Last semester, American teachers often said
to Japanese students “Be Independent”. Acutually, Japanese people are not
independent. Research shows that they always care about social position. Also,
it is comfortable for them to be same as others. The group consciousness is one
of Japanese characteristics. How do Japanese people behave? Where do people learn
it? Why? The presenter will illustrate how Japanese people think and care about
others in the society deeply.
Last week, we took a trip to the Southwest for 7 days. This trip was an absolutely wonderful memory. I had never been to these areas so I was stimulated by every things, for example, cactus, adobe style buildings, Native American culture and amazing dessert views. It is one of the most interesting trips I ever took, because I experienced some rare things like visiting Grand Canyon, visiting high school and so on. On this trip I could understand about Indian culture from a folk art museum. I would like to introduce some my best memories on this Southwest trip. My first best memory is Georgia O’Keef museum. Actually, before this trip, I was not familiar with her and didn’t know about any of her artworks, but I was looking forward to visiting here because I like art museums. Her artworks were very unique, abstract and absolutely fabulous, and these were very fresh to me. I especially liked bone’s paintings which one of the most famous her artwork, because the color contrast is very c...
