living with an older person (Erika M)

After my grandfather moved in with us, I began to realize the benefits of living with an older person. First of all, he has told me a lot of stories about our family history. He lived in America and married my grandmother. My father was born there. 20 years later, they moved to Japan. Then my father met my mother and I was born.Since my grandfather is retired, he has been able to spend a lot of time helping me with my schoolwork. When I cannot understand the English schoolwork, he teaches me how to read and write. Most importantly, Ive learned to appreciate the special qualities an older person can have. He has a lot of wisdom for living life.

10/27 Homework (Risa S)

My mother nags me constantly.  For one thing, my room is never clean enough to suit her.  Although I hang up my clothes once a week, she expects me to put them away every night before I go to bed.  she also hates it if I leave any food, wrappers, or soda cans in my room.  In addition, she never thinks I've spent enough time on my schoolwork.  Whenever she comes in my room, I play the video game or read comic books.  However I always do my schoolwork when she doesn't look at me.  Finally, she is always telling me to improve my appearance.  I want to keep my hair long, but she want me to cut my hair short.  It is because she think boys should have short hair.  Consequently, I'm really fed up with her.

How to economize on a trip (Yui.S)

 There are many ways to economize on a trip to Korea and still have a good time. First, you can shop around for the best airfare. You can obtain a discount airline ticket at auction. Once you get there , you need to stay in the most expensive hotels. When you go there, you can stay at your penpal's house, so I recommend you to make penpals. You can also economize on food. In Korea, food is cheaper than in Japan. Finally, you should take advantage of all the free cultural and historical offerings. In Korea, there are many attractive offerings and some of them are free, so you can enjoy yourself without thinking of spending money.

10/25 Homework (Risa S)

Summer is my favorite season.  First, I like to watch the fireworks.  We can hardly watch it in other seasons.  In summer night, there are many displays of fireworks every place.  Second, we can swim in the sea.  I am not good at swimming, but I like the sea.  I also think the sea is beautiful especially in summer.   Third, we, from elementary school students to university students, have very long vacation in summer.  So we can go various places and play.  In summer vacation, I usually enjoy going shopping, watching the movies, seeing my old friends, going to my grandfather's house and so on.  For these reasons, I like summer very much.

Bad Point of Television ( Erika. M)

There is too much violence on television. In physical terms, watching television for many hours causes our eyesight to fall. Paticulary, an animation is violence for our eyesight. So, parents should teach children to sit away from the television when they watch. Another probrem is that the more we watch television, the less we have a time to communicate with our family. Today, many people eat a dinner when they are watching television.Communication is more important than wachting television. So, we have to reduce time we watch television.

To conserve energy in our daily life. (Yui.S)

 There are several ways to conserve energy. First, when I go shopping to the supermarket, I always bring my own bag and refuse plastic bags. That is how I don't waste the petroleum. Second, after I take a bath, I often use  the water left the bathtub to do the laundry. By using that water, we can save a large amount of water. Third, not to use too much light, I never foget to turn off the TV after watching. In conclusion, there are many more things that we can do in daily life.