Composition and Bantline

When my daughter was in the fourth grade, I took her to a composition workshop for children held at a newspaper printing plant.
The attendees were all elementary school students and their parents.
First, we were divided into several groups and given a tour of the factory. I have often done factory tours for work, but watching machines move at high speed without waste to create products is surprisingly interesting. My daughter seemed to be watching with genuine interest as well.

After that, everyone was gathered in a large room, and the composition workshop finally began. The instructor was introduced as a famous composition advisor named Mr. Nagashi, but I did not know who he was. In fact, I did not even know that the profession of composition advisor existed.
"Compositions have a structure."
Mr. Nagashi began to speak while looking around at everyone.
"For example, in the case of a 200-character composition, if you write about 40 characters for your opinion on the theme—that is, whether you agree or disagree—about 40 characters for the reason, about 80 characters for the background or experience that led to that reason, and finally about 40 characters for the conclusion, it will be well-balanced.
"If you include a concession like 'certainly... but...' in the 'reason' section, it will have more depth.
"The 'opinion' and 'conclusion' will have the same content, but since it becomes childish if it is just a repetition, it is good to connect the conclusion to the future, such as 'from now on, I would like to...'."
I see, he is worthy of being called a composition advisor. If you write like that, you will surely be able to write an honor student's composition.
However, I felt a bit sorry for the teachers, thinking it must be boring for them to be forced to read nothing but compositions that all look the same.

On the way home, I played 'Matango' by Kinniku Shojo Tai in the car, and when it got to the part about Tamami-chan becoming a mushroom person, my daughter laughed and asked what that was.
"Tamami-chan was parasitized by a Matango and became a mushroom person. But she says it's fine because if everyone around her also becomes a mushroom person, she won't stand out anymore."
"What is a Matango?"
"It's a mushroom that parasitizes people."
It seemed to leave quite an impression on her that I explained the lyrics of 'Cactus and Bantline' to her, and as soon as we got home, she started telling her mother, 'Mom, I heard a strange song in the car.'
"How was the composition workshop?" my wife asked with a strange look on her face.