Final Presentation

1: Comments 

1; Saya Goto

     She talked about “Body Art.” There are three kinds of body arts mainly, pierce, tattoo and sprit tan. She doesn’t understand why we should not wear earrings while doing part time jobs. She always wear no color pierce. Not only pierce, but also tattoo has bad image. Long time ago, people have to make tattoo as proof of guilt. That’s why they are not good images in society. She thinks, Japan has good chance to change towards body art because 2020 Olympics is coming. Many people around the world who have tattoos, pierced ears and body. These are 1 kind of fashion. She hope Japanese attitude for body art will be improved.

     I have no pierce hole because my father and mother didn’t and don’t allow me to pierce my ears. They think it is frivolous thing. I don’t think so, it is just for fashion. My father doesn’t like to dye my hair. These things are tools to express myself. I want to change social attitudes for body art too.

2; Mana Hanatani 

     She talked about her respect person. She admires her parents. She had not known the importance of father and mother roles  until she has started living by herself. She has to cook, laundry, clean rooms... everything is her task. In her parents house, she doesn’t nothing. In her high school, she has a friend who she really respects. Her friend is smart. There is saying by Edison “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” It is suitable for her friend, she thinks. She want to change herself by thinking a lot of things and making her have to do something.

     I also respect my parents. They do anything for me in spite of having their things have to do. I realized the importance and toughness until I started living in dormitory in high school. Now, when I go back home, I do some chores. I don’t like parents but I want to be like them.

3; Reina Maeda 

     She talked about fashion and make-up. Nowadays we have a lot of apps about fashion on our cellphones, instagram, zozotown and so on. She thinks clothes give taste to express ourselves, cover weak points. In addition, make up give us confidence. In our society, LGBT is getting controversial issues. She thinks they enjoy themselves by putting on clothes and wearing makeup what they want. For example, Ryucheal and Kemio is pioneers to express myself. This is the meaning of clothes and makeup. Fashion and makeup has power to be who we want to be.

     I love to think about fashion and makeup. I saw expert saying less and less young people wear individual clothes. Clothes are tools to express themselves, on TV. I think so too. Fashion can change me and gives me confidence. Not only young men but also elderly people should put on clothes what they likes. 

4; Kakeru Sakai 

     He talked about High Tech Toys. In this presentation, toys means tools. There are many high technology toys in our daily life such as smartphones, laptops and videos games. They have bothered of merits and demerits. You can connect friends anywhere and anytime. However, physical and mental problems exist at the same time. He has solutions; be sure to connect real world, atake care of body and mental, and go out and then move our body. 

     I was really surprised he spent 3 to 5 hours to play game in a day. He must have eye damage and mental problems so I want him to play game less time. However, I am also absorbed in net surfing. I can’t stop easily once I start. I should rethink about using smart phone. 

5; Taisei Yamagishi 

     His topic of his presentation is “Can war make peace?”  Why break out the war? There arereasons. First, human need food and resource to survive. Second, disapproval with government such as demo, terrorism and coup’ detat. Third, conflicts between tribes and regions.  Finally, conflits with hegemonism state. Sum up, wars are broken out by to live and desire. His answer is No. War is going to end someday but many innocent people will be killed. That is the woeful point. He wants no war will happen in the future.

     I am against for war. I saw young young children who has no food to eat and place to sleep in the class. I couldn’t believe my eyes because I am studying in the peaceful place but at the same time many people is managing to live. It is too sad. War has no meaning. We should accept thoughts and proposals each other and be clam. 

2: My Presentation 

     I chose the topic of French culture. Now, I am study french in the University as second foreign language. French grammars are similar to English but verb form will change depends on subjects. Pronunciation are same even if spelling are different. It is difficult for me to learn but it is fun. I have a French friend whose her Japanese skill is super good. I met her in 2 years in high school. She came to Kumano to study Japanese for 10 months. She was not my class mate, she was in next to my classroom. Her classmates couldn’t understand the difference between French and Japanese. They were getting avoiding her and I saw her reading a book in the corner of classroom. I couldn’t believe that. She must have worries because she came to Japan alone moreover she couldn’t understand Japan well. I was really shocked so I visited her every day. She told me her experience like her home stay in Mexico, German language and her vacances in France. I’ll show 2 french cultures. First, many French people cannot sing national song. In Japan “Kimigayo” is taught as music classroom, but in France, it isn’t taught. Kimigayo has beautiful meaning. In one theory, it stands for love from women to men. In contrast, French national song has “blood” and “kill” It stands for the respect for soilder who tried to get victory. It is said Kimigayo is the most beautiful national song in the world. Second, meals. In Japan, in the breakfast, many people have miso soup, rice and gilled fish in the morning. On the other hand, in France, they only have cafe au lait and coffees. In lunch time, French people take 2 hours to complete their lunch. Even in cafeteria, course meals are served. At dinner time, French people have a dinner after 8 p.m. and finished 10 p.m. Japanese people don’t take time to eat so I was amazed at how long French people take time on eating. I am happy to know about French culture. She is going to back in Kumamoto in August so I am really looking forward to seeing her again.

Unit 14: career or choice

1: Issue 

     The issue that we discussed was career or life. The presentation must be followed by one of three;my strengths and weaknesses,my goals for the future,and an experience that I have learned.

2: Comments 

1;Rie Amaki 

     She talked about her experience that she have learned. She went to Montana,America in this March to study for 1 month. It was her first time to stay other’s house for one month. she was really worried about but,she seemed to enjoy there. It was difficult for her to make conversation with host family in English. She is from nonverbal communication culture while host family is verbal communication culture. Her vague expression cause misunderstanding between her and them. She learned how it is important to tell her thoughts clearly. Her host family embraced her thinking’s. She thought she needed to have clear thinking’s.

     Now,we are in Japan,Japanese people don’t want to express their thoughts. Neither do I. However,by telling my thinkings in this class,I became not to hesitate to say in the public gradually. It is difficult for us to have or expresse our thoughts,but we surly can do it. Let’s make a lot of efforts in this class!

2;Hikari Nishimura 

     She also talked about her experience that she have learned from. She is working at coffee shop. She has chanes to promote her salary. She had two chances but she failed to do them. She was really nervous and couldn’t make good services which customers make enjoy. Her store manager gave some advices. To have flexible thinking,to think about “Time “that someone has,which means observe special time and to express her thanks by acting. After those,the way of her thinking is getting changed gradually. She will make use of these her experiences.

     It is difficult for me to give customers good and polite services. She always try to make herself improved. Her store manager gave her effective advice. How amazing manager he? She? is!! I hope you can pass promotion test and become good saller. I want to have a cup of coffee she makes one day.

3;Kenya Shimpuku 

     He talked about his goals for the future. He wants to be professior or scholar in the future. Why he wants to be them is one events when he was young,he was told “You are so talkative. You are like girl.”by his father and sister. He didn’t like to be said so. He could not understand feminine or manine. That’s why he wants to study abou gender. Japanese sexual education is worse than other developed countries. In Finland,the education is necessary to study. He wants to be key person to promote japanese sexual education.

     I don’t like Japanese culture. Woman have to be womanly. Man have to be manly. As society going,we have to change the way of thinking. We have to be the way we want. It is no accounting for the taste. He is unique and has worthy of being them. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

4;Mana Hanatani 

     She talked about her strengths and weaknesses. Since she was young,she have been interested in many things. When he was 2 years in elementary school,she has been swimming school for 1 year. 4 years in elementary school,she began to play tennis. In that time,thanks to her mother’s advices,she could continue for 9 years. Now she has new things that she has interest. It is Korean. She has just started learning,but she is making efforts right now. At last she gave us tips to be stronger. To achieve small goals that make our big dream come true,to tell your goals to other,not to cling to results and to think about the merits.

     It is difficult for us to continue something. She said she has interests easily and get bored easily. Most of people like that. Although she said so,she had played tennis for 9 years! That is amazing thing! She gave us tips. The most impressive one is tell goals for others. I think it is true. I want to tell and express my thoughts for my friends and family.

3: My presentation 

     I talked about my strengths and weaknesses. I think everyone has strengths and weaknesses. My strengths are 4. First,I don’t given up easily. Onece I decided to do,I try to complete it. Second,do my best everything. One of my mottos is “Always put one hundred and ten percent into everything “I’m lazy girl but I do want to get lazy about what I want to do. Third,strong sense of responsibility. When I was higher school student,I had stayed in dormitory. In third years,I was appointed vice dormitory leader. Thank to my strong sense of responsibility,I could get precious experiences. Last one is having a lot of guts. I don’t like to lose. When I’m frustrated something,I always frustrations into motivation. I think this is my biggest strengths. Next my weaknesses. First,complain. I don’t give up easily but I often complain. My mother says “Compliments and dissatisfactions make you ugly.”I want to stop complaining,so I asked my members in this group to give advices,I hope they give me good ideas. Second is getting tired. As I mentioned before,I do my best everything but I can’t control my energy well. I tend to get tired in the middle of doing something. Last one is extreme emotional ups and downs. When I am happy,I feel very well. On the others hand,when I am sad,I can’t help crying. However,while I am crying,sometimes I can’t stop laughing. I don’t know why I am in the situation like that. It is really weird. I want to make difference ups and downs smaller. I learned from last presentation,successful people know how their emotions affect their lifes. To improve myself,I want to control. I searched how to make differences them smaller. There are 3 tips. By using the power of aroma. Scent can change our emotions. Especially bergamot is effective. Second,cut down on suger. We may think surger make you relaxed but if you take too much,it causes absent minded,not to continue concentration and to get angry easily. Last one is to face the problem you haven’t solved. It is hard and difficult for us to face. However it is the shortcut to be stable mind. It is important to fade away source of making you sad. I want to attack my problems that I pretended not to see.