i slept more than 9 hours and my back hurts :/
I couldn't make it on time for my anthropology class,and it was the last class for this semester lol
too bad!
and also, today was the last ELP with Rab!!X(
we saw a documentary film about teen age students importing dangerous weapons from all over the world. It was crazy that students like me can actually buy those people-killing-weapons without any regulation. how could that be!? in Japan, I think laws regarding weapons are more strict, although Rab mentioned about a spray used for bears.
in next term, I want to do a project that will challenge a current situation of something(I'm not sure what it will be)!
hope to do some interesting work.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
june15th
i thought rainy season started, but it was sunny(sometimes cloudy) and humid today. my expectation that today's PE would not be running but something like recreation did not come true X( although it was our last PE for this term.
the class after PE is always tiring :(
(luckily, we'll have PE in 5/fri next term♪)
since we kinda finished what should be covered in classes, we had a activity, Meeting Simulation .
If I were to go to the island in LOST, i would definitely bring machine guns, but not in this time. It was funny that Kaya's items list included swimming suit and sunscreen!X) never came to my mind.
but what we(Sayaka,Yuga,Tomoaki,Saori) thought was that may be MAY BE we can just have PC and Internet access, and tell the world what the government has done to us! i'm sure that this government's decision is ridiculous and the government like this will collapse as soon as the world protests against it! then we all can go back to our normal lives full of items to survive^^
the class after PE is always tiring :(
(luckily, we'll have PE in 5/fri next term♪)
since we kinda finished what should be covered in classes, we had a activity, Meeting Simulation .
If I were to go to the island in LOST, i would definitely bring machine guns, but not in this time. It was funny that Kaya's items list included swimming suit and sunscreen!X) never came to my mind.
but what we(Sayaka,Yuga,Tomoaki,Saori) thought was that may be MAY BE we can just have PC and Internet access, and tell the world what the government has done to us! i'm sure that this government's decision is ridiculous and the government like this will collapse as soon as the world protests against it! then we all can go back to our normal lives full of items to survive^^
Monday, June 14, 2010
PWT
do i need to write a blog today?lol
what we did in class is an essay test on The Old Man and the Sea! I choose the first question, but i'm not sure whether i answered the question properly or not. also I couldn't spell out the words correctly , i think X(
btw I'll go to Scotland in summer for SEA program.
students going to Scotland and York gathered together and ate dinner at Italian restaurant in Kichijoji X)<3 ( it was cheap and delicious!)
they were all nice and I got to know them well ♪
i wanna watch soccer game tonight IF i finish my essay -_-
go JAPAN go!!
what we did in class is an essay test on The Old Man and the Sea! I choose the first question, but i'm not sure whether i answered the question properly or not. also I couldn't spell out the words correctly , i think X(
btw I'll go to Scotland in summer for SEA program.
students going to Scotland and York gathered together and ate dinner at Italian restaurant in Kichijoji X)<3 ( it was cheap and delicious!)
they were all nice and I got to know them well ♪
i wanna watch soccer game tonight IF i finish my essay -_-
go JAPAN go!!
Friday, June 11, 2010
New Design
wow! new design for blog!
this is so cute ^^♪
I always like ELP classes in ILC. Since Rab uses lots of interesting websites for teaching, I never get bored in class :) I'm wondering how he manages to contain all that information for websites and books in his head!
We saw many short movies today and they all had serious messages for us to know. Some of the short movies were in cartoon and I laughed through out the movie, but at the same time, it was very shocked to know loads of terrible facts which were actually connected to our everyday life.
Can we create the world where no sacrifice is made for someone else's happiness?
or do we always need some kinds of sacrifice for benefit?
I don't know correct answers and solutions to these ongoing problems, but people in wealthy countries are the one who can change the world. I don't want to live my life as if I knew nothing about what's happening behind the surface.
this is so cute ^^♪
I always like ELP classes in ILC. Since Rab uses lots of interesting websites for teaching, I never get bored in class :) I'm wondering how he manages to contain all that information for websites and books in his head!
We saw many short movies today and they all had serious messages for us to know. Some of the short movies were in cartoon and I laughed through out the movie, but at the same time, it was very shocked to know loads of terrible facts which were actually connected to our everyday life.
Can we create the world where no sacrifice is made for someone else's happiness?
or do we always need some kinds of sacrifice for benefit?
I don't know correct answers and solutions to these ongoing problems, but people in wealthy countries are the one who can change the world. I don't want to live my life as if I knew nothing about what's happening behind the surface.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
june 9th
We just finished our class and I'm spending my time at ILC to work on my essay.
In class, we did debate on our thesis statements for the essay.
this was actually fun!
although I only liked to attack people :P sorry!
by thinking how to explain my thesis statement, I realized that my essay is sort of introduction paper for neocolonialism and does not really contents my thought...
is that ok ?
I give many examples in my essay showing bad influences upon developing countries due to their unfair relationship with developed countries and international institutions, like IMF and World Bank.
and I say that we have to reconsider their current relationship and seek ways to solve problems to bring more benefits to developing countries.
is this enough? or should I give specific solutions (although this might be really difficult)?
hmmmm.... this is kind of my online tutorial!
by the way, I successfully get Mr.Ro's Introduction to Christianity class next term X)!
I'm so happy! because every time I ask seniors about the Christianity class, everyone says that Mr.Ro is the best.
I wonder what kind of class he will do for us.
I hope it's interesting, or else it's gonna be my sleeping time :(
In class, we did debate on our thesis statements for the essay.
this was actually fun!
although I only liked to attack people :P sorry!
by thinking how to explain my thesis statement, I realized that my essay is sort of introduction paper for neocolonialism and does not really contents my thought...
is that ok ?
I give many examples in my essay showing bad influences upon developing countries due to their unfair relationship with developed countries and international institutions, like IMF and World Bank.
and I say that we have to reconsider their current relationship and seek ways to solve problems to bring more benefits to developing countries.
is this enough? or should I give specific solutions (although this might be really difficult)?
hmmmm.... this is kind of my online tutorial!
by the way, I successfully get Mr.Ro's Introduction to Christianity class next term X)!
I'm so happy! because every time I ask seniors about the Christianity class, everyone says that Mr.Ro is the best.
I wonder what kind of class he will do for us.
I hope it's interesting, or else it's gonna be my sleeping time :(
June 8th
i feel vain these days.
i really wanna do party and shopping!let this feeling go way!
recently, all ELP classes are about the book, but in fact, I learn more and more each day. Rab mentioned about the unrealistic events in the book, which did not fit with Hemingway's realistic writing style. I thought this was because Hemingway got tired of his own life and wanted to make changes. Recalling the story, I think it is so dramatic, and the old man like Santiago is so unrealistic!
Sayaka is moving to Natsuko's and my apartment in July X)♪♪oh yeah!
i really wanna do party and shopping!let this feeling go way!
recently, all ELP classes are about the book, but in fact, I learn more and more each day. Rab mentioned about the unrealistic events in the book, which did not fit with Hemingway's realistic writing style. I thought this was because Hemingway got tired of his own life and wanted to make changes. Recalling the story, I think it is so dramatic, and the old man like Santiago is so unrealistic!
Sayaka is moving to Natsuko's and my apartment in July X)♪♪oh yeah!
Monday, June 7, 2010
June 7th
I cleaned my room this morning and neatly put my clothes in closet. It feels good when you have neat room^^ and I think it's getting hotter these days, so I must watch out for rotten food and bugs! be careful everyone!
What we did in class today is discussing The Old Man and the Sea and problems regarding animal rights. NP was about how to perceive theme and symbols in The Old Man and the Sea by relating them to Hemingway's own life and Christianity. It was quit different from what we did in our class last time that Paul said the story had little connection with the actual world whereas Rab talked about the importance to know about the period of time when the book was written and the status quo in Quba. There seems many ways to look at the novel!
Throughout Paul's lecture, I noticed many similarities in Hemingway, Santiago and Christ, although some of them were suspicious.
In the class, we discussed if it was contradiction for Hemingway to be both a hunter and a conservationist. And this discussion led us to think about problems of animal rights, meat consumption, factory farming etc. These were very difficult problems to handle, but we have duties to face them , of course. The documentary Earthling which Rab mentioned in the class, I'll see if I can find it.
What we did in class today is discussing The Old Man and the Sea and problems regarding animal rights. NP was about how to perceive theme and symbols in The Old Man and the Sea by relating them to Hemingway's own life and Christianity. It was quit different from what we did in our class last time that Paul said the story had little connection with the actual world whereas Rab talked about the importance to know about the period of time when the book was written and the status quo in Quba. There seems many ways to look at the novel!
Throughout Paul's lecture, I noticed many similarities in Hemingway, Santiago and Christ, although some of them were suspicious.
In the class, we discussed if it was contradiction for Hemingway to be both a hunter and a conservationist. And this discussion led us to think about problems of animal rights, meat consumption, factory farming etc. These were very difficult problems to handle, but we have duties to face them , of course. The documentary Earthling which Rab mentioned in the class, I'll see if I can find it.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
fine day today;)
My constellation, cancer ,was no.1 on fortunetelling on TV today!
I supposed to have perfect luck on study, friendship, money and love.
hmm... not really !
today we had PWT, which I thought was rather easy comparing to the previous one.
thanks to tomoaki's google document because there was the same question on the PWT!
wow;)!
i'm not sure of some of the answers, but i don't care anymore.what's done is done!
i'm working on my essay now.
the DVD rab lent me was actually very helpful.
it showed how IMF and World Bank put pressures to Jamaica's market and how they restrict severely when they lend funds to people.
it was shocking that chief members of IMF and WB create rules officially which would eventually cause khaos in Jamaica, even though their formal purpose is to support Jamaicans.
i'm very looking forward to going to Rab's place X)!!
yahooooooo!
I supposed to have perfect luck on study, friendship, money and love.
hmm... not really !
today we had PWT, which I thought was rather easy comparing to the previous one.
thanks to tomoaki's google document because there was the same question on the PWT!
wow;)!
i'm not sure of some of the answers, but i don't care anymore.what's done is done!
i'm working on my essay now.
the DVD rab lent me was actually very helpful.
it showed how IMF and World Bank put pressures to Jamaica's market and how they restrict severely when they lend funds to people.
it was shocking that chief members of IMF and WB create rules officially which would eventually cause khaos in Jamaica, even though their formal purpose is to support Jamaicans.
i'm very looking forward to going to Rab's place X)!!
yahooooooo!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
great weather today!
I loved today's weather!
blue sky with no clouds and worm sunshine ...it was definitely a day for ice cream^^♪
most of CBs whom I ate lunch with, enjoyed eating ice creams!
Today's class was held outside in the nature and it was very relaxing.
I saw ants walking on my legs and bags, but that was ok with me, may be not with Natsuko!
We talked about 3Bs on The Old Man and the Sea.
I thought I did my 3Bs, but it wasn't enough to understand the background of the book.I realized how important to have knowledge of the time and place when the book was written, so that you can interpret the story in better way with more evidence. It was interesting how Hemingway's feelings toward women appealed in this story! I never tried to read a novel in this kind of way, so what we'll be doing with The Old Man and the Sea seems fun ;)
hmm
i really need to go to supermarket!!
fooooooood!
blue sky with no clouds and worm sunshine ...it was definitely a day for ice cream^^♪
most of CBs whom I ate lunch with, enjoyed eating ice creams!
Today's class was held outside in the nature and it was very relaxing.
I saw ants walking on my legs and bags, but that was ok with me, may be not with Natsuko!
We talked about 3Bs on The Old Man and the Sea.
I thought I did my 3Bs, but it wasn't enough to understand the background of the book.I realized how important to have knowledge of the time and place when the book was written, so that you can interpret the story in better way with more evidence. It was interesting how Hemingway's feelings toward women appealed in this story! I never tried to read a novel in this kind of way, so what we'll be doing with The Old Man and the Sea seems fun ;)
hmm
i really need to go to supermarket!!
fooooooood!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
right now
I just leaned my PWT score and knew that I was confident of my writing X(!
Anyways, it was not as bad as I imagined. (I actually thought it would be like 30-40%)
right now I'm thinking of what to take in autumn term.
hmm- i wanna take chemistry!
about the second essay, I started to do some research on the Internet.
There are ,in fact, many websites regarding "Neocolonialism," but it is difficult to fully understand modern problems.
They are complicated and written in difficult terms, which I'm not familiar with :(
soooo sleeeeepy
Anyways, it was not as bad as I imagined. (I actually thought it would be like 30-40%)
right now I'm thinking of what to take in autumn term.
hmm- i wanna take chemistry!
about the second essay, I started to do some research on the Internet.
There are ,in fact, many websites regarding "Neocolonialism," but it is difficult to fully understand modern problems.
They are complicated and written in difficult terms, which I'm not familiar with :(
soooo sleeeeepy
Monday, May 31, 2010
monday
I submitted my essay on criterion last night, and it leveled as "Not Available."
hmm... was my writing that bad?lol or some other problem occurred?
Rab always make us challenge to discuss difficult problems which this society faces today.
The question WHY and HOW are not easy to answer , but somehow we have to deal with problems and find good solutions. About the sento which forbids foreigners, I heard that the city started to hold lessons to teach foreigners how to use sento properly in Japanese style. Both Japanese and foreigners have to make efforts to cooperate with each other. And I think the word 'respect' is always needed in encounters with people, regardless of their natinalities.
I bought a big milk pudding at a convenience store^^
happy time~♪
hmm... was my writing that bad?lol or some other problem occurred?
Rab always make us challenge to discuss difficult problems which this society faces today.
The question WHY and HOW are not easy to answer , but somehow we have to deal with problems and find good solutions. About the sento which forbids foreigners, I heard that the city started to hold lessons to teach foreigners how to use sento properly in Japanese style. Both Japanese and foreigners have to make efforts to cooperate with each other. And I think the word 'respect' is always needed in encounters with people, regardless of their natinalities.
I bought a big milk pudding at a convenience store^^
happy time~♪
Friday, May 28, 2010
gooood
TGIF!(I just saw this in Kaya's blog that leaned that it means 'Thank god it's Friday')
Today was gooood Friday^^♪
During lunch time, Rab held a session for those students who would go to Edinburgh for SEA program!Thank you very much! I want to start to learn about football soon, so someone please teach me about it from the very fundamental X)
In the class, we first graded our own PWTs, which I thought was rather bad idea because we tried to do our best on the PWT and wrote what we thought was the answer. Nothing had changed since then regarding Meiland and Morgan... so I thought my answers for PWT were ok, which may not be true though.
We also used sentenceworks(was this the name?) to check our previous essay. My super-duper essay , which was B- as you saw, was corrected by the program and turned into super-duper-fantastic essay, I hope. I really enjoyed making presentation slides on Google Documents. It was useful that You Tube automatically searched for videos I wanted to put into the slide!
I felt the technology~~~
and tonight I just happened to meet my friend and somehow reached to Ball Party !
there, saori was selling frankfurts and many other friends (include shantonu! what a surprise! )were dancing X)♪♪
it was such a fun night!
hmmm~ i love dancing and drinking and chatting!
gotta sleep now
have a good weekend guys!
Today was gooood Friday^^♪
During lunch time, Rab held a session for those students who would go to Edinburgh for SEA program!Thank you very much! I want to start to learn about football soon, so someone please teach me about it from the very fundamental X)
In the class, we first graded our own PWTs, which I thought was rather bad idea because we tried to do our best on the PWT and wrote what we thought was the answer. Nothing had changed since then regarding Meiland and Morgan... so I thought my answers for PWT were ok, which may not be true though.
We also used sentenceworks(was this the name?) to check our previous essay. My super-duper essay , which was B- as you saw, was corrected by the program and turned into super-duper-fantastic essay, I hope. I really enjoyed making presentation slides on Google Documents. It was useful that You Tube automatically searched for videos I wanted to put into the slide!
I felt the technology~~~
and tonight I just happened to meet my friend and somehow reached to Ball Party !
there, saori was selling frankfurts and many other friends (include shantonu! what a surprise! )were dancing X)♪♪
it was such a fun night!
hmmm~ i love dancing and drinking and chatting!
gotta sleep now
have a good weekend guys!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
forgot teacher's name lol
sooory!X(
The cover teacher for Rab did very interesting lecture about American political attack ads during election time.We saw four commercials from NO position for electing John McCain/Barack Obama. It made me notice that many slanting of facts were used in those attack ads and some of them were actually terrible when you know it's back story. Being elected as the President of the US is the most important final goal and I understand that, but I thought the way they control voters' mind was rude. The voters ought to have accurate information with no slanting nor charged expressions.
I really realized the importance of critical thinking today!!
The cover teacher for Rab did very interesting lecture about American political attack ads during election time.We saw four commercials from NO position for electing John McCain/Barack Obama. It made me notice that many slanting of facts were used in those attack ads and some of them were actually terrible when you know it's back story. Being elected as the President of the US is the most important final goal and I understand that, but I thought the way they control voters' mind was rude. The voters ought to have accurate information with no slanting nor charged expressions.
I really realized the importance of critical thinking today!!
nothing to write about MEorz
taking a shower in the morning feels so good and refreshes my lazy head&body.
however, today i unconsciously slept AGAIN after taking the shower, but luckily i woke up 30mintes before the class -_-;
thanks god, i believe in you!
In the class, my group described Rab's backpack in favorably charged way. It was interesting to see the same thing from completely contrary sides. Other groups slanted the fact in good/bad ways and some slants were unique and it was fun to read them.
and so here is my slanting by use of emphasis and selection of facts.
I'm the best student in CB! I'm able to think problems critically in scientific point of view, since I was mainly studying science in past 2 years of education, whereas most of other CBs didn't. Although I sometimes do not speak up in class (like today, sorry) and seldom challenge rab, there is this saying, "Who knows most speaks least."
however, today i unconsciously slept AGAIN after taking the shower, but luckily i woke up 30mintes before the class -_-;
thanks god, i believe in you!
In the class, my group described Rab's backpack in favorably charged way. It was interesting to see the same thing from completely contrary sides. Other groups slanted the fact in good/bad ways and some slants were unique and it was fun to read them.
and so here is my slanting by use of emphasis and selection of facts.
I'm the best student in CB! I'm able to think problems critically in scientific point of view, since I was mainly studying science in past 2 years of education, whereas most of other CBs didn't. Although I sometimes do not speak up in class (like today, sorry) and seldom challenge rab, there is this saying, "Who knows most speaks least."
Monday, May 24, 2010
may24th
Is it already in a rainy season?
The weather is killing me!
Rain is soooo frustration! X(
I really hope tomorrow will be fine because we'll have picture taken by Year Book stuff during lunch time.
Don't forget guys!(i'm not sure how many CBs are actually reading this blog though-_-;)
I won't write about NP, but it was gooood in some other way, personally.hmm!
In class, we discussed the topic for second essay. I got in panic because I wasn't ready to present my idea for the topic. and so , sorry for my messy practice P&D!! I didn't have much information to talk about for my topic, neocolonialism. gotta search more now!
The weather is killing me!
Rain is soooo frustration! X(
I really hope tomorrow will be fine because we'll have picture taken by Year Book stuff during lunch time.
Don't forget guys!(i'm not sure how many CBs are actually reading this blog though-_-;)
I won't write about NP, but it was gooood in some other way, personally.hmm!
In class, we discussed the topic for second essay. I got in panic because I wasn't ready to present my idea for the topic. and so , sorry for my messy practice P&D!! I didn't have much information to talk about for my topic, neocolonialism. gotta search more now!
Friday, May 21, 2010
pwt&class&lambs
we had a PWT for the first time! Thanks god, Natsuko came on time^^!
I had rather clear ideas of answers for the given questions owning to the google document.
After the test, some of us did some crazy things on bakayama and it was amusing very much!
In class,we leaned from Rab's trick (again!) about perceptions and discussed Fisher .
Then we spent some time watching many 3D pictures (I forgot the name) . Did you know that looking at that type of pictures improve your eyesight? Since I (actually all my family members) have tragically bad eyesight, there is a book of that kind of pictures at my house in Ibaraki.
and and and funny news
yuga came to lambs dance band and we enjoyed eating,drinking and talking very much with other lambs members^^♪hehe
I had rather clear ideas of answers for the given questions owning to the google document.
After the test, some of us did some crazy things on bakayama and it was amusing very much!
In class,we leaned from Rab's trick (again!) about perceptions and discussed Fisher .
Then we spent some time watching many 3D pictures (I forgot the name) . Did you know that looking at that type of pictures improve your eyesight? Since I (actually all my family members) have tragically bad eyesight, there is a book of that kind of pictures at my house in Ibaraki.
and and and funny news
yuga came to lambs dance band and we enjoyed eating,drinking and talking very much with other lambs members^^♪hehe
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
may19th
omg--- I'm soooo exhausted from LAMBS!
My hears are still ringing (because of loud sounds made by samba instruments) since the time I left the practice room, which was about 9:30pm. But it was a lot of fun and I LOVE how LAMBS play and dance samba^^♪♪ you guys should come and join us~
Today's class was very enjoyable but I was nervous when I talked in front of people. I'm sure many of you noticed my voice was shaking... and myself too, was shaking a little bit. I will have to discover a way to gain confidence in myself and look like a professional presentor!!
I wanna talk like Saori!^^ I'm serious~ (hey, don't laugh*_*)
My hears are still ringing (because of loud sounds made by samba instruments) since the time I left the practice room, which was about 9:30pm. But it was a lot of fun and I LOVE how LAMBS play and dance samba^^♪♪ you guys should come and join us~
Today's class was very enjoyable but I was nervous when I talked in front of people. I'm sure many of you noticed my voice was shaking... and myself too, was shaking a little bit. I will have to discover a way to gain confidence in myself and look like a professional presentor!!
I wanna talk like Saori!^^ I'm serious~ (hey, don't laugh*_*)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
may18th
The class began with Rab's trick.
Even I noticed that he was winking while he was claiming that we weren't paying good attention to what he said, I just thought some dust got into his eye! ((in any case, sorry for being late again!))
In Japan, people seldom wink and I think winking is tend to be considered as obscene (kimoi). This is a good example of nonverbal misinterpretation mentioned in Barna. It is very interesting to know that some gestures and facial expressions have particular meanings which are unique to the region.
About hand waving in Japan, because the gesture has two meaning,"come here" and "go away", I heard that there was a Maneki-neko (cat that brings fortune to people) in Asakusa which waves its hand in opposite way!! Do you get what I mean? The picture on the left is normal Maneki-neko, and the one on the right is for foreigners. It's called Dollar Cat^^haha so cute
Today's psychological test was also interesting, but I felt this time it was 20-30% accurate. When I was drawing the picture, I recalled a picture book I used to have when I was little. I guess that image of the illustration was in my mind while I drew the picture. It was funny that some other classmates had almost the same drawing as mine!!
anyways---
it was fun talking and drinking with some of you at Tomoaki's apartment^^♪
since I was soooo tired from swimming, I think didn't talk much! haha sorry
gotta read Fisher now!
Even I noticed that he was winking while he was claiming that we weren't paying good attention to what he said, I just thought some dust got into his eye! ((in any case, sorry for being late again!))
In Japan, people seldom wink and I think winking is tend to be considered as obscene (kimoi). This is a good example of nonverbal misinterpretation mentioned in Barna. It is very interesting to know that some gestures and facial expressions have particular meanings which are unique to the region.
About hand waving in Japan, because the gesture has two meaning,"come here" and "go away", I heard that there was a Maneki-neko (cat that brings fortune to people) in Asakusa which waves its hand in opposite way!! Do you get what I mean? The picture on the left is normal Maneki-neko, and the one on the right is for foreigners. It's called Dollar Cat^^haha so cute
Today's psychological test was also interesting, but I felt this time it was 20-30% accurate. When I was drawing the picture, I recalled a picture book I used to have when I was little. I guess that image of the illustration was in my mind while I drew the picture. It was funny that some other classmates had almost the same drawing as mine!!
anyways---
it was fun talking and drinking with some of you at Tomoaki's apartment^^♪
since I was soooo tired from swimming, I think didn't talk much! haha sorry
gotta read Fisher now!
Monday, May 17, 2010
CHAPTER8
Is this the last chapter?
I wonder how much I truly understood about Nisbett's work.
(Is it possible not to understand the text despite the fact that I consult a dictionary and know meanings of words? Am I lacking the ability to understand +_+?hmm...)
getting back to a main purpose of writing this blog---
In Teaching and Testing (210), Nisbett talks about different ways of fundamental understanding between Asians and Americans. It says that Asians equate silence with knowledge and speaking out loud has negative effect on representing their thoughts, whereas Americans grow up in the society where instructors demand them to speak up in classes and have no difficulty to represent their thoughts. I personally think this is true since I prefer not to speak before I fully understand the context. I am not in a habit of organizing my thought through speaking with others. In ELP class, most of the time we have discussion in groups as soon as Rab presents a question. " I need more time to think!! " is what I feel all the time, but I think I have to (want to) get used to presenting my thoughts to others!
oh, oh ,oh~by the way there was a comment posted on today's blog and I recalled that I promised to mention about Yuga's super duper great work today-^^;(sorry Yuga)! After ELP class, Yuga and I were walking to the parking lot for bicycles and there I found my key was missing! I took out everything in my bag and searched for my key, but there was NO key. ((omg what should I do!?*_*)) BUT! I followed Yuga 's advice and I got my key back♪ thank you so much----she's great!
I wonder how much I truly understood about Nisbett's work.
(Is it possible not to understand the text despite the fact that I consult a dictionary and know meanings of words? Am I lacking the ability to understand +_+?hmm...)
getting back to a main purpose of writing this blog---
In Teaching and Testing (210), Nisbett talks about different ways of fundamental understanding between Asians and Americans. It says that Asians equate silence with knowledge and speaking out loud has negative effect on representing their thoughts, whereas Americans grow up in the society where instructors demand them to speak up in classes and have no difficulty to represent their thoughts. I personally think this is true since I prefer not to speak before I fully understand the context. I am not in a habit of organizing my thought through speaking with others. In ELP class, most of the time we have discussion in groups as soon as Rab presents a question. " I need more time to think!! " is what I feel all the time, but I think I have to (want to) get used to presenting my thoughts to others!
oh, oh ,oh~by the way there was a comment posted on today's blog and I recalled that I promised to mention about Yuga's super duper great work today-^^;(sorry Yuga)! After ELP class, Yuga and I were walking to the parking lot for bicycles and there I found my key was missing! I took out everything in my bag and searched for my key, but there was NO key. ((omg what should I do!?*_*)) BUT! I followed Yuga 's advice and I got my key back♪ thank you so much----she's great!
today's class and retreat
I totally forgot that C-week was staring from today and missed the first 10 minutes of NP. (I woke up at 9:40 this morning so I was late anyway.) I noticed some other CB members were late too!^^ haha
The NP was basically about argument and I thought I already learned most of them in ELP class. and- Paul's way of speaking was easy to follow but I prefer a little more fast going and radical(?) lecture like the one done by Rab.
In 5th period, we worked on some papers to prepare ourselves to become professional essay writers! I really need to focus on not to use phrasal verbs such as "looking into" or "come up with." These phrasal verbs make my writings childish;_; hmm Need more vocabularies!
The psychological test was very interesting! I wondered why we were doing that test because I thought we were behind syllabus, but anyways I loved it so it's alright!! Kaya's adjectives for her favorite color(orange) fitted perfectly and I thought psychological test was 60-70% matching. I'm looking forward to take another test tomorrow^^♪
------
oh yes. Retreat!
Those of who were stuff members of Retreat (Yuseke, Kana, Sayaka, Yumi ...am I missing someone? ) otsukaresama~ and good work!^^
I slept well during a lecture about ICU History, but had a lot of fun talking with CB members. I was sooooooo sorry to Natsuko since she missed the bus!! I got an e-mail from Natsuko on the bus and it said "I just woke up!haha" omg- she was so cute ^^
anyways I hope she enjoyed my souvenir^^
The NP was basically about argument and I thought I already learned most of them in ELP class. and- Paul's way of speaking was easy to follow but I prefer a little more fast going and radical(?) lecture like the one done by Rab.
In 5th period, we worked on some papers to prepare ourselves to become professional essay writers! I really need to focus on not to use phrasal verbs such as "looking into" or "come up with." These phrasal verbs make my writings childish;_; hmm Need more vocabularies!
The psychological test was very interesting! I wondered why we were doing that test because I thought we were behind syllabus, but anyways I loved it so it's alright!! Kaya's adjectives for her favorite color(orange) fitted perfectly and I thought psychological test was 60-70% matching. I'm looking forward to take another test tomorrow^^♪
------
oh yes. Retreat!
Those of who were stuff members of Retreat (Yuseke, Kana, Sayaka, Yumi ...am I missing someone? ) otsukaresama~ and good work!^^
I slept well during a lecture about ICU History, but had a lot of fun talking with CB members. I was sooooooo sorry to Natsuko since she missed the bus!! I got an e-mail from Natsuko on the bus and it said "I just woke up!haha" omg- she was so cute ^^
anyways I hope she enjoyed my souvenir^^
Sunday, May 16, 2010
CHAPTER7
What I like about reading The Geography of Thought is that I can discover something which has been there all the time but never being noticed. This book sometimes reveals answers to my questions I had for long long time such as "Why do Japanese people cherish charm (omamori)? It is just a small cute case with a piece of paper in it!" In this chapter I think I found the answer. Nisbett says on page 172 that East Asians are not in habit of applying logical rules to daily events and so they might accept of having contradictory believes. I personally like omamori and brought one (of course it was a charm for academic success) with me when I took entrance examination test for ICU. However I don't believe in Buddhism or what so ever, and I'm sure omamori has done nothing to my success of getting into ICU. (or maybe ...maybe it has...? -_-;)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
May 12
Before the ELP class, some of us in CB were chatting on baka-yama and I heard an extremely unbelievable and crazy story from Yuga! It was about more than fifty beetles sent by her relative lol! Although the story ended with grotesque, I thought it was very funny (Natsuko was pale though!).
In the class, we analyzed the news paper article about deleting English test from entrance examination because it makes students dislike English. I thought it was obvious that the statement was not supported by rational reasons, but I had difficulties realizing that the news article was actually red herring. I think I have this tendency to focus on what's in front of me and just accept it. I really need to do CRITICAL THINKINGGGGG!
well well well,
tonight is going to be a party~♪
plus tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are going to be retreat~♪
so much fun to go^_^ (I hope)!!
In the class, we analyzed the news paper article about deleting English test from entrance examination because it makes students dislike English. I thought it was obvious that the statement was not supported by rational reasons, but I had difficulties realizing that the news article was actually red herring. I think I have this tendency to focus on what's in front of me and just accept it. I really need to do CRITICAL THINKINGGGGG!
well well well,
tonight is going to be a party~♪
plus tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are going to be retreat~♪
so much fun to go^_^ (I hope)!!
May 11th
I hate rain but today I went to ICU on foot. It's just what I do when I feel like listening to music♪ I also didn't want to spend 210yen for bus! It's tooooo expensive! In my hometown, there is Kappa-go (name of a small bus) which is ran by city and it's free to ride. so let's do demo guys^_^
anyways-
In today's class, there was a lady visitor from monbu-kagakusyo and as always, Rab taught us many interesting and incredible stuff. First we were given handouts about arguments and assumptions. Some assumptions were easy to catch and some were not. I needed to extend my imagination so that I could think of people living in completely different surroundings from myself. Most of the time I missed some points and couldn't find specific assumptions.
After that, we got into groups and tried to find assumptions in What Went Wrong? . This was so fun and was amazing to know cultural and religious ways of thinking in other countries! Rad also let us discuss about to what extent one can keep his/her cultural habit. As in saying, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," I thought one should adapt oneself to the new environment in order to get along well with local people. But in case of super-duper strong alcohol..... hmm I need to rethink about my point of view (oh anyways, I'm still under twenty).
We're living in a global society and may have a lot of chances to encounter people from different cultures. When we get to know each other, it's always essential not to have assumptions and we need to face differences between people. I guess I really need to read and learn about the Scottish before I go to Edinburgh for SEA program!^^
anyways-
In today's class, there was a lady visitor from monbu-kagakusyo and as always, Rab taught us many interesting and incredible stuff. First we were given handouts about arguments and assumptions. Some assumptions were easy to catch and some were not. I needed to extend my imagination so that I could think of people living in completely different surroundings from myself. Most of the time I missed some points and couldn't find specific assumptions.
After that, we got into groups and tried to find assumptions in What Went Wrong? . This was so fun and was amazing to know cultural and religious ways of thinking in other countries! Rad also let us discuss about to what extent one can keep his/her cultural habit. As in saying, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," I thought one should adapt oneself to the new environment in order to get along well with local people. But in case of super-duper strong alcohol..... hmm I need to rethink about my point of view (oh anyways, I'm still under twenty).
We're living in a global society and may have a lot of chances to encounter people from different cultures. When we get to know each other, it's always essential not to have assumptions and we need to face differences between people. I guess I really need to read and learn about the Scottish before I go to Edinburgh for SEA program!^^
Monday, May 10, 2010
may 10th
Rab talked about assumptions in statements and I thought it was rare not to have assumptions in them. If I try not to have assumptions when writing an essay, I'll never be able to finish it! and- It was surprising to realize that background, for instance one's nationality, of a person defines whether the statement is valid or not. However I want to believe that all human beings care about a million Koreans' deaths.
tomorrow we'll have visitors from some media company(?)!
but my concern is that all girls in CB have swimming class in 5th period, so we'll all be late!-_-
sorry Rab!
tomorrow we'll have visitors from some media company(?)!
but my concern is that all girls in CB have swimming class in 5th period, so we'll all be late!-_-
sorry Rab!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
away from reality
omg!
i have so many readings to do for my ELP, biology, anthropology...
but there is time when you just cannot sit tight and read read read
and so i'm writing my blog now haha
anyways, today was my fourth day of part time job.
i started from last weekend~
i work at an Italian restaurant but not gonna tell the name!
'cause i'm not a good waitress yet -_-; trying my best though...
please come to eat lunch sometime when i'm ready!hehe
it's soooo delicious and you can count on that.
by the way
i started to use a paper dictionary when reading The Geography of Thought.
since my vocabulary and grammar level is like an elementary kid,
i hope to enhance my academic skills in ELP!!
my HWs are waiting me!
bye
i have so many readings to do for my ELP, biology, anthropology...
but there is time when you just cannot sit tight and read read read
and so i'm writing my blog now haha
anyways, today was my fourth day of part time job.
i started from last weekend~
i work at an Italian restaurant but not gonna tell the name!
'cause i'm not a good waitress yet -_-; trying my best though...
please come to eat lunch sometime when i'm ready!hehe
it's soooo delicious and you can count on that.
by the way
i started to use a paper dictionary when reading The Geography of Thought.
since my vocabulary and grammar level is like an elementary kid,
i hope to enhance my academic skills in ELP!!
my HWs are waiting me!
bye
Saturday, May 8, 2010
CHAPTER6
In my opinion, so far this chapter is the most interesting one.
It is amazing to actually realize my process of comprehension.
Nisbett says in the chapter that Greeks see things in the category with the same attributes and focus on the one-many organization, but on the other hand, Chinese classify things together according to their relationships and focus on the part-whole representation. I myself tried to group pictures on page141 and page 143 as I read through and ended up doing exactly the same as what Nisbett describes as a feature of Easterner. This surprised me a lot because it was obvious to me that cow goes with grass, and not with chicken (also, monkey with banana, and not with panda)! Seeing the same picture and digesting in different ways sounds very interesting fact to me.
maybe this gets off the subject, but by reading this chapter, I recalled a moving picture which a professor showed us in my biology class. It was called The Right Brain vs Left Brain. http://shinasfo.exblog.jp/6684608/ (can you see this?)
Which way did she turn around?Some people say right and some other people say left, even though they are looking at the same moving picture! It is amazing how we recognize things differently.
It is amazing to actually realize my process of comprehension.
Nisbett says in the chapter that Greeks see things in the category with the same attributes and focus on the one-many organization, but on the other hand, Chinese classify things together according to their relationships and focus on the part-whole representation. I myself tried to group pictures on page141 and page 143 as I read through and ended up doing exactly the same as what Nisbett describes as a feature of Easterner. This surprised me a lot because it was obvious to me that cow goes with grass, and not with chicken (also, monkey with banana, and not with panda)! Seeing the same picture and digesting in different ways sounds very interesting fact to me.
maybe this gets off the subject, but by reading this chapter, I recalled a moving picture which a professor showed us in my biology class. It was called The Right Brain vs Left Brain. http://shinasfo.exblog.jp/6684608/ (can you see this?)
Which way did she turn around?Some people say right and some other people say left, even though they are looking at the same moving picture! It is amazing how we recognize things differently.
CHAPTER5
This chapter emphasized on tendencies people have when they consider something. Westerners focus on personality factors whereas Easterners focus on context. Nisnett describes this statement with a lot of interesting research results and examples. I got a clear view of the difference by reading an example about what was focused on New York Times (in America) and World Journal (in China) when those two are reporting on the same mass murder case done by McIlvane. The former focuses on MacIlvane's personal dispositions as Westerners give attention to focal object or person, and the latter focuses on his situational factors as Easterners attend greater importance to the context.
Now that I know that there are obvious differences in ways of thinking, it is strange that I am somehow brought up to think in Eastern style of thinking. I wonder what kind of person I'd be if I were born and grew up in America for my entire life.
Now that I know that there are obvious differences in ways of thinking, it is strange that I am somehow brought up to think in Eastern style of thinking. I wonder what kind of person I'd be if I were born and grew up in America for my entire life.
Friday, May 7, 2010
already May!
in the 5th period, we did a practice PWT. since I didn't reread the whole Meiland during GW, my essay got a bit short (that's what rab mentioned on my essay too) and it was embarrassing to share it with Izumi. i hope she'll grade it severely so that i'll realize how stupid i am -_-haha
anyways i'll find some time to organize my mind about what's written on Meiland
and---
today's latter half of the class was very shocking. the DVD rab showed us taught me how ignorant i am. i didn't know any of those demos going on in the past. i realized that i was living in the world which conceals dark secrets . i think there is someone who tries to reveal all those badness to people, but i just don't get to know about it through media. eagerness to obtain the truth is what we need right now. if people have wills, there is a way! a big problem is that people don't know that they don't know. hmm
i'll start by telling what i leaned in this class to my family in ibaraki!
anyways i'll find some time to organize my mind about what's written on Meiland
and---
today's latter half of the class was very shocking. the DVD rab showed us taught me how ignorant i am. i didn't know any of those demos going on in the past. i realized that i was living in the world which conceals dark secrets . i think there is someone who tries to reveal all those badness to people, but i just don't get to know about it through media. eagerness to obtain the truth is what we need right now. if people have wills, there is a way! a big problem is that people don't know that they don't know. hmm
i'll start by telling what i leaned in this class to my family in ibaraki!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
CHAPTER4
As I read through this chapter, I surprised how I fit the way Nisbitt wrote about Asians.
Which means I'm a typical Japanese and I totally agree with it^^ haha
Yesterday in ILC, we discussed whether we demonstrate or not when we have a chance to change something. Kana and I talked after class that maybe we would demonstrate if everyone else did, but not alone. We thought it this way because we didn't have habit to protest something to upper class people, which I think is very common (and not an admirable habit) among Japanese. Nisbitt said on pg98 about the adage "there's safety in numbers," which was exactly what Kana and I were talking about. Now, as a typical Japanese, I think all Japanese had better change at the same time and start expressing their own ideas to whoever in control!
Which means I'm a typical Japanese and I totally agree with it^^ haha
Yesterday in ILC, we discussed whether we demonstrate or not when we have a chance to change something. Kana and I talked after class that maybe we would demonstrate if everyone else did, but not alone. We thought it this way because we didn't have habit to protest something to upper class people, which I think is very common (and not an admirable habit) among Japanese. Nisbitt said on pg98 about the adage "there's safety in numbers," which was exactly what Kana and I were talking about. Now, as a typical Japanese, I think all Japanese had better change at the same time and start expressing their own ideas to whoever in control!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
CHAPTER3
This chapter gives us more examples of differences between Western-style and East Asian-style of thinking. I partly agree with Nisbitt's statements and partly don't. He says that Asians' goal for selves in society is not so much to establish superiority of uniqueness, but to achieve harmony within a network of relationships. This is changing in 2010. I think it's true that Asians( all I know is about Japaneses though ) are looking for coexistence in the society, but being superior and unique are very important too. I heard that nowadays, Companies hire people with more talents and original ways of thinking.
By the way, I went to see J[Joker] performed by Smooth Steppers tonight!
it was sooooo cool!
I want to cheer my friends on the stage, so someone please take part in Smooth Steppers ^^
By the way, I went to see J[Joker] performed by Smooth Steppers tonight!
it was sooooo cool!
I want to cheer my friends on the stage, so someone please take part in Smooth Steppers ^^
Monday, April 26, 2010
today's class record
We made groups and talked about progress in our essays. It was good to know what they were actually doing. They seemed to have same problems with me! Then, Rad told us to make another group with a person who had a different point of view. Sayaka gave me a chance to reconsider my approach to the topic and it was very helpful.
By the way, Rab's magic was fantastic!
Since I just sat and thought nothing, I couldn't figured out the trick -w-;
By the way, Rab's magic was fantastic!
Since I just sat and thought nothing, I couldn't figured out the trick -w-;
Friday, April 23, 2010
CHAPTER2
I never thought about WHY I (Easterner) think in my way and Westerners think in their ways. However, this chapter stated that ecologies of ancient Greece and China were very different which led to differences in their surroundings and habits of mind.
It was interesting to read that Greeks were in habits of arguing with each other through trade and Chinese cooperated with one another to live in harmony because of rice farming. It made sense to me that these necessary social actions changed people's way of thinking which corresponded with regional characteristics.
oh, by the way, my room key is back!
It was interesting to read that Greeks were in habits of arguing with each other through trade and Chinese cooperated with one another to live in harmony because of rice farming. It made sense to me that these necessary social actions changed people's way of thinking which corresponded with regional characteristics.
oh, by the way, my room key is back!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
omg-m-;
Today in ICU I got a very nice boy friend who does many fantastic works for my essay.
He only works for me because I share a secret password with him.
He keeps all records of books, news articles and so many other things I want to see.
I love him so much!
He only works for me because I share a secret password with him.
He keeps all records of books, news articles and so many other things I want to see.
I love him so much!
CHAPTER1
This chapter tells us many differences about the way of thinking between Greece and China. It was interesting to know that Greeks emphasized on themselves as individuals while Chinese on harmony of humans. To me, the meaning of the sign of the Tao was surprising. I had seen the sign many times in my life but didn't even know that it came from China.
To be honest, I only understood the last half of this chapter where it comes to science and mathematics in Greece and China. It's maybe because I'm not so used to read about philosophy since I mainly studied science in high school. I want to read it again after I read the next chapter (if I still have power to do so).
To be honest, I only understood the last half of this chapter where it comes to science and mathematics in Greece and China. It's maybe because I'm not so used to read about philosophy since I mainly studied science in high school. I want to read it again after I read the next chapter (if I still have power to do so).
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
21st
Today Rab told us about a basic structure of an essay.
When I was is America, I had some classes about English writing so I thought I knew how to write an essay, which was totally wrong (or maybe I just forgot). By given many examples by Rab's talk, now I have much better idea about what an academic essay is.
By the way, has any one seen my room key?-_-;
I think I lost it! I'm now at Natsuko's room~~~^w^haha
When I was is America, I had some classes about English writing so I thought I knew how to write an essay, which was totally wrong (or maybe I just forgot). By given many examples by Rab's talk, now I have much better idea about what an academic essay is.
By the way, has any one seen my room key?-_-;
I think I lost it! I'm now at Natsuko's room~~~^w^haha
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
19th&20th class record
I totally forogt to write blog and surprised to see that others are posting class records! X(
19th---We discussed the Meiland and talked why modern Japanese tend not to hold demonrations. My idea was that they had less interest in changing the world because they were living in such a peaceful country. We also had some time to think about the topic of essay, which I'm still thinking...
20th---We finished the Meiland and discussed mainly about the essay topics. I found it difficult to come up with the essay topic without assumptions and dogmas.
What Rab says in classes are interesting to listen, though I don't have enough knowlege for politics and economics...(-_-)
19th---We discussed the Meiland and talked why modern Japanese tend not to hold demonrations. My idea was that they had less interest in changing the world because they were living in such a peaceful country. We also had some time to think about the topic of essay, which I'm still thinking...
20th---We finished the Meiland and discussed mainly about the essay topics. I found it difficult to come up with the essay topic without assumptions and dogmas.
What Rab says in classes are interesting to listen, though I don't have enough knowlege for politics and economics...(-_-)
Friday, April 16, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)