アメリカ合衆国、マサチューセッツ州、ボストンにあるラウンドスクエア校Buckingham Browne & Nicholsから、交換留学生としてLena Ishiiさんが、高等学校2年生のクラスに来ていました。熱心に授業に参加し、学校生活を楽しんだLenaさんの感想を紹介します。
These two weeks have been a very fun and memorable time.. Kogakuin is very different from the high school I go to. The classess feel a lot more like seminars. It's been very interesting to experience a differnet class enviroment and recognize the different teaching styles.
I particularly found the structure of math to be interesting , where it starts with a short lesson / seminar and then becomes free time to work on the problems. I also thought it was fun to watch pool classes (P. E.) because in the U. S. , we don't have pool as a class. There are many cultural differences betwee tne U. S . and Japan such as the strictness of dresscodes and Japanese collectivism vs American individualism, which was interesting to witness.
I think that going on exchange to Kogakuin was a very valuable experience and helped me better understand Japanese culture and what it's like to be a high schooler in Japan. It was interesting to see how the teacher tried to engage students by calling on them or bringing them into the conversation in class. Thank you so much for these past two weeks! It has been a lot of fun.
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日本と米国では教育方針が根本から異なり、毎日が驚きの連続だったようです。話し合いの場を設けることが多く、沢山コミュニケーションをする中での異なる考え方や発想にも驚かされました。やはり異文化交流というものはしみじみ大事だなと思いました。短い間でしたが、良い留学になれていたら嬉しいです。次はボストンでお会いしましょうね！
お世話になった皆様、ありがとうございました。
