How was SE? What did I learn/discover during this course?

This class was really meaningful for me.

Before I took this class, I thought I didn’t like anything that uses English (speaking, reading, listening, and writing) because it is difficult for me, and I have no confidence in my English skill.

However, this class taught me writing in English is fun.

During this class, I wrote four Haikus as my second piece. It was first time to write haiku in English. I felt that I like to write Haiku in English more than Japanese because English haiku has not so many rules like Japanese haiku, and I have limited vocabulary in English, so I can use only simple words. So I think I could express my feeling more clearly than Japanese.

Even now, I cannot speak, listen or read English well, but I can write in English with less stress than before I took this class. I became like to write in English through this class. I am really glad to enjoy writing in English.

So, I want to keep writing something actively in both English and Japanese in the future.

My favorite class of Autumn term

This term, I took “Teaching Methods in Religion(Shukyo-Ka)Ⅰ” (宗教科教育法Ⅰ). It was a really exciting class!!

It was the class of teacher-training course for the student who wants to be a bible teacher at high or junior high school.

It has many practical assignments as a teacher, for example, to create the curriculum for six years　(junior high school to high school), to create the curriculum specifically of the particular academic year, to create the teaching plan and teach the trial lesson, and to create and mark the final exam, etc. Those assignments were really difficult for me, because it was the first time to do such things, but they were so fun!! I really enjoyed all those assignments and strongly felt that I want to be a bible teacher.

I want to enjoy studying in the winter term as much as this class.

My favorite magazine

Have you read any wedding magazines?

I like to read wedding magazines very much.

 

My favorite wedding magazine is “Zexy”. It is a really thick magazine with a lot of bridal information, for example, about places for weddings, marriage rings, ideas of wedding ceremony, etc. My favorite topic is about wedding dresses. It is so beautiful!! There are many kind of dresses, and all of styles are so nice. So, I feel happy just looking at it. There are many dresses with different colors, shapes, materials, so I am very excited to think if I get married someday, what is the best dress for me.

It is the magazine of dreams. I recommend you to read “Zexy” at least once (especially girls)! You can buy it at Sansei-do!!

the happy day

(This topic is little be embarrassing, but I felt really happy, so I’ll write about it.)

Firstly, I have a boyfriend. We were friends in high school, but we started to going out after entered university. He lives in Niigata now. So ours is long-distance relationship.

Two days ago, he came to Tokyo SUDDENLY to meet me because we’ve been going out for one year. I was so surprised and really happy!!

We cannot see each other very often, but I realized our feelings are very close to each other. I got energy to keep working from him until we meet again. I want to continue to value this relationship.

my trial lesson

I am taking a teacher-training course because I want to be a bible teacher of high or junior high school in the future.

Last month, I taught a trial lesson about the bible as a task of a class of a teacher-training course.

 

It was my first class as a teacher. So I was really nervous before the class, but when the class started, my feelings changed, and I really enjoyed the class.

I did not do so great in my class, but I realized it was really fun to talk with students in a class.

I felt more strongly that I wanted to be a teacher than I had before the class. So I want to keep studying to become a bible teacher.

What do I want my obituary to say?

Jun Aoyagi, resident of Niigata, passed away on April 30, at a nursing home. She died of old age, at 86 years old. The last night, she said “good night” to her friends of a nursing home, and she never got out of the bed again.

Mrs. Aoyagi was born on February 12, 1993, in Niigata. Her family was very close, so she grew up with their love. When she became a high school student, she started to live away from her family to live in a dorm. After graduation for the International Christian University, she became a bible teacher at her old high school. She worked hard to change Japanese educational circles, and many students become happy.
She got married when she was 24 years old, and had a son and a daughter. She took good care of their home as a mother.
She enjoyed her life after retirement with her husband. She was by his bedside when he died two years ago. Then, she started to live a nursing home and made so many new friends.
She lived always among her important people.

At Mrs. Aoyagi’s request, the funeral will be held in the church she went to, and sing a lot of happy hymns with a piano accompaniment of her grandchild. Please come, if you are her acquaintance.

What's my view about religion?

I’m really interested in religion.

I was born at a Christian home, and I’m a Christian. So I believe in Jesus from when I was young. It is really natural thing to believe in Jesus for me.

Some classes in ICU expanded my religious view.

The winter term of last year, I took two interesting class by prof. Anri Morimoto, which are Introduction to Religious Studies and Introduction to Christianity.
They were really exciting classes.

I learned that many things can be a religion through those classes.

For example, if I believe in “Money is everything”, my religion is “Money”.

Thus, religion is not limited to just things we call “religion”, for example, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, etc.