I went to Port Land trip. Here is famous for Lewis and Clark, I learned
about it so much. Of course, I had a many opportunities to learn other things,
for example, I learned about Oregons founds father, different culture and restaurant marketing.
It was a really great trip for me.
At first, I’ll talk about my most favorite place. It is McLouglin
House. Mr McLouglin called ‘The Father of Oregon’. At that time, animal’s fur
is a symbol for rich persons. He had a hat that made from beaver’s skin, according
to a guide, you needed 50 beavers to make one hat. When I knew about it, I was
worried about over hunting, because beaver’s skin were used other stuff, like a
blanket. And also, that house had a flag. He managed a huge company, it was
kind like a country, so that flag made by him. Actually, at first I thought it
was some country national flag.
Next, I could really have a good conversation at a college visit. There
are many students who is learning English as a second language. The Students
ages and countries are completely different, but, they looked so close with each
other. When we talk English age and country are no matter for us. So, I like
this part about learning English. And, I talked Japanese Girl. To be honest, I had
disappointed about it, because I can talk with a Japanese so easily. However,
her life was so attractive to me. After graduate from university, she got a job
to save money, a few years later she came to America to learn English. In my
case, my parents paid money for me, so, I want to go back America to learn
English for myself. That’s why, I respected her so much.
And then, I went to Tebo’s restaurant. It is a local restaurant. So this
restaurant are really loved by older persons who live in this area. Of course,
dish was really good. I ate a cheese burger and strawberry shake. It was American
taste and size. But also, I could feel warm and nostalgic atmosphere only found
in a local restaurant. Clerks spoke to us so many times, even customers spoke
to us so many times. When we tried taking a picture, one older man took a picture
for us, but he didn’t know how to take a picture. So that photo was not clear,
but that picture is one of my most favorite pictures, because it can make me have
warm feelings.
Finally, I went to a Japanese American Memorial. In the 1940’s, Japanese
Americans were sent to internment a camp become the U.S. government didn’t
trust them. The camp was like a prison. War’s story makes me feel sad, but I
have to accept things as Japanese and English learner. And there are many
statues with written poems on them. I could understand from that poem, many Japanese
suffered from discrimination and they claimed that we are one of the Americans.
That statue showed us Japanese feeling that a person lived during the war and
they couldn’t accept as one of the American. I could understand their sad
feeling here more than in the text book.
As you can see, I learned many things though the trip. To be honest,
until last semester, trips were just fun for me. However, this trip taught me American
culture, history and warm feeling. And also, I could meet my life model during
this trip. This trip was absolutely great. I cannot express in words. I
will never forget this trip.
source Makoto Inui
will never forget this trip.