I really have noticed a lot ofdifferences between last semester and now. I found clear differences. There are that Mukogawa Fort Wright Institution is in charge of the lawn and the lawn is well kept. How beautiful the campus is! I take pride in the campus. I’m glad to stay and to study in a great environment. Last semester, students who belong to an English Department stayed here, but this semester there are Junior College and Education students whom I don’t know. We can make friends again and we are returning in MFWI, so we have to tell them; how to use a facility, how to go to a shopping mall and so on. All teachers and advisors said to us, Extensioneers should be role models for other students about haw stay here.” It sounds like we have more responsibilities than last semester. One of the differences is RA. My previous RA, Sarah, got married to her fiancĂ© and quit this job. Some RAs live here again. Others left here. It was sort of sad, but new RAs came here. The atmosphere changed a little bit. It is too much to say that expectation is the most different, I think. It’s because we stay here twice. Someone might wonder why extensioneers wanted to study abroad in Spokane again. Each of us have the own reasons for it, but we have a common goal which is we want to improve our English skills. In my case, this semester is so special. Everything is for me. I mean I made money for it by myself unlike last semester when I depend on my parents. Although I had no money, I wanted to stay here again by getting a bank loan which was kind of a debt. It’s my will. In other words, I changed my way of thinking. Teachers also have changed attitude. It means they are more stricter and make us busier. I feel their expectation for us is larger. Anyway, nothing is the same as before. I have to come up with my goal.
I had a good time visiting the Southwest USA with Extension students from 15 to 21, October. It was an education trip and I experienced new things and there was a lot of nature which is comfortable for me. I was looking forward to going on the Southwest trip for a long time. I have image that the Southwest is very hot but this place was cold than Spokane. It was interesting that the temperature was totally different in the same place. There were three emotions that I experienced on this trip. First, I was moved by the beautiful landscape of the Grand Canyon. It is absolutely enormous. When I look down the cliff, I remembered the teacher's caution for us that there are lots of people who die and I scared. I and my roommate wanted to see the sunrise so we tried to got up at 4:00 a.m. and then we could see the sunrise which was really fabulous. After that, we decided to rent a bicycle but we changed our mind and because we had lots of time. Surprisingly, we walked 10 miles aro...