1993 School Magazine

I sincerely thank Mrs Hancock, teachers, my host families and my fellow students. MINASAN ARIGATOU SOSHITE SAYONARA !

"Australia is such an enormous country"' this was our first impression of Australia. Also, we found lots of differences between Australia and Japan in many ways - life style, peo- PIe, foods and school. Students in Australia have much much more freedom compared to students in Japan. They can talk during the lesson to say their opinions. in Japan, we just have to finish our task in a certain time. Also, we have to clean up our school every afternoon before we leave. Of course, we don't have morning tea time, because we are not allowed to eat any 1011ies, chocolates or cakes. They also warn strictly about our private lives. Any way, we have more than forty school rules - for example, we are not allowed to have a boy friend while we are at high school. Now about people, most of the people in Australia have sinil- ing faces and are very kind to us. A1 first, we were so nervous at school but students treated us vei'y kindly and said hello to us any lime so we were very glad and our worries disap- peared. Not only students but also our host families took good care of us while we stayed here. They treated us as their own daughter and look us to many places. We couldn'I speak English very well but they spoke easy English slowly - so that we could understand. We think our English has improved in the six weeks. We have had a really great lime so we would like to come back again one day. We want to say "Thank you very very much" 10 MTS Hancock, our host families, teachers and friends who have been kind to us and made us feel welcome during our stay. Mainik0 110, Tomoi Kosaka, Mineko Kitamura, Rumi ISOda, ETi HIDashizume, Ayuko Nakamura, Shiho Yamayose

Thank You Sagiri Fukaya

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EXCHANGE AT B. G. G. S. While I have been studying at B. G. G. S. this year, I have noticed that the teachers here are In ore approachable and you can ask questions and students can choose their subjects, which is not allowed in Japan. Australian children have their own opinions and are allowed to voice them. Many Japanese do not say theii' opinions becausc they ale embarrassed and worried that their opinions may be different, and not accept- able. Australians express their feelings In ore openly and show how they feel towai'ds each other much niore openly than the Japanese do My time ill Australia is coming to an end. I have enjoyed school life and meeting Australians. 11 may not be good-bye, but see you later Yumi Fujio-Seez, I I Woolcock

ROTARY TRIP To CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

My nanie is Sayaka Kikuia. I'ni an eXchange student Ihrouoh the Rotary Youth EXchange Program and am studying at B. G. G. S. for one year. I arrived here o11 20th March with great expectations

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Soon after I arrived, I weni on a Safari Tour from 8th 10 29th April. There were 68 students fi'om all ovei' 111e world and theI'e were 13 Japanese girls. We explored half of Australia, and it was the longest trip I've ever done in my life At first all the eXchange students gathered in Brisbane, then we went to Airlie Beach, and we visited a very small island

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EXCHANGE STUDENTS Standing (L-R): Mrs L. Lazar, R. ISOda, T. Kosaka, S. Yamayose, S. Kikuta, M. ito. Seated (L-R): A. Nakamura, E. Higashizume, M. Kitamura, Y. Fujio-Seer.

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