Unit5: Success

1: Issues 

     We discussed plagiarism on this unit. I had already known plagiarism because when I just entered this university,many professors told us not to do so. However,Peter should teach Kan about it if Kan really don’t know. If Kan does it many times,Peter should do his work.

2: Comments 

1;Saki Yonemoto 

     She thinks effort is important key to be success,but the most important thing is continuation. She showed us the graphic which one person walks on the trainload and also took the story of “The Tortoise and the Hare”for example. When she was junior high school student,she went to cram school but she didn’t want to do. She got judgement “E”on test. Depressed the result,she tried to study harder every day. Finally,she got A and was able to pass the entrance exam which she wanted to go.

     I agree with her thoughts which is making efforts plus continuation are her image of success. Continuation is the most important thing but it is the most difficult thing too. However,she did it so,I really admire her. I didn’t know there is a story about “Usagi to Kame”all over the world. This is easy to understand the importance of efforts.

2;Mio Kanaida 

     She told us the definition of success which is being famous and get reputations. However,successes she thinks are different from it. They are to achieve her dreams;living where she loves,living with her loving people and living with smile. She thinks living with smile is the most difficult because there are many difficulties and sad things in our life. To achieve,she study hard right now. Successful people work and hard.

     Her dreams are wonderful. I also want to live with slime. I know to come true this dream,I have to study harder. After listening to her presentation,I realized what is success in life. Not money,not fame,it is living with smile.

3;Mako Ishibashi 

     She thinks the success is to accomplish the goals you set. It is difficult to explain her definition so she gave us example. For instance,she have big dream to trip where she wants to go. To come true this dream she has to save money by earning every month. It might be small things but,it accumulates,it will be big things. She thinks this is success. In her favorite movie,“If you want it,just keep doing it.”a scientist says. 

     The example she showed us was interesting. We have big dream and we are just in the middle of making efforts right now. However it may be hard,all we have to is doing our best. We may think what we do is waste but it will be connected to something in the future. 

4;Kenya Shimpuku 

     He doesn’t know whether he is success or not because he is processing his journey,life. When we die,if we could say,“I was satisfied with my life. I was really happy.”It means you were successful. He has dream to travel all overseas the world. If he cannot come true his dream,there is no reason to be born in this world. He also introduced the words of Pelé,“Success is no accident. it is hard work,perseveration,learning,studying,sacrifice and most of all,love of what you are doing or learning todo.”

     I could felt his passion for traveling all over the world. He has bid dream,that’s why he always study hard every day. To be success,the person who make us come true our dreams is only ourselves. We have to put effort to make them. At the end of his presentation,he said,“Enjoy your life.”I want to enjoy my life as he said.

3: My presentation 

     I talked about my experience at fist. I am really bat at math,science and Japanese. One subject I can get good grade is only English. When I was 2nd grade in junior high school,I realized English is my subject. Then I tried to take un test “英検”pre-second. My vocabulary was too bad to pass so,I decided to study for it. I was really busy because I had to go club activity,cram school and calligraphy school. There is no time to study! However,I found time I could study. It was before going to school. I usually got up 6 o’clock so I tried to get up 1 hour earlier. I could study for 1 hour for 3 months. It was really hard for me but I didn’t give up! Finally,I was able to pass. Through this experience,I learned efforts make good achievements. As I grew older,this lesson is not true. Even I made efforts,did my best,sometimes I can’t catch good grade or prize. However,I think making efforts is the best way to be successful. I might not get result,the attitude try to do something hard is success and important. Second,I found interesting article on the internet about what great people do. They write dairy,meditation,control our feelings,cherish time for oneself and patience. These 5 elements are effective to be successful. I was most interested in was meditation. A certain research shows meditation has a lot of advantages for mental and health. Meditation improves capacity to memorize and make more easy to sympathize. I had  meditated when I was junior high school students before going home. I could feel clam and reflect what I did. That was good moments. I want to do them from now. By doing so,I hope my  possibilities to be success will be improved.

Unit 4: Rules

1, Issues
     The isuue that we discussed was Rules. The presentation was based on our childhood.

2: Comments
1; Taise Yamagishi
     He told us when he met games for the first time. I know he is good at playing video games. His grand parents are kind to him while his parents are strict. When he was 4 or 5 years, he got first game software. However, he kept his grade good. Because he did his homework before playing games. That’s why he could. His motto is “ Do something what you want to do, but do something what you have to do.

     I was surprised he kept his good grade even after getting game. When I got my cellphone, my grade went down and was scolded by my parents. I’m proud him. His motto is good not only for him but also for me. I have learned it by my heart.

2; Taku Shimoakasho
     He showed us what he did, liked, and dislked when he was child. He was serious boy. He falled into the pond because he found a cup in it. He was scolded so much by his parents. When he asked what he wants to eat, he always answered “Soba” He had ate too much, now he preferes udon to soba.

     He talked about him while showing graphics. They were easy to imagine what he did. The stories were really interesting. I could imagine his childhood. Now he is serious boy but didn’t change. He didn’t like injections so he was childish and I thought he is cute....

3; Maria Shigaki
     When she was young, she was really shy. She could say nothing in front of people. However, in her home. He became selfish girl. When she got angry, she was crying at the corner of the room. She has started learning English when she was 2 years old. In addition, she had played the piano more than 19 years. Her future dream is changing as her gets older. Now she wants to work at multinational company by using her English skills.

     I was surprised that she was shy girl. Because she is always talking with someone and talk to someone without hesitation now. She totally chenged. She has a lot of hobbies such as dance, piano and photography. These hobbies made her active girl I think.

4; Yuko Hirakawa
     She talk about herself compared to now. When he was young, she ates whole green pepper. While now, she tend to eat what she likes. She had to go home by 6 p.m. when she was little. One day she didn’t go home by 7 p.m. a Her parents called police. After that, she keeps promises.

     It is interesting to compare to now in many aspects. Food is easy to change. I loved cucumbers but now I don’t. Green pepper, moreover whole eating. What a healthy girl he was! By comparing myself, we can rethink about ourselves and found things we have to change the behaviors. Her presentation was good opportunity to revise myself.

5; Hikari Nishimura
     She was shy when she was little. After entering the nursery school, it changed her better. She tried volleyball, swimming, and calligraphy. By doing them, she was getting understand people around her. The biggest thing which her change cheerful girl is her part time job. She has to talk with her cos  customers to recommend new beverages. It is hard for her but worthy. Her future dream is working at airport. She hasn’t decided exactly, but he will keep up her best.

     She talked about her with calm voice. Maybe thanks to her experiences at her workplace.  She told us her workplace, I could understand how they have power for her. She is serious girl so I want to go
there and see her working with her cutie simle. She has clearly reasons why she wants to be. I haven’t decided what I want to do in my future so I admire her.

3: My presentation
       I thought about how I changed since childhood. I was really serious girl. I could pretended to see what other people do wrong things. If I was given commands to do them, I followed as I told. I was too sincere to work with my friends, which means I lacked a cooperative sprint. Maybe some of my friends disgusted what I sais and acted. I wanted to do everything completely and correctly. The stress even I didn’t notice was getting increased. As a result, I lost my eyebrows when I was 10 years old. At that time, my classroom teacher told me, not to be perfect. People who can embrace their mistakes is the perfect human. Since I’ve heard of this phrase, I have been feeling good towards everything. I totally changed after this event. I wanted to mention abou rules based on the text book. I think we should set our rules appropriately for our age. I don’t have many rules now compared to when I was young. If I have to show, I always close the toilet lid because my happiness will get away from me. I haven’t gotten fortunate by doing this, but I keep this custom.