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.