My Fabulous Experience

We did it!! We have finished our presentations!! On December 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th, Extension students had amazing presentations about Japanese culture at the library. One of the goals of this semester was to success our presentation, so I’m very happy now. We started preparing for presentation from May. We decided Topic of presentation during regular program and started research during summer vacation. During this semester, we always thought about our presentations because it was very hard to success presentation. However, I had three treasures through out of this presentation.

First, I had opportunity to learn about Japanese culture. My big topic of presentation was Kamakura. Especially, I presented about Great Image of Buddha. Honestly, I was not interested in this topic, so It was boring for me, but I changed my mind because the Great Image of Buddha has some interesting facts. However, I was not sure whether this topic is interesting or not for Americans, so I always felt very nervous and I often asked teachers and Mr. Ando that is this topic interesting?? I worry about it so much, so I didn’t have confidence that audiences enjoy my presentation until finish my presentation. After presentation, I realized my topic is interesting because audiences looked enjoy my presentation. I was so happy and I was proud of my topic. I also enjoyed other topics because there were very interesting and enjoyable facts. Through out of this presentation, I found Japan has fabulous cultures and I’m proud of Japan.

Second, I had essential Extension teachers and friends. I think I wouldn’t have succeed without teachers, Mr.Ando, and friends. This semester was harder than last semester because we had a lot of homework and we had to prepare for presentation. I sometimes feel stressful and I was crying, but they always encouraged me and say ‘You can do it!!’. My wonderful teachers and friends always helped and cared for me. I think I could make good presentation because of them. They realized me that I’m not alone, I’m always together with them. They made me strong. I want to say thank you so much to them from bottom of my heart. They are my treasure!!

Finally, I have confidence by myself because I did it, I have finished my presentation. I think I can do it even if I face difficult problem in the future. My English skill is still low, but I want to keep study hard and I want to achieve my goal in the future.

I really enjoyed my presentation. This experience made me strong and changed my life. I'm happy to be here as one of the Extension students. It was first time to have such a admirable experience. I want to say thank you my teachers and friends for supporting me. I love Extension members so much!!

Fabulous Southwest Trip

The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...

Respectable Voice of The Japanese American

Respectable Voice of The Japanese American Chisato Fujii When I saw this poem, I felt strong feeling of this poet like “I am an American,” and I also felt this poet’s voice like “Why am I not treated as an American?” I’ve never lived in this period of world war Ⅱ , and of course, I’ve never experienced this suffering and war, but I could feel people’s voice of this period thanks to this poet. Without these Japanese Americans’ voices, I couldn’t feel and understand their feeling and thought. When I understand this poem’s meaning, this poem made me sad, but I also understood Japanese Americans were proud of themselves in the middle of the war. I respect them and am proud.

Memorable Southwest Trip

I had an absolutely amazing time through on the southwest trip with fabulous teachers and friends for one week. I went to so many special places such as the Grand Canyon. I really wanted to go there and I was able to have a various experiences at the Grand Canyon. In addition, I ate a ton of southwest food and spicy food during this trip. This trip was most memorable for me for three reason for that. Amazing Grand Canyon First, I had many most amazing memories at the Grand Canyon. I really wanted to go to the Grand Canyon, so my dreams came true. We went to the Mather point at first. That was my first time to see the Grand Canyon. I was really surprised and impressed. It was like a picture, so I was really confused when I was saw that. Then I went to the next point to see the sunset. The sunset was absolutely gorgeous. I was really impressed. The next day, I woke up early. I went to Yaki point to see the sunrise with teachers. That day was really cold and windy, so whe...

MFWI Extension Writing Class

Search This Blog