Reflection:
Jan 30. Fri.
Taiwan Hour (Class B&C)
After listening to our advice on the previous day, the high school did some revision on the Taiwan Hour procedure, and the efficiency was amazing. (i was SO IMPRESSED.) The activity went very successfully.
*Revision of the first class*
1. Move to a bigger classroom.
2. Sit in a triangle seat arrangement: easier for everyone to see and listen to the presentation.
3. Use big posters to show seat arrangement, procedure, and topics of each group.
4. Self-introduction of Taiwanese teachers to the whole class moves to the beginning.
5. Time controlled by one teacher.
The event was reported in the newspaper :D
For dinner, Mr. Takahashi took us to a very nice sushi restaurant. I LOVE IT! The seafood was so fresh! (Kanazawa is famous for its seafood.) It was interesting to have dinner with Japanese teachers.
I found Japanese people very thoughtful.
1. Mr. Takahashi prepared a list of questions in both Japanese and English to make small talks with us.
2. The other two teachers from the high school ordered two plates of the same sushi for us, one with wasabi and the other without. Just because my friend and I wanted to have the same sushi but I want it with wasabi and she didn't want it.
Jan 31. Sat.
Experience as a KU student: breakfast at the K convenience store and lunch at the school cafeteria.
Experience as a tourist: city excursion with KU students and high school students.
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art--> 兼六園 (金澤神社)--> 金澤城
1. In the museum, we saw an exhibition about how Japanese rebuilt their hometown after the 311 earthquake. The concept is "home for all." They invited citizens to join the project because these would be their homes in the future. This reminds me of Finnish community. No matter how old you are, as long as you're the citizen in the community, you're part of it, and you have a say in the community projects.
2. One student told me that 兼六園 was the park of a king. This garden is huge and full of cherry blossom trees without any flowers. I can imagine how pretty it'll be when spring comes! Living in a country with four distinctive seasons is so nice <3 金澤神社 is famous for the study god. We went there and performed their traditional rituals, which was really interesting.
3. 金澤城 is the old castle where KU once located. Very spacious, very impressive, but most of the students were freezing to death (including us...), so we didn't really see much in it.
All the people we met here are kind and friendly, it's easy to get along with Japanese people and I really enjoyed each day we spent here :D
