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Do you believe in destiny? I believe  in it but I did not believe in destiny 3 months before. I believe in destiny because I felt destiny. I had a goal. I studied English and played soccer for this goal. Unfortunately, I had to give up this goal 2 years ago. When I had to decide which university I went to. It was a big dissappointment for me. However, In my university, I had many great experiences and found a new goal, so everything is going well. 4 months ago, I met a woman who is woking in the soccer association and she offerd me the chance to take  part in a tour that she is running. That was 20 days before departure. I did not have enogh time to think about it but my parents said “okay ” . So, I could take part in the tour.  The tour was soccer exchange between Japan and the U.S.  On the tour I got a chance to reach my goal that I gave up 2 years ago.  Suddenly, my dream came ture. It was destiny. So, I believe everything has meaning and I believe in destiny.

This team has focused on the difficult topic of culture. They have some interesting interviews with RJ students and teachers, and then they finish with a short discussion.

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Bowing is a Japanese traditional custom. I really like it because it is useful and pleasant when someone bows to me. I think bow has many meaning in each situation. For example, when we are greeting, it means “nice to meet you”, when we bow for boss or elder people, it means “respect” and in sports, we also often bow, we bow for “acclaim” each other. I like this way the most. In soccer game we bow each other before and after the game, before the game, bow means “nice to meet you and has a good game” and after the game, it means “good game and thank you”. Some team players often bow for field too, before they go in to the field, it means “please keep an eye on our game”. Bow is really casual custom but really polite. I feel pride about it.

Here is the first mini-pod by T and Reiko. Well done everyone today and remember next week we are going to do Obirin Campus News as our new topic. Get thinking!

In class, we worked on making good questions, the flow of the interview, using the Tell me about… technique. We also talked about framing your interview – introducing the interview in an interesting way.