I was a discussion leader in the conversation class, and my topic is “Child Abuse”. Child abuse is a big problem in the world. There are cases of child abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and other forms of maltreatment. The U.S Department of Health and Human, services report that for each year between 2000 and 2005, “female parents acting alone” were most likely to be perpetrators of child abuse. I agree with this report because single mothers have a lot of stress. Japanese child guidance centers throughout the country recognized and took action in a record 59,862cases of child abuse during 2011. Sometimes, I saw child abuse news, and the parents killed their children. I feel sad every time I saw it. Why do abusers abuse their children? I think they were abused by their parents, so they don’t know how to love the children. Therefore, children didn’t notice it, so their people around them must help their children. However, it is difficult that we judge a beginning of abuse, because each parent is different to educate their children. I will judge it if I saw many bruises on their body, or they show me S.O.S signs. I think we should take abuse education more and more. School is not only to study but also to learn society. Children lack social education, so when they grew up, they make big mistakes, such as abuse. I can’t understand abusers’ feeling because I don’t have children. However, we have to help children, and stop the abusers. The topic is difficult, so I think about it deeply.
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...