High School Diplomat
2015年12年14日 | diary
I’m in second grade in high school.
I took part in the program called High School Diplomat last summer for three weeks.
This program consists of three parts: Washington and New York tours, home staying, and an exchange at Princeton University.
In the Washington and New York tours, I visited not only tourist attractions such as Central Park or the Hard Rock Café but also international or organizations and agencies such as the U.N. or Pentagon.
I felt the great scale of the U.S.A and world.
When I stayed with a family in Virginia, I was surprised at the big size of America.
Almost all the food in the supermarket I visited was more than twice as large as that of Japan.
I spent the last 10 days in Princeton University in an Exchange program in which 40 American and 40 Japanese high school students participated.
I had an American roommate.
We had so many activities I can’t tell everything here, for example, diplomats talked, had a dance party and a cultural day and so on.
It was very fun for me to share our ideas and experience a lot of events together! We became a HSD family!
The biggest thing I learned was the danger of stereotypes.
Once people make stereotypes, it’s difficult to correct them.
I thought communicating with not only language but also gestures or facial expression and accepting the others’ ideas were important to build a true friendship.
On august 6th, my friends and I gave a presentation on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The title was ‘What is Peace?’
After that presentation, many friends came to say ‘Good Job!’ or ‘I want to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki someday!’
When I heard that, I felt very happy.
We made the Peace Bridge by writing messages for Peace.
I am thankful for every person who was involved in my participation and everyone I met in those 3 weeks.
Thank you.
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