How is the relationship between human and animals? Is there a pecking order? In Valley Fiesta, one man showed a performance with an owl and a monkey on the stage. When I saw it, I thought that human seems to have higher position than animals. The owl or monkey looked to me like one of tools for people’s amusement. At a zoo, animals are shut in cages or are limited spaces and showed to humans. It’s also for people’s amusement. The animals can’t live as wild animals. They have lived at a zoo since they were born so they don’t know wild life but they have rights for freedom. If we were in these animals situation, we would insist on our freedom. However animals can’t speak like human. The animals like the owl or monkey which I saw are taught to perform in one-way by human. They can’t refuse it. Also humans kill animals easily, sometimes as hunting play. It is a big felony if humans kill humans, of course killing intentionally our pets is a crime, but we kill wild animals for our safety. Humans think that animals are under humans and the first is human’s life and the second is animals’. We often think about our rights in life. At the same time we should think about animals and the way of coexistence with animals.
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...