Hi, everyone!
Alice, you have many international acquaintances, haven’t you. You must be an open-minded person to them. Which country would you like to go best?
Yesterday I read an interesting book titled ‘ Ju-yonsai karano seiji,’ by a fourteen years old girl of junior high. She interviewed eight politicians, such like as Shinzo Abe, then the Chief Cabinet Secretary. (Published one years ago) The aim of this work, which is very easy for reading, is for younger generations. But in this book the author can reveal them as passionate, high-minded, and friendly politicians, and even for adults, it’s a good politician’s guide book. The most impressive thing for me is author’s high awareness of the political issues. She is only fourteen years old! I look forward to this girl’s future.
So, see you tomorrow, bye!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Hi, everyone
When I was a high school student, there was a teacher whose name was Kenkoku. He was born in Feb 11.
He was a socialist. My classmate, Taijiroh said to him 'When you were young, you met a left winger. In the case of this type man, if you met a right winger, you would be a right winger.' Kenkoku said ' You know the quintessence.'
I think the political education is necessary for the youth.
At least you should know casting a ballot is not only a right but also an obligation. If you are Japanese.
Dear Cherry and friends,
Seems to be a fine day today.
Cherry, I always have to try to be open-minded and friendly. Among English speaking communities like NWSG, I see amiably open-minded people. I try to be like such people.
For example, Sunflower is good at making friends. At international conferences such as AAS, she talks to a lot of people and makes friends with. In Canada, we studied together at Capilano College. She sometimes found people to talk to, made friends with them, and introduced them to me.
There is an interesting episode about her open-mindedness. We took two classes at the college during the intensive course. One is Introduction to Women's Studies. We met T-san, a young Japanese woman about 20 years old. She is a reserved person and when we saw her she was always alone. In the class, we had to make a group for a project called Activism. T-san wanted to join us to do the project. The summer course lasted 7 weeks and we left Canada before summer. But I went back to Capilano College in the end of August. I entered the college and studied there for 8 more months. I often met T-san at cafeteria and talked. We even took a same class. One day, she said that she sometimes have dinner with a boy called Andy from Taiwan. From her talk, they sounded like very close friends. She was from Kyushu and he decided to visit her when she went back to Japan during the holiday. I asked how she met him. She said, "(Sunflower) introduced him to me when I met them in the bus." I asked Sunflower about it later. Sunflower remembered him. He was such a gentleman that he helped Sunflower for something. And they got acquainted. Isn't it a nice story?
Yesterday afternoon I had to say goodbye to Dr Mateo. When I saw her off, she said, "I always tell my son to make networks. It's important. Make sure to make networks if you go abroad." She is one of my role models, too.
Have a good day.
November 15, 2007 6:11 JST
Post a Comment