Assignment #5: Aki Ra

This video made me a little sad. I didn't know about it at all. I've learned about the land mine issues and it still exists. But recently I'm really busy and I forgot about the problem. I'm really ashamed now. The most surprising thing is that Aki Ra, who is now trying to clear mines, had actually planted mines during the war, too. From this fact, I thought that if we did bad things, we can change. Now, the safety issue that I would like to change is the North Korea's nuclear weapons issues. I don't think they are doing the good thing. So are other countries in the world, I think. I want North Korea to realize that they are doing bad things, and then fix it.

Success: What Does it Take?

From Richard St. John's story, we can learn that "success isn't a one-way street, but a continuous  journey." He thought that success was one-way street, and he stopped trying hard when he reach success. Then, he failed. He learned that the important thing is not only how he achieves success, but how he sustains it. I was impressed by his story because I had an experience like his. When I was a high school student, I studied hard to pass the entrance exam of KGU, and I passed! My English skills clearly improved then, however, I thought, "I'm good enough", like him. And I stopped studying, and finally, my TOEFL score got worse. Then I realized like him, the important thing is to keep trying hard. Now, I'm studying for TOEFL test. Now I know what is important for success. I'll try hard, and I want to achieve success again.

Assignment #3: Viral Videos

I watched all of the examples of viral videos, and I found some common features among them. First, all of them made me smile. The movies about babies were so cute, and the music video was funny. They were different kind of movies, but they all made me feel good after I watched. Second, they were really catchy. They all were short  movies, and I could understand them even it was the first time that I saw the movies. And languages which are spoken in the videos are not important. I'm Japanese and I couldn't understand Korean at all, but I could enjoy Korean movie too. So I think viral movies have something that attract us except words.

Assignment #2: Images

I chose a photo, named "Messagr for Japan". In this picture, a girl is taking part in an anti-Japan protest in Taipei. Because of Senkaku-problem, a lot of Chinese people hate Japanese now. My friends said that her father had to get off  the taxi in China because he was Japanese. And everyday I hear the news like this on TV, and it's always worse, for example, a bilding of a Japane company was broken, and so on. However, a few days ago I talked about this problem with my friend who is Chinise, and my way of thinking toward it was changed. His grandparents are in China, so he go back to China every year. He've lived in Japan for fifteen years and he is mostly Japanese, but people in China are really kind to him. He said, "People now hurting Japanese are just one part of people in China." And I don't think the girl on this picture had the massage as her will. Probably an adult told her to do so. Therefore, I think Japanese people shouldn't hate all Chinise people.

Assignment #1: Then and Now

This film taught me a lot of things that I didn't know. The most surprising thing I learned from this film is about suicide. By watching news programs on TV, I knew that many people commit suicide after the tsunami. However, I didn't know how high the number is. In this film, a man said, "In Ishinomaki, ten people commit suicide a month. That's one person every three days." I was surprised at the number. I think one person every three days is too many. Even though they survived from the tsunami, they dicided to die. I can't imagine how hard the life after the tsunami was. I think I have to know more how people felt then.

Assignment #9: How's it Going?

I'm satisfied with my I university life at KGU. Before I entered KGU, I wanted to have a good time with my friend, and also study hard. My life is like that now. As I heard before I came here, I have to do a lot of homeworks and SIS is really "kakokusai". I have written four reports, and yesterday I wrote one of them. Although homeworkers are really hard, I can feel the sence of accomplishment. I think the harder they are, the more sence of it I can feel. And it's stronger when I try hard with my friends. The days I have to take exams are coming. I'm going to try hard with my friends.

Assignment #8: Maturity and Adulthood

I don't feel I am an adult. I feel like I am about fifteen years old. I can't believe that I am eighteen years old now. What is surpurising is that, I can marry! I can't believe. I think university students are not adult. They are childish. Of course there are grown-up students, but I think almost all students are not grown-up. Most of the students pay for the school expenses with their parents' money, and there are also many students who don't have their part-time jobs. Besides the problems about money, I think there are the other problems to consider university students to be adults. Some students often skip classes and don't study well. I think university students should be more responsibly.