There’s a significantly different feeling between a typical vacation to a foreign country and a long-term study abroad. During my 18 day romp through Europe, there was a ton of stress to get things done and see what you needed to see. Enjoying yourself seemed to take a backseat to checking off a list of [...]
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Approaching
I usually try to tie together my posts with some sort of central theme, but I’m going to throw that out the window because I’ve got some disconnected things to cover. Although I worried a fair deal about the oral exam, it went better than I could have hoped. The teacher basically asked a bunch [...]
The week before the final stretch of the first half
This is the last full week for the American students who are just staying for the summer. They will take their final exam on Tuesday, and a lot of those who I’ve talked to are leaving Japan on Wednesday. The actual final exam is on the 25th. Once again, I say that I would be [...]
Enoshima & Kamakura trip pt. 2
Breakfast was scheduled for 8:00, but if we felt so inclined, we could meet at the entrance to the ryokan at 7:00 and go hang out at the beach for a while. I felt so inclined, because waking up after 6:30 would be way sleeping in for me. So a number of us walked back [...]
Enoshima & Kamakura trip pt. 1
On Thursday we were given a packet of papers that laid out the schedule of the upcoming Kamakura trip. We would arrive at the school by 8:30 am on Saturday, have a lecture in the morning and then head toward the train station at noon. Tanaka-san went over some guidelines and made some suggestions of [...]