tutor.
Don't expect to get into Punahou or Iolani just by taking MCS classes, the SSAT is very revealing.
Punahou, you need to be at least 90% on the SSAT after all these years of academic improvement.
When my son took the Middle, he got 80%. Anyway, Punahou and Iolani are not just the top two.
Once you get in, it's a matter of whether you can keep up with the Punahou kids or not. Anyway, there was a huge difference between the two schools, so as other parents have said, it is true that I had a hard time studying after I entered Punahou.

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• チルチル
• 2026/02/22 (Sun) 04:10
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I had my son attend Monte until 6th grade and took the Punahou, Iolani, Mippa, and Merinol entrance exams, and he was rejected by Punahou and Iolani and is now attending Mippa.
To be honest, I had heard that 90% of the students could go to Punahou or Iolani if they attended Monte, and the school claimed that Monte's education was advanced and comparable to Punahou and Iolani without a tutor. However, when I took the public test （ the national test and the SSAT ） I found that the Monte students were not at that level, but at best Mippa and Merinol.
I was so surprised and impatient that I rushed to the individual tutor and Takahashi Juku. By the time I realized it, there were 8 months until the exam. I could never catch up with Punahou and Iolani level.
In the school year my child attended, 13 students took the exam and 3 were accepted to Punahou or Iolani, and 10, including my child, were not.
As others have said, many of the families who attend Monte are Monte believers （ really believing faith ）. It was my fault for being so relaxed and believing what they said and what the school claimed, but by the time I realized it, it was already too late.
The same people who come to speak at the Elementary panel every year as parents of alumni, the same people. For a long time now. Monte is a laid back, small school. The community is small because of the small number of families and the small number of students, and the information is skewed so that it is too late, as it is for me.
If you are considering Elementary at Monte, you will need tutors, etc. from 4th grade at the latest if you want to go to Punahou or Iolani from the middle.

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• tomodachi
• 2026/05/16 (Sat) 06:17
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It's been a while since I've used Vivinavi's private sales and came across this page. My son was also MCS, he was there through 6th grade and took the middle exam but was rejected from Punahou, he did not take the exam to Iola and is attending another school. My child's best friend （, who was in Kinder through 6th grade ）, was accepted to Punahou, but she feels a huge gap in academic ability and is losing confidence. She feels that the kids from Kinder are incredibly smart at Punahou, and that what they are learning at Elementary is far beyond what they are learning at MCS. My child's best friend was at the top of his class at MCS, but after a few years at Punahou, he is still below average. I sent my child to MCS because I thought it was a good idea to give priority to what he liked and to nurture him, but this backfired when it came to aiming for the top schools. The number of students who have been accepted to Punahou and Iolani from MCS in the past few years has been less than 30%, and I think this is a testament to that. What I can say is that the academic level of Punahou and Iolani today is different from that of Punahou and Iolani more than 5 years ago, or maybe the academic level of MCS has dropped. It could be both. Since Punahou has gone up 5% SSAT in the last 3 years. We are planning to try again narrowly （ high school entry ） which only takes a few students because my kids are not satisfied with their current school. By the way, when I took the exam in 6th grade, the whole class had tutors and went to cram school. The school said that it was unnecessary ！, but if I didn't have a tutor, I wouldn't have been able to pass any of the entrance examinations.

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• これからプリ
• 2026/05/16 (Sat) 08:49
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We have been fortunate enough to be able to attend MCS pre in August and are now considering whether to send our child to MCS. This year, it seems that all applicants were able to apply for pre, because we contacted them in early March, just before the acceptance announcement, rather than after the application deadline, and they told us that they would send out First Round notices but that there were still spots available and that they would accept our application if we submitted one. ！ We are also wondering whether Central Union, St. Clements, or MCS would be better for us to attend Punahou from Kinder. We have paid the deposit for all three schools, so we are keeping all three. The reason why I applied to MCS in March is because I thought that even if I fail the Kinder exam because of Elementary.................... I thought that even if I failed the Kinder test, I would still be able to go to Punahou, but it looks like my chances of going to Punahou are slim. Thank you all for the useful information to consider.

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• takako
• 2026/09/30 (Wed) 05:02
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My daughter attends MCS’s Upper Elementary.
This year, MCS has fewer students than its capacity in both preschool and elementary school. You can still enroll even now. ！
The elementary school is constantly short on students and accepts applications year-round. Currently, there are only a handful of third graders, and while the school aims for 20 students per grade each year,
I’ve never seen a grade with 20 students.
Generally, the largest grade has only 12 or 13 students. The others have only around 10 students, and those are split into two classes—grades 1–3 in one class and grades 4–6 in another—
so the elementary school has a total of four classes for grades 1–6. There are only two teachers for three different grade levels. In any case, it is a fact that quality is declining due to a shortage of students, teachers, and facilities. Recently, only about two students have been accepted into Punahou’s middle school each year.
As others have noted, the acceptance rate to Punahou was 90% more than five years ago, but since about five years ago, Punahou’s academic standards have risen significantly compared to the past, so （ while the bar was already high, it now requires very high SSAT scores— and you won’t get in without a high percentile score. ） As long as MCS maintains its current educational program, it won’t be able to catch up to Punahou’s level. The school itself states that MCS is not a feeder school for Punahou. These days, many students from the middle school division end up going to mid-tier schools or charter schools.
If you’re considering enrolling your child at MCS with the goal of getting into Punahou after middle school, I think you should reconsider and look into a different school starting in kindergarten. Even at Hanahauoli, the acceptance rate to Punahou is only 60–70% these days. Our child entered preschool at MCS over five years ago, so we enrolled based on a 90% acceptance rate, and since this is the situation now while they’re still attending, we have no choice but to stay.

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