Higher Education

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Nowadays, almost everyone can enter a university in Japan. This fact indicates that many people have equal opportunities to recieve higher education. If you want to learn economics, you can go to the department of economics or your interest is French, many universities provide you a very good environment to study it or you may go abroad to learn foreign language through a university system or connection between your university and other unversities. It may sound amazing story but there are some problem about it.

Everybody goes to univeristy means that not only students who have proper purpose of entering university, but also students whose purpose of entering university are inpure can take a higher eduction. This fact causes to get down a value of university and higher education. Not everyone studies hard. I don't say the students whose purpose of studying in university are bad but that kind of students sometimes destory an atmosphere which is created by hard working students in the class room.


<Comparison>

Do you think you want to recieve a higher education? Or you shoud get a job as soon as possible? Actually, I think both of them have a good aspect and bad aspect.
First of all, Higher education especially a education at universities usually high and makes students kowledgeable, smart and provide enjoyable life with the classmates. It must be a great time because you leanrn what you are interested in and also you can build a good relationship between you and your classmates. However, studying at the university is very compfortable for tudents because they are quite freedom, they can make their schedule, do a part time job. Also paresnts are responsible for them. They should not be responsible so much.

Secondly, getting a job and earn money by ourselves is also great. You can be a member of society and more responsible for what you behave. Even though, you are not so smart, you can grow as a member of society much more quickly than university students. Higher education does not always make a person great as a human.
However, education is integral for people. If a person doesn't have any skills, knowledge, intersts, you can't survive in today's world no matter you become a member of society.


<Listing>

It is general for people in Japan to recieve a higher education. Many poeple are motivated to learn what they are interested in. There are many kinds of field and departments in the university. Let me talk about the department of education as an example. The department of education is divided into three differesnt fields in my university.
In the department of English education, not only you can improve your English ability, but also teachears teaches us what the best way of teaching English is.
In the department of Children's education, you have many opportunity to communicate with kids. Students study several subjects, practice to play the piano.
Finally, in the department of soial welfare, students also learn several subjects. And then, they go out and volunteer for elderly people and disabled children.

Learn to write English well, how we can learn English well.

Learning English is not easy work. Sometimes we are in trouble when we study it. So then, how can we learn English well? How can we learn to write it well? Now, I have mainly three ideas about it.

First of all, We need to focus on proper grammar before we start writing English. Studying grammar may sound boring and make us sleepy on the desk. Ofcourse, reading grammar book on the desk is not fun. So what should we do? I think it is important to have positive thinking for study grammar. I don't think my English grammar is very good and completely right. However, once we learn a new grammar, we can remember new phrases or expression when we write in English. That must help us when we write or communicate in English. We can just develop our ability little by little. Proper English grammar makes proper English writing. They all are conncted together.

Secondly, let me talk about my style of learning English. Since I was junior high school student, I have had my way of studying English. When I remeber or study new words, new grammar or something, first I write a sentence or new word on the paper, and then I speak out with big voice. And my voice comes to my ears. I do this work at the same time. According to my English teacher who is Canadian, hearing our own voice when we try to remember something is one of the best way to remeber and it is very efficiency way.

Finally, what the most intergral is to a passion for English. I love English. This feeling is very important to learn English. If I am passionate or motivated to learn English, my skill will be improved. When I found it develop my skill, I'm happy and it would be fun to study English. Then, I hope to improve my skill more and more, I will be very motivated for my study. Also working hard is great but I don't think I have to think about English all the time. Just relax and being optimistic. The material for studying English, anything is OK. For example, film, novel and also a textbook. How we can learn to write Enliglish well and learn English depends on How much I am passionate amd love English.

The summary of Song for Megumi

Situation: The worldwide famous American singer,Paul Stookey sings about one Japanese girl who was abducted by North Korea in Nigata prefecture, Japan in 1977. In the song"Song for Megumi", He speaks to everyone's heart instead if Megumi's mother Sakie Yokota.

Conflict: Megumi's mother,Sakie loves Megumi from bottom of the heart. She is dying to see Megumi and wants to let Megumi go home because Megumi was abducted when she was only 13 years old. Megumi was dissapeared in front of her susuddenly without saying anything. No time to say good-bye,no word to be spoken. Sakie's heart influences whole this song.

Struggle: Sakie speaks to Megumi even through she doesn't know where Megumi is alive in. She believes that Megumi is definitely still alive and returns from North Korea. Megumi's dream was broken, so Sakie is sad.

Outcome: Finally, she speaks to Megumi to go home again. Sakie believes that her voice and desire will be sent to Megumi's heart and lead her home. She has a strong desire, temper and sadness at the same time.

Meaning: I think that this song has strong power to speak to my heart about Megumi. I know her circumstance on TV news and I have given presentation about her at Japanese university before. If the important person dissapear or be abducted by somebody who I don't know, I will be panic and feel as if I lost everything on my life. However, this song includes both Sakie's anger about the abduction and desire for Megumi. The most important thing is to believe ourselves,have a desire in our mind even if there seems to be no hope.