Hello all,
Thank you for registering for the blog.
This week we will be working on your research papers but I would also like to get to know you all a bit better. Please write three paragraphs describing yourself. The first paragraph should tell me about where you are from and why you are at HIS. The second paragraph will describe who you are academically; mention weaknesses and strengths, likes and dislikes. The third paragraph paints a picture of who you are as a person. What do you like to do? What are you interested in? What do you want to do in the future?
This assignment must be posted by Wednesday, August 25th by 12:00 a.m.
Best of luck!
Mr. Phillips
My name is Remon Sugino. I am currently in the junior class. I have been in this school for 10 years now. I was born in Singapore but both of my parents are japanese. My dad works in this school (H.I.S) as a music teacher. Since my dad was offered a job here in hokkaido, me and my family moved into hokkaido and my siblings and I joined this school.
ReplyDeleteI have been in H.I.S from 1st grade and I have been able to learn a lot of things from the teachers and the students around me. Still, I would not call myself "intelligent" or fluent in english. Academically I am weak at math and grammar. Unlike my two sisters I do not read many books which is basically the reason why I lack writing skills. On the other hand I love choir! and I like history. I like thinking and understanding deeply about concepts in stories etc. In literature class I really loved how we read books and would write or talk deeply about the meaning of a characters name or the deep meaning that the author has created in the books.
In school I would say that I am very noisy! I have a loud voice and I love talking with my friends. I like playing sports which is one of the reasons I love coming to school!!! I am interested in learning more on volleyball skills and basketball skills and to improve my english. This year I would like to try to talk to many new people around me and be friends. I am actually not sure about what I would like to do in the future but for now, I would like to be able to go in a good college in Tokyo live a happy and peaceful life!!!
Remon Sugino
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ReplyDeleteHello, My name is Saya and I am a senior. I am Japanese, and have been living in Japan for my whole life. I ended up being in this school because of my parents; they wanted me to have western education, not Japanese education. This is probably because they wanted me to be in an enbironment where students can work at their pace/speed. It seems like students has to be at the same level, in Japanese Schools. Also, they wanted me to be able to use English since the english language is believed to be the central language. Now that I am in this school for more than 10 years, I enjoy being in this school.
ReplyDeleteAcademically, I enjoy very much being in math and science class, and this is probably my strength; by the way, I am taking Physics, Chemisty, and Calculas at AP level this year. My weeknesses are probably in History and Literature. Since I read alot of books, I really should be good in English, but I tend to make all these errors in grammar and spelling, alot of the times. This happens when I do not proofread,concentrate, etc., so this will be my task for the year.
I actually do not know what I want to do in the future, but I wish to enroll in College as electronics or Computer Science major. I hope to get some jobs related to them.
-Saya
P.S. There is a post which saids "sarchan"in the above, I accidentally posted with my first few letters of email address being the ID for the post; I deleted it.
Hello, my name is Mai Hiroyma. I am from Japan. I was born in Oita, then moved to Fukuoka, then Saga, then Chiba, then Hokkaido in Japan. My mother is Brazilian, and my father is Japanese. Coming to Hokkaido International School was not my idea. It was my parents' idea. My parents wanted all of my siblings including me to be educated in HIS, since HIS was the cheapest international school in Japan.
ReplyDeleteAcademically, I like to study science, math, technology, spanish, and physical education. I am not good at literature, art, and choir. I dislike history and geography as a subject. My weakness is language usage, and memorizing history of everything. I think my strength is chemistry and physical education.
I have two siblings, Suzu and Lyu. My favorite activity is to do things such as rock climbing, ice skating, eating and playing. I also like to do nothing. I am interested in abacus, piano, medicine, and drum. In the future, I want to go to Japanese pharmaceutical college/university and be a pharmacist.
I’m Je Rang Jeon from junior.
ReplyDeleteAbout 11 years ago, I came to this school and entered first grade. The reason why I came to HIS was because my brother was attending to this school, and I’m Korean. Although I’m Korean, I was born in Japan, and I was raised here for 15years, which caused my brain to learn more Japanese than Korean.
To say the truth, I’m weak at speaking English. I have been in HIS for 10 years, but this is one of my worst problems that I have to solve. I think this is because I lacked reading English books, and didn’t pay enough attentions during English class. So this might be a good goal for this year. Though on the other hand, I’m strong at math. Math is my favorite subject, and I can say that I never failed math classes. (I think…I hope)
What do I like? Of course, I love snacks. YOU have to remember this. In class, if you give me snacks, I will definitely concentrate on your class until the very last second. Well, now I think you know my humor. Like Sugino Remon, I’m pretty noisy person. This year, I would like to concentrate on improving my English. Also, I would like to improve my basketball skills and snowball skills.
Je Rang Jeon
Let's hope this isn't too long. My name's Kiran and I'm a sophomore this year. Before I was born, both of my parents were working as English teachers in Hokkaido, so somehow I was actually born here. Believe it or not Japanese was the first language I ever spoke. We moved to England (my Dad's birth place) when I was about three and lived there for 5 years. We weren't happy there. My Mom and Dad told me how nice Hokkaido was, so eventually we moved back here, and since all I could remember in Japanese were the words 'dog' and 'duck' for some reason, I came straight to HIS.
ReplyDeleteSo... academics... I would say that I'm about average. Not good, but I wouldn't say I'm bad either. I don't really have a favorite class (don't like homework and don't like studying ^^ sorry) but if an answer is required I'd say I enjoy math, science, and literature if we don't have to write too much. I like choir, and I like PE a bit more. I'm not that strong in history though. No memory at all. I think I probably have average grammar ability (from living in England) and I can't spell (yet again because I have no memory).
A little something about me, and lets keep it simple. I love sports. I'll enjoy basically any ball sport as long as its active. I love music. Especially hip-hop music. I might be forced into taking art one day, but so long as I'm free I'm going to stay loyal to choir. Last but not least, I love dancing. By dancing I mean hip-hop. I used to take lessons but that's expensive so recently I've just been messing about at home trying to teach myself. Or watching youtube because there's alot of great dance tutorials on it. So Mr. Phillips if you ever catch me fidgeting in class, and trust me you will, please be tolerant, because it means I'm itching to dance.
Kiran Dixit
My name is Hoyon Kim and I am 100% pure Korean. It was a sudden decision of my parents that brought me to this school. The Korean education, infamous for its intensity and strictness, was not really satisfactory to my parents; they wanted me to get some ‘real’ education with adequate discussion and reading, instead of memorization and trick solving. They actually had gone to Singapore and looked for the other schools in other countries, but since Japan was the closest and most familiar country for me and my family – I had lived in Japan for two years about 10 years ago – and HIS was the only place with boarding, HIS was the only option I had at the time and so I came.
ReplyDeleteI like math and science and I believe at least I am not bad at them. I want to study biology in college and become a doctor. I also like art very much. Mrs. Arno, who has just left this school, really inspired me and thanks to her, I love art even more now; art was my favorite class last year. I pretty much like history and PE although they are not my favorite; history is an interesting subject and PE is fun and relaxing. To be honest, I don’t really like literature. I like reading books but I am not really a good writer and English grammar confuses me a lot. However, my least favorite subject will definitely be music. I was never a good singer and always got sad and sympathetic messages of encouragement from my music teachers that goes like this: “ this kid is trying her best in her class, however, her pitch and rhythm is highly unstable” I don’t’ really enjoying listening to music and can never remember the songs even if I hear it for 100 times. The only song I can sing properly is the Korean national anthem. I am pretty sure music will be my biggest dislike and weakness in academic way.
I love eating and sleeping. Fortunately my mom is a great cook and I never get tired of her food. I love Internet surfing as well. I will mentally die without Internet; I tend to get depressed when the Internet connection is bad. Although I am not really an athletic person, I like playing sports. I think it is probably because I am quite competitive. I really hate losing and that often causes me troubles, but I cannot seem to fix it. I also love drawing and reading. During the summer break I read a book about Darwin’s life and two books about evolution written by Dawkins. I always had been interested in biology and evolution and I became a fan of Dawkins right away. As I mentioned above, I want to study biology and become a heart or brain surgeon in the future.
My name is Layla Togasa and I'm a JUNIOR (woohoo...). I was raised in Bali, Indonesia for fifteen years, so I admit; it is nice to be somewhere new. This is my second year at HIS, and the reason I'm here is because my dad and aunt graduated HIS and we all thought it would be cool for me to follow their footsteps.
ReplyDeleteGoing to a new school with a different curriculum was hard for me, I admit that I didn't do as well as I hoped for, however, I think I will do better this year. The subjects I enjoy are: Biology, PE, Maths, and the arts-anything logical or appealing to the eyes and ears. You can probably guess that I dislike everything else...
I am a shy, self-conscious person when put on the spot, and I am usually quiet with people I'm not so used to, however, any close friend of mine can agree that I'm loud with them or when I have to be. I'm not sure about how I’d like my future to be, but I know that I want it to involve the Arts and animals.
My name is Noah Edwards Ogawa and I like my name, because it has cool initials, NEO, which means "new". I'm half American and half Japanese. I was born in Sapporo, when to a local Japanese elementary school and guaduated there. Before I guaduated my elementary school, I found a art collage in London that I really wanted to go, but I realized that if I can't speak, write, and read in english I would have less chance to go there. So I had a choise of two schools, one was the local japanese jr high school, and HIS. After a three day visit to HIS, I finally decided to go to HIS after considering my future and dream that I wanted to achieve.
ReplyDeleteFirst thing to know about me is that I love art. Art is something that cannot be seperated from my life, so its really important for me in my life. Beside art, I'm still working on my english laguage skills so literature class won't be my favorite subject out of all the subjects (Sorry Mr. Phillips). Um...I guess I like history and math too (if I could understand the math).
Something about me... what do I have to say... oh, I'm obsessed with Lady Gaga. I love every thing about her. I think she is the coolest person in the entire world, and I hope to meet her someday. I like people who are unique and intrusting to be with. That is why I'm so attracted to Lady Gaga. Personality wise I think I'm not a bad person, and I hope I can enjoy being in your class Mr. Phillips!
Hi, my name is Hikari Mizuno. I’m a junior in HIS. I have been in this school since preschool and this year is going to be my 14th year in HIS. I have a brother who is 7years older than me and he graduated HIS few years ago. I basically came to HIS following after my brother. I am full Japanese and I have been living in Hokkaido for all of my life.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have been in this school for a long time, I am really weak at English. I used to hate reading English books and I also prefer talking in Japanese with my friends because that is my native language, so I never really improved in my English skills. I am worst in grammars and I think my writing skills are very weak. But starting from this summer, I began reading few books and I hope that will improve my English skills. I enjoy studying math; especially algebra problems because I think that’s the only subject I am not bad at.
I love playing sports. My favorite sport is basketball and I have been playing for 5years. During weekends, I usually work at a restaurant near my house for a part time job. I am shy so I think you wont see me talking much during class but when I’m with my close friends I talk a lot. I still don’t know what I want to do in the future but for now, I want to go to a college in Tokyo.
Hello, my name is Yuna Soneda. I've been in HIS quite a while now, this year is my eleventh year here. I used to attend a private kindergarten here in Sapporo, and with my graduation there, I took an entering test to a private elementary school which I did not pass. At about the same time, my family and I moved to Hiragishi, also where HIS is. Because I had to look for a school to attend, me and my parents visited both HIS and Hiragishi elementary school to see which one I'd like to attend, and I obviously chose HIS. That's how I've ended up here for so long.
ReplyDeleteMy strength academically is definitely PE, (I know, it's more physical than academic..) though I love chemistry, biology, maths, history, and geography. I love to exercise, and I also am a health freak, which explains my interest for PE. My mom has a degree that has something to do with health and nutrition, and that has also triggered my interest in those areas. History used to be my least favorite subject, but now the pieces of history are starting to fit in, I am starting to like the subject. My weaknesses are literature, physics, art, and choir. Though I have been speaking English for more than half my life, it is still not my native language so literature being my weakness can't really be helped. I love to read, though. Though there are many books I've enjoyed reading, the number one book would definitely be the "Book Thief."
Something about me.. hm.. my biggest fears would be height, and speed. Height and speed put together would mean the death of me. Happiness means being with the ones I care for, having the perseverance to go after my dreams, and just living everyday to its fullest. I have an extreeeeeeme sweet tooth and I LOVE tiramisu with a passion. When I graduate high school, I am planning to move to NY, to pursue my American (Japanese??) dream. :D
Hi, my name is Hakima Ghulam. I'm a junior this year in HIS. I am from Afghanistan, and I wish to go to Afghanistan once and see my homeland. Well, I was born in Afghanistan, but we moved to Pakistan when I was two, so I do not really remember anything. So, we stayed in Pakistan for 3 years, and came to Japan. I attended to Japanese School for 8 years, and when to Dubai for about 2 years and 6 months. There, I went to an International School. Because I only studied for 2 months in the 8th grade, and because of my English level, I had to repeat the 8th grade again. So, actually I am supposed to be a senior. And the reason why I am in HIS is because my father works in Sapporo and he wanted us to continue on studying in English to improve. And this is my second year in HIS, I also have three siblings attending in HIS.
ReplyDeleteMy weakness is yeah... Literature. (English) I hate reading English books, but I LOVE talking in English! Even though my pronunciation and my grammar is Really Bad, I still like my English. Well, not really, but when I chat or talk with my friends in Dubai, they tell me that my English has improved a lot. That could be the reason why I feel happy with my English. I like PE and art. I love to use my whole body and play. I cannot tell what sport I am good at, but I play any sports, as long as the other players are not Good players. So, shall I say I am the “Okay” player?? Oh yeah! And I also like drawing things, umm not really like realistic ones, but drawing as in designing something.
About me... I am Short. People don’t believe when I tell them that I’m 17. They say “Noooo waaaaay! I thought you were an elementary student!” That’s what some people said when I first came to HIS. (so sad... ) I don’t mind standing up in front of everyone and having a, for example; speech, presentation, and etc. But I embarrass myself with my English. But sometimes, I don’t mind, because that’s how people get better and learn something. (right?) In the future, I want to be a designer. (...only if that was possible)
Hello Mr. Phillips,
ReplyDeleteI hope to keep this pretty concise, as I tend to ramble on and on when introducing myself. My name is Kristi and I’m entering my senior year of high school this year. (Yay!)
I’m multiracial---I’m Eurasian, was born in Honolulu HI, and have lived in Hawaii a couple of years and attended a local kindergarten there. I came to HIS a little before entering the 1st grade, since it was the only school that offered an English education in Hokkaido. It was basically my parents’ s decision for me to attend this school, and I’m thankful for being a student here, as I intend on working in the US/Canada after high school and college.
I’d say that I’m equally competent in all field of study but I especially take the pleasure in studying biology and psychology. The only class I totally despised so far in high school was physics (sorry Mr. Piazza). I don’t really consider myself a native English speaker, which brings me to my goal of this year (or is it for every year?)—To broaden my vocabulary! I’m not an avid reader but I plan on conquering my lack of reading skills this year in your Literature class. I enjoy the arts and music and learning new languages. I’m planning on taking AP World History and AP Literature along with AP psychology this year to challenge myself.
My personality is actually quite complex, but I think I’m friendly. I consider myself a shy person but once I open up, I’m noisy and outgoing and you’d have trouble shutting me up. In my free time I like to drum and teach/practice karate and play with my dogs. I love to travel and get to know different cultures and people as well. I don’t know what the future holds for me but I hope to be involved in the medical field especially pediatrics. For now I plan on majoring in (child) psychology in college in the states (Seattle) or in Canada (Vancouver).
Hello,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Irfan Mahzan. I am in the 10th grade. I am from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am a pure Malaysian not like most of our students in this school. I came to HIS when I was in the 7th grade, so this is my 4th year. I came to Hokkaido because my mother is studing at Hokkaido University and I am following her.
The subjects that I like there arent so much of it, the class that I like most is Math and Art, because its the class that i can be my best at. Unfortunatly Lit. is one of the class that i dislike because im not the best at English, and my grammar is my weak point. But if im in a class that im good at i will start to like it.
I am a really simple person by i dont really know my self really yet, but im learning. For me I think as my self as a person who liked to try new things. For me i should try anything thats avalable to do and try not to back down. Things that i liked to do, i cant really point it out because i most probably do anything, such as mountain biking, rockclimbing, snowboard, and do alot of other sports, but i dont know how to play any musical Instruments. For my future, I would like to go to United Kingdom to study architecture, and maybe travel around Europe and try new things.
Hello, my name is Rui Takase and I'm 10th grade. I was born in sapporo and live a bit far from sapporo. This year is the second year of HIS, before I came here I was attending to a normal local Jr. high school. I came here because my family and I thought it would be better for me to come to this school than going to japanese public school by thinking about my future.
ReplyDeleteUmm, I like math and PE. For math, I like to solve equation but not geometry because it takes time and I feel like my brain is going to explodes. For PE, I simply like it because pe don't think much comparing to other subjects, and I like sports. What I don't like is biology because there are a lot of things to remember. I'm not fluent to English yet, so I'm in ESL now.
First of all, I love basketball, but not that good actually. I started playing basketball when I was 2nd grade and skill playing as one of the girl's basketball team, and I am SO exited to play basketball for the season. I have a older brother who played basketball, he's the one who invited me to join the local basketball team when I was 2nd grade. He will be 20 this December, and he is in California right now to study about music because he makes tracks for other artists, and he is a DJ.
Hope you enjoyed my assignment.
My name is Shannon Sumihiro but I go by Shano. I was born in Michigan, raised in Tokyo, and last year much against my will shipped to Denver. Prior to this shipment, I’d attended ASIJ for the entirety of my life and I'll admit that perhaps the combination of never having to change schools and ASIJ's utter awesomeness spoiled me a bit however, my Denver high school experience was traumatic to say the least. Nothing could ever have prepared me for the horror that is George Washington High School, Denver Rocky Mountain School, and Englewood Highschool. I would give a more thorough explanation as to why I left each school but to avoid angering myself I will generalize and say that Denver High Schools suck and HIS was the only international boarding school in Japan so yayyyy that’s why I’m here.
ReplyDeleteIn my ASIJ years I’d have been hesitant to even call myself a student. By that I mean I’d feel more comfortable doing so if I had ever actually opened a text book or studied for a test as students do. In Denver however, due to its crappy education, I was able to revive my grades and carry out the stereotype that all Asians are smart. I’m not too sure as to how well I’ll be able to carry through with that stereotype here however, not being the dumb one for once has left me with the sense that perhaps I should aim higher than D’s in school. As for what subjects I’m strong and weak in…I don’t know...art I dislike the least.
I like to think that I am an honest person I really don’t know much else I can say about myself but I know I’d be pretty pissed if someone were to just describe me as honest so I will add that I also have nice fingernails (occasionally). Throughout my whole life I have mainly only been able to find out what my hobbies aren’t which I am fine with because it is at least a start. Although I have yet to find a real hobby I can tell you that I like sleeping, nail polish, and mindlessly talking and if I could I would find a way to make a career out of that.
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Jwa Yong Kim, but people here call me Jay. I'm from Seoul, Korea. I'm currenty a junior and I came to HIS about 2~3 years ago. I spent entire of my life in Korea before I come to HIS, and I had to come here because of my dad's job.
ReplyDeleteAcademically, my favorite subject is definitely Music. I like singing, playing instruments especially piano. And also I like to learn Japanese. As a Korean, It's really easy to learn Japanese because Japanese and Korean has same grammer structure. But I am really weak at English. I'm currently an ESL student, and I often have problems to understand English especially if the person speaks fast. (Sorry If I quickly don't understand what you say..)
I'm still not really sure what I want to be, but I want to go music college in Korea. And I don't know how many people know this, but school system of Korea is just mad. Compare to other Koreans, I'm really doing nothing right now and doesn't work hard at all. So this new year, my new goal is, work hard. And I have exactly one year to go back to Korea, so I hope I won't regret when I go back to Korea after one year.
Greetings, and hello to the world. My name is Nika Koda, Here I am with a few things to tell you that you may not know. Ironically this school has an ideal that lusts for creativity and hard penmanship. For those who may or may not know, I was sent to H.I.S because I am a spy for the G.F.I.G.I. Which is also known for Grandmother Fell In Great Illness. H.I.S. was the only school around to help me from the depths of doom from my life. Forlornly H.I.S. has also trapped me in the whorl pool of education. Which has escorted me to fall into the lack of motivation, and skill, in addition this has lead me to my academic failure.
ReplyDeleteSadly I have nothing to report to you about my malfunction in writing and mathematics. My work has been demolished by my short irritation for the lack of English skills in H.I.S. Although I have no doubt that this school is any better then places in the United States I might have been forced to go to. Just like the ideals this school runs, my intellectual mind cannot deal with the hardcore organization skills many of us in HIS have. Why would you ask how well I am doing in school? How is not the question. Ask any teacher how I do in school. Many will reply, she does well in many things, but never has enthusiasm in school work. Although I know this my in mind, but that word swirls in anger as if I am not the one responsible for my actions.
Many citizens in H.I.S. recognize the creativity in my petite brain. My imagination explodes in many different colors and sizes, which also leads to work I have produced in the past school year. Unlike many intelligent students in HIS, my mind only seems to function when I have a laptop in front of me. Therefore what I am interested in, is not only what I do in the computer, but art in general. Now don’t get me wrong. Central processing unit vocation does not mean only Face Book, MySpace or any other social next working system. However to be able to know how these sites function, is a great pleasure to me. Even though this seems awfully geeky, I am sure you would guess I am going for a computer associated major. Dejectedly I would have to pick the road to law school, this road will lead me on to a different perspective of life. The choice is pretty much final, but to see if I can make it to the top, and see the view, is what I dream of.
Helloooooo. My name is Seiya. Born in Tokyo, raised in Sapporo. I am Japanese and I can speak Japanese. The reason I came to H.I.S. is for two reasons. One H.I.S. is close to my house.(just 15min walk) Two there’s this place called Club Med somewhere in Hokkaido. At that place people all over the world came to do something. What they spoke was English. As a 6 or 7 year old boy I thought that was cool. I just wanted to talk with them in English. That’s the reason I came to H.I.S.
ReplyDeleteI am strong with Math, Art, and P.E. I don’t really like studying and for these three subjects I don’t really need to study. I feel confident and strong with these subjects. I am just weak with language. The two class that I didn’t do will last year was Lit. and Spanish. It’s hard for me to look at words in general. I wish reading and writing didn’t exist. If I could I would like to skip the studying process and just plant a chip inside my brain that has all the information like an Internet those.
I enjoy playing most sports but I’m not in an outstanding level in any sport. I prefer sports that use hands. Which soccer is a little challenging for me because it’s harder to control with feet. I can’t expand anymore with sports so I will just till you my ambition. I would like to be an architect but not just an architect. Famous and trillionaire architect. Not just end up as an architect; I would like to try all kind of job that I can have fun. I get tired really easily if I just do one thing. So, I will try new things. I just wrote 11% of my ambition, but I hate to write so I think I would stop around here.
My name is Kei Saya Datwani, please call me kei.Im in 10th grade, and Im hulf Indian and Hulf Japanese. I came to HIS about 3 or 2 years ago. Before I came to HIS I was going to Japanese school, so I grown up as a Japanese until I came to here.
ReplyDeleteMy weakness is English. I have been speaking Japanese for entire my life, so Im not good at grammer, pronaunciation and everything about Engilsh. Therefore Im in ESL class and learning English.
What I love to do is make up. I really love to buy cosmetic and make my self in to different look. Therefore Im thinking to go to univercity where I can learn about Professional make up.
Hello, my name is Risa Yamada. I was born in Sapporo and raised in Sapporo. I graduated a Kindergarten called Hokkaido International Kindergarten (it is not related to HIS at all) and after I graduated, my parents asked me whether I want to go to Japanese school or HIS. I do not remember this but my mother told me that we visited both Japanese school and HIS and I told her that I would like to attend HIS rather than Japanese school because HIS looked more interesting. Well, I hope my decision was a right one!
ReplyDeleteI will call myself as more talented(?) in mathematics and science. Since 1st grade or even at younger age, I liked numbers and solving equations. But it does not mean that I like word problems. I just cannot stand word problems, and that is probably because Literature is my least favorite subject (sorry Mr. Phillips). Even though I am in International school, and learning in English still it is not my native language so it is sometimes hard for me to understand the questions. I did not like to read English books but my grandparents always sends me books for my birthday and for Christmas and it is good to read books to gain more vocabulary and grammar so I am trying hard to read books. I think I read about five books this summer. As I wrote before my weaknesses and classes that I do not like are literature and also physics, and art and choir. I like to sing but not in front of all those audiences and in front of HIS students. Other classes that I like are History, and Foreign Language. I really like Europe and its history, and so when I had European History two years ago I was really happy about it. I am currently taking Spanish but that is not the language that I really want to learn, but still I like to learn different, new language other than Japanese and English.
Who am I as a person...well...I have been doing ballet since three, and I am still going twice a week. I had a ballet class at Hokkaido International Kindergarten and that was the class that I most enjoyed so my mom let me continue even after graduating. I would like to continue after I graduate HIS and while attending University, if I can find a good ballet studio. I forgot to mention this but I also like PE because we do gymnastics! I also mentioned about how I like learning foreign language before and I am currently studying Korean. My Korean friend graduated last year and she taught me about Korean drama and artists and I decided to study Korean so I can understand what the lyrics means and I wish I can speak with my friend in Korean sometimes near the future. I would like to study about business in University. This is a broad subject but I am still not totally sure what exactly I want to learn about Business. I have a interest in International Business, Transportation, Accounting and Finance so I am not 100% sure what I am going to take as my major but I am definitely want and going to work in some kind that are related to Business.
Jonah Kaufman
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Jonah Kohta Kaufman. The middle name kohta coming from a legendary sumo wrestler. I was born in Sapporo. Specifically speaking, I was given birth to in the NTT hospital down town. Due to my fathers ambition to be able to speak to his children with his native language, my currently 20 year old sister and I (I am sixteen going on seventeen. Baby, its time to leave~♪) were both put in HIS at the age of 4. I have now been in HIS for approximately 12 years, and although I greatly appreciate my father sending me here, I am eager to move on in life to experience the world outside of these thick brick walls I have grown perhaps a bit overly accustomed to.
I personally believe that I am a “fairly” astute student went it comes to becoming a free thinker although that terminoligy has become somewhat bromidic over the years in my opinion. English, PE, Science, Choir are some of the classes I consider my strong parts relative to my surrounding environment. Meanwhile, Math has become more and more of a strenuous course for me over the past couple of years. I generally have no problems communicating with people and have practically no stage fright. I have just recently grown accustomed to the archaic culture of reading printed scripture through a process I believe was called “ reading”. Along with that, I am currently into studying bewildering vocabulary words in order to please
I like the outdoors, music, sports and exploring new places and meeting new people. I am aware that all of the activities I have mentioned above are cliches for a teenage boy but a guy cant help what he likes. In the future, I would like to be a happy person in general. Although it is an ambiguous ambition, something to do with music would be nice.
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ReplyDeleteIn order to please the cravings of my bombastic personality. not sure what happened there.
Hey, my name is Brian Ko. I am from Taiwan but apparently everyone tells me that I look like Japanese. The reason I came to HIS is because my dad wanted us to get better education here in order to get into colleges in other countries. Another reason was that, because my dad is a tour guide and his usually in charge of the Japan tour. So that’s why I’m here right now.
ReplyDeleteI’m not strong on a specific subject. Since I repeated Algebra 1 two times, so I’m pretty good at it. So this year I become the Algebra 1 teacher’s aids, I want to help people that’s struggle with Algebra 1 so they won’t repeat like I did. My weakness is History and Literature. I’m sorry it’s your class, but I’m just not good with language so that’s why I’m in ESL this year. And my brain is just not made for history I can’t really remember a lot of stuff in history. I guess it’s because I never did study history when I was little.
To some people I’m the quiet type and to some other people I am consider an annoying person. I really like outdoor activities. So if you’re hiking a mountain or climbing rock, count me in. I also enjoy sports very much, I really basketball but I’m not the best player on the team. I am currently learning how to play guitar and I got to say, it’s pretty tough. But I hope someday I could be good enough to play on stage, that’s my goal for now.
My name is Kento Ikeda, and I am Japanese. Although I'm Japanese, I was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the Philippines. I spent about 2 years in L.A., 6-7 years in Tokyo, 5 years Manila, and I came back to Japan a year ago. The reason why I came to H.I.S. is because of my parents. I don't know why. LOL!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite subjects are Art and Geography. I'm okay at them. On the other hand, my unfavorite subjects are English (writing and reading), science, and math. I'm not good at those subjects; however, even if I have unfavorite subjects, I always do put my effort in every class.
My hobbies are biking, hanging out with friends, chatting with friend, and listening to hip hop! I love Wu-Tang Clan. "Cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M. get the money, dollar, dollar bill y'all," from the song C.R.E.A.M. I am really interested in biking. During the summer vacation, my friends and I biked to Kyoto from Tokyo. In the future, I would like to bike around the world. If I have my bike, I would go anywhere on Earth. I would even go home on my bike from Sapporo.
Yo, my name is curtis weng. I'm from taiwan and I'm currently in 11th grade. It's my fourth year studying in HIS and the reason why i'm here is because the school is close to Taiwan so when i am in any kind of trouble my parents can just fly over. Another reason is so i can learn English and Japanese at the same time, because my entire family on both sides speak english and japanese.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, i do not enjoy any classes in this school, because school is the thing that i just want to get over with. However, I do like US history and US literature because it is always fun to learn about the past. I play for high school basketball team; even now I'm training and looking forward to the beginning of the season. I also like to socialize and make a lot of friends, because i think more friends you have less bored you will get. Those are my two strengths but for my weaknesses, Im afraid of bugs.
Im a very chill and relax person but when it comes to spots i become serious. my future dream is to become a pro-athlete or a business man.
Hello my name is Aika Murase,I am in 10th grade, and I am full Japanese but I am from America I have lived there all my life.I am originally from San Francisco California I lived there for 14 years and then moved to Jacksonville Florida lived there for a year.Before HIS I went to Sandalwood High School,Sandalwood was a big school there were over 3,300 students so it was very crowded.
ReplyDeleteMy weakness in school is history, science and math but my dislikes are only history and science.When it comes to history and science it does not really come work out well. What my likes in school is math it has always been a class that I liked but its also always has been my weakness though I hope to get better at it in time.
The things I love to do are listening to music ,playing music and reading. I love about mostly all types of music except rap, its okay for me but it is not my favorite.My most favorite music is Glee, Glee is a tv show that has music, comedy,and drama.I am most definitely obsessed with glee. Those are some of the things I love and love to do. As for the future for me I hope to go back to America and go to a university though I am not sure what I want to be I hope maybe I could have things that has to do with music or maybe childrens.
I’m Kai Watanabe and I’m a senior. I came to HIS in six grade. I was born in Canada and moved to Hokkaido three years later. I don’t know the reason why I came to HIS because I decided to attend HIS at the moment I heard an offer from my mother. But probably it was because I didn’t like people around me had a preconceived idea that I can speak English only because I was born in Canada and I pretended as if I can speak English. I’m glad that I came to HIS even though I had no idea what people are talking to me at first but right now I don’t have to pretend like I understand everything.
ReplyDeleteSince I came to HIS, I never had a good grade on my report card. And I’m still in ESL. My weaknesses are English and any other subjects that I have to deal with number. I love reading books only if I pick the books by myself. Even though I read books, grammar is always a problem for me when I’m writing and even when I’m talking, so I hope I can improve on that. My favorite subjects from this year are choir and musical theatre. I love dancing and singing, and one of this year’s goal is to improve performance skills. From previous year, I loved photography and art history, because Mrs. Arno was a brilliant teacher and she made me have even more interests to art.
Like I mentioned in second paragraph, my passion is in dancing and singing and in my future, I would love to have job that is related to stage. Also in the future, I like to live somewhere that I cannot speak their languages. My hobbies are nail art, card making, taking picture, and correcting movie fliers. Other thing I like is bird!! I have no idea since when I like birds but I love them. If I started to write more about bird or things I like, I can never stop finish writing this assignment. But one things I can say about myself in school is that I’m talkative when I’m talking to my friends but very quiet during the class and while I’m eating. I hope this year will be a great year.
Hi, this is Shion Seino from your A3 class, and I’m currently attending my third year at HIS. I was born in Sydney, Australia, and lived there for 6 months before my family moved back to Japan. However, just as my parents were getting ready to send me to a nearby Kindergarten, my father was transferred to work in Dubai, and since he refused to go alone, we all moved to a house surrounded by sand and palm trees. I grew up in a ‘Dubai’ that was still slowly evolving into the flashy images we see today (I practically grew up going to supermarkets in sand dunes). I went to live in Brazil after 7 years, and spent a short yet amazing 1 & 1/2 years there. I graduated from a local Elementary and Junior High in Yokohama before following my sister’s footsteps to HIS, since I decided that I wanted to work abroad and pursue a career in English.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy Art, Music, Literature and Math (I probably won’t be saying that after taking Precalc this year). Although I don’t have anything against Science, I have very skeptical thoughts about finding a future in that field (Physics was like a foreign language for me…). As for History, I used to enjoy it in Elementary school since I was fascinated by the Aztecs, Mayas, Incas + the Romans (probably because of the cool art projects that came along with it) but sadly I can’t say the same about it anymore. I tend to cram things in until the last minute; therefore two goals for me this year are ‘time management’ and ‘organization’.
My mind is constantly racing through different things; my mother often tells me that I have too many interests and that I need to lock them away and study more often. I love spending time with my friends, and mini impromptu travels. In my spare time I enjoy watching movies, decorating things, finding new music and reading. I’m a very picky reader and I still fall asleep trying to decipher Shakespeare (I currently enjoy John Green). I’m not a big sports player, (I’m very useless when it comes to games involving my hands and a ball) but I do get a kick out of watching the games. I’d like to pursue a career in Journalism in the future and write articles on unique topics yet to be known around the world.
Hi, my name is Hsin Chen. (Sandy) I am in 10th grade, and this is my third year in HIS, I am from Taiwan, I came here because I want to learn English. And I live in the dorm.
ReplyDeleteI am not good at English, because I just learn when I came here, so I am not good at reading, I can try, but it’s really slow to read the book. So sometime I can’t understand 100% what they are talking about. But I will try my best.
I like math, maybe because it’s the subject you don’t really need English to learn, just need to get in different way. And I hope I can improve my English in this year.
Hello, my name is Shannon Daniels. I am in 11th grade, and I went to HIS my freshman year, then moved to Santa Barbara, and now I'm back at HIS. The initial reason why my parents and I moved to Sapporo was because of our religion. My church asked my dad to move to Sapporo for three years to be in charge of the missionaries here on the island of Hokkaido. I moved with them for their first year (and my freshman year) and I enjoyed it but wanted to go back to the United States. So, I lived with some family friends in Santa Barbara, California. However, I visited and realized how much I missed my parents, so I decided to come back this year.
ReplyDeleteAs a student, I give it my all. I try to excel in all of my classes. I wouldn't say there is one certain subject that I am fantastic at, but I feel like I am balanced (skill-wise) in science, math, and humanities subjects. However, I am not very good at art, and science can sometimes be difficult. I can get very frustrated when I don't understand things. I can get pretty down on myself when I don't get an A, which I understand is somewhat ridiculous.
As a person, horseback riding and traveling are my main passions. I have horseback ridden for 7 years now and I have a horse in California. My style of riding is eventing, which is comprised of show jumping, dressage, and cross country. I used to compete and travel around the country before I came here. I have traveled to about 25 countries and absolutely love traveling. It is so amazing to see new places and cultures. Also, some favorite past times of mine are hanging out with friends and family, watching movies, and reading. I hope you enjoyed reading about me and I look forward to a wonderful year of english!
I forgot to write about what I want to do in the future. My goal right now is to become a nurse!
ReplyDeleteHello , My name is Adrianna Nicole Cutis. I am of Greek, Puerto Rican and Dominican origin.. I was born and raised in London , went to a greek school, moved to Tokyo 6 years ago . My family then moved to Dubai, and my first reaction was , " I WANT TO STAY IN JAPAN", so that is why I am living in Hokkaido, and I actually really love it.
ReplyDeleteIn school, my favorite subjects are Literature and History. I like writing more than working out problems. I guess I like the idea of not having a "correct answer", and more freedom to do whatever. History, because The past repeats, and its interesting to see what life used to be like, compared to now. I do not really enjoy math or science, because it is one big hard concept for me to get around, but i'm trying to hard to get it.
I like to play volleyball and go shopping. I am very unhealthy, and I am trying to change that, little by little. I have a secret passion for cooking, so that is actually what I am looking to do with my future, and hopefully go to culinary school in Paris if that works out. I also want to live in California, because I think its so beautiful there and such an interesting vibrant place.
Hey! My name is Aya Hardwick and I'm in 10th grade. I'm half Japanese and half American and I've been going to HIS since the middle of eighth grade due to my father's job. I was born in Loveland, Colorado (what a nice name :D ) and for most of my childhood, was raised in Alaska. My family then moved to Wyoming and finally to Sapporo, where I will most likely be for the rest of my teenage years.
ReplyDeleteWhile it's kind of hard to say what I excel in at school, I can assure you that I'm hopeless when it comes to math. Anything involving math repels me immediately and I've had more than my fair share of public humiliation, all thanks to mathematics haha.
I do however, have a passion for music and strangely enough, editing other people's writing. I love to sing and be on stage but I frequently have to fight my stage fright. I also love to read, however lately I haven't found a book that interests me enough to give it a go. Hopefully this year I can change that!
I don't know if people perceive me as such, but I'm a girly girl. I love shopping, especially for clothes, makeup and jewelry. I feel that dressing nicely gives off a good first impression, and we all know first impressions are everything. The one thing that makes me truly satisfied is when other's are happy with something I've done for them, so I really like to help people with their problems, whether it be something academic like homework, or a personal issue like a breakup. I can't really see too far in the future at the moment, but I'm thinking of possibly taking up something in the medical department-such as biomedical engineering. If that doesn't work out, then I can always become a makeup artist. :)
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ReplyDeleteHello there, I’m Alia. I am a Japanese European mix child, well honestly speaking I suppose I’m just a Japanese American mix…but I like to refer back to my more distant relatives and say I’m half European…it sounds more exotic in my opinion. I was born in Sapporo then moved to Arizona when I was one and I was living there ever since January of last year. The city I lived in was significantly smaller than Sapporo so the environment was much more like a community where everyone was connected in one way or another which made it all the more difficult to leave. Prior to my move back to Sapporo, I got three months notice to pack up my things, say goodbye to all my friends who were pretty much family and give my 1 year old baby up.Well anyway, I moved back, got thrown into Japanese school, had one of the worst experiences of my life, then was rescued by Mr. Branson and other people of HIS and their generosity and that’s how I ended up here.
ReplyDeleteAcademics…hmm…well I suppose I respond to academics in the way they are taught to me. I mean, I always try my best to understand what’s going on in my classes, but if the class bores me to tears I’m not really sure how I’m supposed to go about feeling passionate for the subject. I enjoy being a part of an environment where the teacher shows how much they’re willing to do to get you to love the subject as much as they do. That way the class is an exciting experience to look forward to rather than a chore that we all do simply out of obedience.
I’m not too sure about how I would describe myself to you, the only definition I have for myself is myself; Alia. I am Alia. I like to do a number of things: sit in random places, lookout of windows, look at people, talk to strangers, run, get lost, share food, swim in the ocean, walk on tile or extra fuzzy carpet, meet new people, have a variety of things, the list goes on and on. Not too many occupations consist of those mentioned likes, which is why I want to try a number of different occupations. I doubt I’d be satisfied with having jobs of the same genera all throughout my life. I’m really not too sure about myself and I don’t really try to set an image for myself either because I am constantly changing. So yeah, that’s me.
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Hi there, my name is Jaeok Lee. It's been over 2 years since I came to Japan because my dad is a diplomat, however, I spent my childhood in Korea for my whole life for 15 years. I wished to be in Japanese school, but my parents wanted me to learn English in International school and learn Japanese independently. When I first came to HIS, I could speak neither English nor Japanese, so it was quite tough. Now I am quite adapted to this school.
ReplyDeleteIf I have to express myself accademically, my strength would be art. I love creating things, and homey, friendly environment. I reckon that is because I already have experienced so many strict ruels in Korea which drives me crazy. Apart from art, there is no subject that draws my attention much. But that doesn't mean that I despise other subjects. I try my best I can do in all aspects of my life.
I want to be a fashion designer when I grow up. I think every single human-being in the world is beautiful in their own way. A person who doesn't realize his or her own beaty -whether it is a beauty of inside or appearance- makes me not happy. My ultimate goal is to discover their beaties and turn their drawbacks into another beauty by presnting my clothes to the world.
Thanks for reading, and I sincerely hope that I can do well in your class this year.
Hello my name is Christine Li-lin. I am a new student in 10th grade. Ever since the time I was born, my life has been an on-going back and forth between two countries. One is Japan and the other is Taiwan. I lived in Tokyo when I was just a baby, went back to Taiwan after a year where I went to kindergarten, and moved to Kobe(Japan)when I was about to start elementary school. For 1st and 2nd grades, I went to a normal Japanese school where I learned Japanese and then transfered to an international school in 3rd grade. That was the first time I ever learned English. After the 1st semester of 6th grade, I returned to Taiwan again where I had to catch up with my Chinese ability. Time passed and now I'm back in Japan, this time, Hokkaido where I'll start yet another new section of my life. The reason I moved so much is because my dad's a diplomat who takes care affairs between Japan and Taiwan. I've been in this school for a week now and I will probably graduate from here.
ReplyDeleteI don't really have a favorite class but as long as what we're learning catches my interest, I'll look forward to that class. I'm not particularly weak in any subject, however I'm not very fond of PE, mostly because I don't like sweat and running. I thought I liked Literature but now that I think about it, I only like reading and hate learning grammar.
Since my previous boarding school didn't allow students to have any internet access and there were no TVs, my hobby during my free time(if I ever had any) became reading or playing with my friends. One of the most important things that I couldn't live without with in school was my i-pod containing my music and videos. It was fun sharing them with my friends and there was always something new to be crazy about. I like all sorts of music but now I'm into k-pop.
Hello, My name is Kazuya Fukuyama and I'm a senior. I am Japanese. I was born and raised in Osaka. Went to Japanese school.I moved to Australia at the end of 7th grade and studied English for 3 years.Its my second year studying at HIS and the reason why I came to this school is because I couldn't find International school in Osaka and I thought its a good idea to move to HIS and live in the dorm so I can improve my English.
ReplyDeleteMy weakness is three most important subjects Literature, History and math. but on the other hand I enjoy science and PE. I am really weak at English, I'm currently an ESL student and I always have trouble reading and writing.
I like sports especially soccer and baseball, even though we didn't win any games last year and I'm not a good player but I still enjoy playing soccer at HIS. I'm currently playing guitar and my last performance at the HIS end of year party was a disaster.... so I really need to work on it and get better by next end of year party. In the future I want to be an Interpreter because I can speak English and Japanese but I still need to work on my English.
Hey, my name is Farah Okada and I’m senior at HIS. I was born in Chiba and raised in Dubai. I ended up coming to HIS mainly for my college. I’m planning to go to Japanese college and since my Japanese skill is not reaching to Japanese public school level, I preferred coming to HIS and learn Japanese at the same time English.
ReplyDeleteMy weakness is definitely science whether biology, chemistry, or physics. I guess I’m just not good with things that tells you till its depth. I also dislike the subjects that require memorization all the time. But I have strength in accounting. Shockingly. I take my interests more on economics and business stuff because it’s more like matter of understanding than memorizing things and could actually be helpful in future.
My hobby is…. shopping probably if that can be counted as one. I’m kind of a person who likes to shop every weekend and spend all the money. I can never save money, it just always fly somewhere the moment I step outside. I also love travelling all over the world although I’m not really outdoor person. I like to get inspiration from new places and new people. Most likely I love going to parties or planning one. I get extra excited for any occasions like Halloween, Valentine etc. my goal is to be working as event coordinator. The best part is that you get to plan and organize at the same time attend the party which is pretty much awesome for me.
The Day was May 17, 1993, at some Memorial Hospital, in Toyota City, Japan. Her birth was a symbol of both hope and dread, but brought strength and joy that would later support her exhausted mother. Her name was Mai Ikushima, and this is her (auto)biography. Since this is to be a single paragraph of history, we must get started very soon, without another line wasted, another bit of memory space lost to the horrifying wonders of rambling. She moved to Hurricane, WV on her fourth winter of life, and lived there for three years. She then returned to her birthplace, for only a year, and immediately moved to Huntsville, AL, and enjoyed four years of love and laughter. She was then uprooted and replanted in an average house in San Diego, CA, only to realize that she was a southern girl at heart, and to the South she fled, after only a year and a half of Cali-life. At first overjoyed to be back to her adopted hometown Huntsville, she soon found out that that was a complicated mistake, and she was relocated, yet again, after two years of struggle; this time to her foreign “homeland,” Japan. Sadly, She was petrified by the thought of moving, for she knew nothing of the land except from her summer visits to her obaachan’s (grandmother, for those who don’t know.) house, and the torturous year of going to a normal Japanese school. Her reason for choosing Hokkaido, she cannot say, for it was sheer luck, good location for various reasons, and a curiosity for snow (which, again was a mistake, for she replaced her feeling of wonder, with pure hatred, that could melt the ice from beneath her snow boots.). This brings us to the present, to her second year at HIS, where she sits, waiting, to move yet again.
ReplyDeleteSince the Life and Times of Mai Ikushima has become an excruciatingly long-winded paragraph, this one shall be a bit more space-friendly. Mai’s academic strengths before coming to HIS used to be Math, English, and Science. Because of the partial English nature of this school, English class has been scratched out of her list. Her strengths are her strong likings of mathematics and all things science. Her weakness has always been History, whether world, Euro or American, for she could never draw lines between the dates of a timeline--yes, a timeline IS a line, but for some reason, her brain could not make use of the magnificent device. So, she grew both an interest and an anxiety towards history.
Mai Ikushima is an easily amused, long-winded, procrastination-bound creature, which feeds off of knowledge, yet is easily bored by it, depending on how she is taught. There is, unfortunately, no manual of which we could search for a way to keep her motivation in high spirits. To make matters worse, she is, perhaps, what the medical world of today would call a sufferer of “ADD.” She would not deny this accusation, however, for it may very well be true. The reason being, that she can often be found bored from repetitive, or “easy” tasks, and day-dreaming in an attempt to fill her hearts desire of escape. She is fond of music (and in fact is looking forward to a musical degree of some sort, followed by a musical career), radical changes (like cutting and dying her hair), and being different from others. However, this love and goad to keep an heir of individuality is solely nocturnal, and trots back into the depths of its cave during the hours of sun. For this reason, she has chosen to rewrite an autobiography, not in the usual first person form, but in a narrator-like, third person type of mode, at a later time in the evening.
Hello! My name is Jenny Jeon, I'm in 11th grade. I came to HIS about 3 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI'm from Seoul, Korea. Even though I was born in Korea, I did not spent my whole life in Korea. Because of my dad's job, I had many chance to live in many different countries, so I was able to acquire many experience. For example, when I was in Vienna, I was a member of band for 3 and half years. I played clarinet. Also during the vacation, I've traveled lots of other countries. It was great chance for me to learn history and culture about Europe.
My weakness is grammar. When I speak with people, I have no problem with it, but if I have to write some kinds of essay, then I start to confuse a little bit. So I hope that I can be stronger in writings.
Although, I have interests in music, since I love to create and design new things, my favorite subject is art. Also, I love to learn new languages. At first, it is tough to learn, but as time goes by when I'm able to speak with people with languages that I've learned, I feel extremely cool!! yay So right now, I spend some time in weekend learning Japanese.
Like my sister, one day I might become a university student. But, I'm not sure what I want to be when I grow up. There's lot of things that I want to do, but I have not decided yet.
This year, I would like to improve my English, especially in Grammar. I'm looking forward to have great time in your class and I will do my best!
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ReplyDeleteHi, I'm Taiga. This would be my 4th time to write this thingy. It must be 3rd time, but accidentally(or maybe somekind of Devil)pressed shift and backspace at similar time. In other words, before I finish comment, all of my work blew away like bubbles. I've been Sapporo from when I was piece of egg. Little bit similar with HIS, before I learned how to speak English, I was already in HIS. Even though, our family is not that rich, they decided to put me in this school, so I also made a decision to spend my one fourth of my life span in HIS.
I don't have weakness that much(discluding Art). Mainly, my english skill sometimes give a damage to my grade, but only that. I think I can rid off the weakness during this year.
My entire picture of myself will be scene of I keep concentrating on everything. Which includes comedy, studying, game, and group works. Recently I'm trying to control my "hatred" so that it won't show up to my actions and words.
While I'm writing this, again I had some particular problem, or should I say that our house had black out, so I'm will finish this.
Hi, my name is Lisa Sugano. I was born in Japan and when I was at the age of four, I moved to Vancouver, Canada and lived there for eight years. My dad, who is always out of somewhere for work or maybe for leisure went to visit Hokkaido and there he found a city he was looking for, Niseko. He loved the snow and with such a coincidence, his work was also in Hokkaido as well. That was one month before I moved to Japan. I was pretty shocked and I thought I would live in Canada forever but no. I never spoke Japanese and never even tried to learn my own native language. First of all, they all sounded weird and I hated Japanese writings. I was confused how there were three types of Japanese writing (why can’t they just make is one simple writing). So I was forced to go to Kumon and practiced writing Japanese. I also started practicing speaking Japanese with my parents. I was scared to move to Japan...a new country where they speak languages that I hadn’t spoke for years.
ReplyDeleteThis is my fifth year in HIS and I am quite enjoying the atmosphere. I made a lot of friends and improved a lot on my Japanese. But on the other hand, I lost my english skills, which is quite shocking. I try to get my english skills back, but since all my friends are Japanese they tend to speak Japanese more often than english. So at least during class I want to speak english as much as I can. My strengths are definitely PE. My weaknesses is definitely science. I do not like science though I like my science teacher, but I don’t get those PH2 blablabla...etc scientific words. I guess my brain doesn’t like science, though I do like literature and history. They interest me and when I read books, I love to talk it over with people how they felt and what their emotions were like reading those books. When discussing about a book, everyone has their own opinion and I really like that.
I have to say....I am a sporty girl. I love sports. I was doing sports since I was little. When I was 2 years old, my dad brought me up on a mountain and we apparently when hiking together. That was my first physical activity. When I was four years old, I started doing alpine skiing and when I was in Canada, I was in the Canadian alpine ski racing team. At the same time, I was doing other school sports clubs such as soccer, basketball, field hockey, track and field and trapeze. Ya...you wouldn’t have expected me to say trapeze, but I was doing that every summer. Despite the fact that I do a lot of sports, I injured a lot and on my last year in Canada, I injured my left leg and had to get on my crutches for six months. That time, my doctor told me to stop doing skiing. I had to move on to something new...GOLF. When I got back, I started doing golf and I am currently trying to become a professional golfer. All my family does golf and I cannot name a single person in my family who doesn’t play golf. That’s how much my family loves golf. Getting back on the subject, I am a loud and active person, but since it’s the beginning of the year, I am kind of nervous. But other than that, I am really looking forward this year and I hope you enjoy teaching us literature!!
ps. please don’t give us a lot of homework:(
Hi, my name is Lisa Sugano. I was born in Japan and when I was at the age of four, I moved to Vancouver, Canada and lived there for eight years. My dad, who was always out of somewhere for work or maybe for leisure, went to visit Hokkaido and there he found a city he was looking for, Niseko. He loved the snow and with such a coincidence, his work was also in Hokkaido as well. That was one month before I moved to Japan. I was pretty shocked and I thought I would live in Canada forever but no. I never spoke Japanese and never even tried to learn my own native language. First of all, they all sounded weird and I hated Japanese writings. I was confused how there were three types of Japanese writing (why can’t they just make is one simple writing). So I was forced to go to Kumon and practiced writing Japanese. I also practiced speaking Japanese with my parents. I was scared to move to Japan...a new country where they speak languages that I hadn’t spoke for years.
ReplyDeleteThis is my fifth year in HIS and I am quite enjoying the atmosphere. I made a lot of friends and improved a lot on my Japanese. But on the other hand, I lost my english skills, which is quite shocking. I try to get my english skills back, but since all my friends are Japanese, they tend to speak Japanese more often than english. So at least during class I want to speak english as much as I can. My strengths are definitely PE. My weaknesses is definitely science. I do not like science though I like my science teacher, but I don’t get those PH2 blablabla...etc scientific words. I guess my brain doesn’t like science, though I do like literature and history. They interest me and when I read books, I love to talk it over with people how they felt and what their emotions were like reading those books. When discussing about a book, everyone has their own opinion and I really like that.
I have to say....I am a sporty girl. I love sports. I was doing sports since I was little. When I was 2 years old, my dad brought me up on a mountain and we apparently when hiking together. That was my first physical activity. When I was four years old, I started doing alpine skiing and when I was in Canada, I was in the Canadian alpine ski racing team. At the same time, I was doing other school sports clubs such as soccer, basketball, field hockey, track and field and trapeze. Ya...you wouldn’t have expected me to say trapeze, but I was doing that every summer. Despite the fact that I do a lot of sports, I injured a lot and on my last year in Canada, I injured my left leg and had to get on my crutches for six months. That time, my doctor told me to stop doing skiing. I had to move on to something new...GOLF. When I got back, I started doing golf and I am currently trying to become a professional golfer. All my family does golf and I cannot name a single person in my family who doesn’t play golf. That’s how much my family loves golf. Getting back to the subject, I am a loud and active person, but since it’s the beginning of the year, I am kind of nervous. But other than that, I am really looking forward this year and I hope you enjoy teaching us literature!!
ps. please don’t give us a lot of homework:(