HW for Scott

Now The United States is the strongest country in the world, and they seem to try to press their beliefs on other countries all over the world. The most remarkable example is that they are exporting their ideology of democracy. Americans believe democracy is universal. I also think it is easier for us to adjust and accept that idea than any other belief because it expresses the freedom and equal opportunities for everyone. For instance, after the World War Ⅱ, Japan adapted to the concept of democracy in short time, and now, it is the most common thought for Japanese since we think former concept, the Emperor’s system is much less adaptable.
However, is it possible that every person who has different religions agree with the democracy? This is absolutely impossible. The U.S. has tried to expand that ideology from the Cold War, and killed a large number of people who wouldn’t accept it in South East Asia and South America. And now, the targets are the country in the Middle East. America beat the Islamic State of Afghanistan and went ahead with democratic election. What’s more, Iraqi people are being forced to change their ideology. I think this time the U.S. cannot do it well since they are the Muslims who against the America.
The more America try to control the Middle East, the more people in that area oppose democracy. I’m not sure how the U.S. government can withdraw from Iraq as the matter stands, but I hope they give up expanding their own belief as fast as possible.

HW for Adam

Generally speaking, we can judge whether men or women are talking through hearing the contents and the ways of communication. This is because each gender has different speech patterns, gestures, or questionary processes. One of the most significant conversational distinctions between Japanese men and women is what subjects they tend to talk about.

Whereas most of the Japanese men just tell the conclusion, women express more details in the conversations. Since ladies cannot stand being alone, they are anxious to share their feelings and experiences, and try to draw out talking. One female teenager often talks about why, what, when, where, and how something happened to her, and friends of hers ask her other different aspects of that event. On the other hand, men see their partners as rival in society, their purpose of having a communication is sometimes just to gather information, for instance, how to get the goal or which method is better than the other. They are likely to change useful ideas and insides for their task or work, not their feelings and useless details. As a rule in Japan, women are good at giving a full account of objects, while men are clever in interrupting others’ styles into owns. Hence, according to Deborah Tannen, women need longer process to reach the consequences, but men tend to go to the main point at once.

HW for Scott

Do you think homosexuality is against the Bible or morality, or do you think it is normal that someone love others of same gender?

“30 days: Straight/Gay” showed me an innovative point of view about love. As most of you may think, I may not have been able to accept if one of my female friends opened her mind that she loved me. Ryan, a hard-core-Christian, also couldn’t forgive the concept of Gay because the Bible doesn’t approve the sexual relationship between same genders. He decided to live in Castro, San Francisco, which is the only city admitted as the Gay town in the U.S. Although he had much experience with a gay man called Ed, for instance, went to a gay bar and took part in the softball game with gays, his thought against the concept of homosexuality has not converted. Me neither. I had persisted the feeling of unpleasant with homosexual love until a statement was given by a doctor. That was, “homosexuality is one of the very characters by nature and it cannot be altered easily as straight people don’t love same sexes easily.” Then, I really see the perspective of gays for the first time.

Homosexuality is the quality which is same as everyone has one by one. It is natural that people have different nature, and we need to live with others as try to understand and accept each other. Although Ryan couldn’t totally agree to the idea of love relationship between same genders because of the pious Christian, he became a good friend of Ed. I think Ryan has myopic view, I believe he will keep asking about homosexuality, one of the biggest social problems in the America.

want artistic life??

recently, i’ve read many books cause i love reading!
i’d like to introduce on of them, a book about how you enjoy life with art.

there are many tips of arts in this world, and as you know, i’ve been enthusiastic for dancing. i’ve wondered how i can participate in art for a long time. the book says that art is the way we express ourselves and who we are. although art seems to be the one which only some experts can accomplish, it is opened to human beings in the world.

that book makes me feel like involved in not only dancing but also other kinds of art including drawing pictures, singing songs, writing something about my interests. i want to be a parson who is not able to live without art!

my ironical story

This story is nonfiction. When I was small, I did the laundry instead of my mother. We use remaining water from the bathtub for washing clothes so I had to draw water with the washbasin from it. One day I spilled water by accident, but I didn’t tell that to my mother for fear of being scolded. After a while, she called me and I anticipated that she blame me for keeping the thing secret. Yet she asked me to help her wipe the floor since water leaked out from the washing machine. I was surprised! She thought water escaped from the machine, and it really did in addition to the water I dropped. Thanks to my sneaking ness, we found the damage of the machine, and could stop it before the room was flooded. It IS irony, isn’t it?