15 According to the school’s journal, two days later he was “moved up from being ungraded into the fourth grade.” As he had learned the basics of English the previous year we can assume that he was seen as already understanding the language. The class he moved into was using Parley’s History of the World as its textbook. Because he en-tered partway through it seems that he was a little lost, which caused him to write the following poem. gressing at all, even after three months. He also wrote the following poem. I eat breakfast at seven and classes begin at eight. At nine there is the lecture on Parley’s History of the World, and at ten it is West-ern arithmetic. I am always facing my desk. If I get lazy my body young and make my name known throughout the country. In these two poems we see Enryō lamenting that he has not pro-gressed “at all.” In actuality, Enryō did have friends more capable than him. More than other people, Enryō really hated losing. In con-trast with his earlier poems these discuss his school life, with Parley’s History of the World starting at nine and Western arithmetic—i.e. mathematics—starting at ten, showing that each class lasted just one hour. It was a curriculum that emphasized preparation and review. In the next line we can see his raw ambition even as a sixteen year-old More than three months have passed since coming to study in Nagaoka, and for these three months I have been learning Western studies. But, all I feel is shame in my stupidity, not pro-will rot away. I want to build my academic achievements while
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