last class

i will have the last IES class in the next period.IES always has been a big part of school life, and i cant really believe that there is no more class.i am partly glad that all classes are over,but i feel a little sad as well.
when i chose to study in IES class, i didnt expect that it would be so hard.actually not all classes were that hard but there were many challenges that i had never experienced before.after the two years IES classes, i think im ready to study abroad.i want to make good use of this two years experiences when i study in korea.

teaching experience

in my korean class,all students have an opportunity to be a teacher for one day.in every class,two or three students take turns teaching materials from textbook.my turn came last week,and my short lecture was about structure of sentence.we do this in my class because teaching the others helps students a lot to learn.when i was preparing for my turn,i carefully had to study it again not to make mistakes,so it helped myself to learn as well.
i just had the last korean class today.since i changed the class from the second semester,it seemed very short time that i attented the class.however,the class was very helpful and i liked the way of studying korean in the class.

colonial legacies

my final paper for darren's class was about colonial legacies in Korea.japan occupied korea from 1910 to 1945.during the 35 years,japan did many horrible things to korean people.many people were oppressed and even killed.their culture was suppressed under the annexation.korean people were not allowed to speak korean or study their own history at school.majority of things that japan left korea after the occupation seem very negative.in my paper,i wrote that there are also a few positive things that japan did to korea such as some improvements of education and industrialization and modernization of korea.i think it is true that some things turned positive after the annexation,however,i dont think japanese did such things for korean people.japanese just wanted to do those for their sake.japan made railroad in korea to carry weapons,and improved agriculture to produce more rice which were eventually exported to japan.as a result,even though there are a few things which seem to be positive now, japanese cant be praised because they they just used the land of korea and people there.in my paper,i wrote that korean people need to look at not only negative colonial legacies but also some positive colonial legacies in order to make better relathionship with japan.but i am well aware that its not easy thing to do,and while i was writing the paper,i didnt even think that i would do it if i were a korean.

Hanshin earthquake

11 years have passed since Hanshin earthquake happened.i was 9 when it happened and i dont remember it very well.only thing i remember is that i was shocked to see destroyed cities on tv.i visited Kobe for the first time last year,and i thought it is a very beautiful place.it must have taken so long and needed lots of effort to rebuilt the city.
every year when 1.17 comes around,people remember the earthquake and try to be more careful and get prepared for earthquake that might happen again.but i just heard news says that people are becoming less cautious with earthquake as time passes.it is the same thing in all places in japan.even when people know that they might have earthquake,they tend to think that it is in the distant future.people need to pay more attention toward earthquake because it might happen at any moment.

why are there more male writers than female writers?

i think there are some reasons why there are more male authors than female authors.first, men used to have better education than women, therefore there were more opportunities for men to become a writer.second,writing was considered a job for men and not for women.women were not thought to be intelligent in the past so they didnt have chance to write.third, provinces such as history and science are often written by male authors.it seems there are more provinces that men write than women write.
in school textbook,more male authors are introduced than female authors.i hope more female authors are introduced and get more attention.

visiting beautiful kyoto

this is my first blog since second semester started...i should have started to write eariler...
i went to Kinkakuji and Kitano tenmanguu with my friends yesterday.it has been more than ten years since i went to Kinkakuja last time.so i barely remembered how it looked like.it was more beautiful than i thought.it would be different and more beautiful if it was sunny...too bad...i wasnt very interested in such traditional temples until i started to visit them recently.i realized that it is important to visit the traditional places and know more about them so that i will be able to tell people about Japan a little more when i go abroad to study from next year.i have to study more history though...anyway....it is nice to visit kyoto in fall.some leaves are already red.it will be more beautiful in the end of november.
i came back to my hometown in Aichi yesterday.it is nice to be home...im leaving to nagoya now.i hope everybody is having fun in gaidaisai.

no more scary bombs!

it is almost 60 years since two atomic bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.only two bombs took two hundreds thousand peoples' lives away.people know how scary the nuclear weapons are.
in Aomori,there is a factory where a huge amount of plutonium is going to be produced that can be used for nuclear weapons.japan already has plutonium that is equal to 5,000 atomic bombs.the factory in Aomori can make plutinium that is equal to 1,000 atomin bombs per a year.this factory is going to start producing plutonium from this year;60th year since the atomic bombs were dropped....
some people are forgetting the tragedy of Hirashima and Nagasaki.this could cause another tragery.the factory should be stopped.i got an email that told me this information from Greenpeace yesterday.now Greeanpeace is calling for people to write messages against producing plutonium in the factory.i'm going to send a message,hoping there will be even a small change.let's take action!

who should decide?

today,we learned about euthanasia a little in literature class. it is a popular topic to discuss,and there are many different opinions about it.today's discussion topic was "who should make a decision of euthanasia" and there are mainly three answers;patients,families,and doctors...or maybe there is not right answer though.
i personally believe patients have right to make the decision.if i were a person who is terribly sick,i want to decide how i end my life.and if i were i person who have a very sick person in my family,i want him or her to make the decision.i can't step into his or her life even if i have a close relationship.
of course,patients are not necessarily in the condition that they can tell their will to the others.they might be unconscious so that they cannot say what they wish.this is a problem if the patients should make decisions.so maybe people should make a will while they are not sick.this sounds a little sad....but i think it is not a useless thing to do since people can never know when they face life crisis.