Portland Trip
We learned and enjoyed Portland trip. On the way to Portland, we saw
beautiful scenery, including night view and Columbia river. People who live there said they weren’t
willing to move to other places because it was comfortable to live in. I thought so.
And also, there is a lot of fascinating sightseeing.
First, a Japanese-American
memorial was interesting for me. There
were a lot of sad poems as I had predicted. But, one of them was a fine poem. It was fresh for me to know that. It was
described that their happiness of returning home from the camp. And also, we could know about other camps not
only Poston of Weedflower.
Second, Uwajima-ya
was also a good place. We heard the
business strategies from a Nissei man.
It was a new experience for us.
Their business strategies were deeply and smart. I was impressed. Also I had thought that Japanese-American
didn’t have fine future and they couldn’t have any job forever. But it wasn’t true and it is a good opportunity
to have an interest to Japanese-American at present, also.
Third, we could have
big opportunities to communicate with foreigners. We went to Columbia Basic College to talk about
our presentation topic. Native speakers
gave some advice. It could lead us to a
successful presentation. Next, we went to
language school. They were from various
countries. Although they have lived in the
U.S. for just two weeks, their speaking skills and motivation were very
high. I was impressed and I should I respect
them and I try to do my best for rest of semester.
In conclusion,
this trip made our interests intense.
Moreover, we found to learn long history interesting though this
trip.