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free and easy living. .. !) I wish the Japanese all possible luck, in this transition, which, although difficult, will hopefully be conducive 10 increased personal happiness Reflecting on the last six months, this sort of quality coinmu- nication was one of my most fulfilling and gratifying experi- ences, and the biggest reward for perservering with my Ian- guage study. I learnt that, with tenacity it is possible to break the language barrier, and forge friendships which transcend all barriers of language and cultural differences. When this happens, the feeling is, honestly, as exhilarating as conquer- ing Everest must be. I miss my Japanese friends terribly, and look forward to keeping in touch with at least a few of them as we grow up in our parallel cultures, and some day perhaps see our children perpetuale the EXchange-student phe- nomenon !

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I truly do hope that EXchange programs, and in particular, the BGGS - MGHS Sister School Relationship, continue 10 nourish, as they have so Inuch potential for increasing Ian- guage skill, global undei'standing, character-building! and memory-making. Being an eXchange student isn't always easy, but the good times definitely outweigh the less positive experiences. in the end, I found the hardest part of exchang- ing was tearing myself away from the new life I had found, and coming home Thank you again to everyone who made this eXchange possi- ble for me, and I hope that in future years we will see many more BGGS girls in MGHS classrooms and school pho- lographs - more blonde heads spoiling - or complementing - the perfect uniformity of dark Japanese ones! Ingrid Hadgraft SPACE TRIP The opportunities available for teenagers today are amazing in comparison 10 what was available in OUT grandparents' or even OUT parents' generation. Technology now enables us to travel around the world in twenty-four hours and cure dis- eases that once wiped out whole communities at a time. But these achievements are nothing in comparison to the develop- merits that we'll face in the future, discoveries that may even enable humans to live in space

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