As of today it has been two days since I have been told as to where I'll be an inbound student in. I am currently an outbound student right now. An outbound student is one who will be going to a different country. An inbound student is one who has come from another country. There are also students who are rebounds. Rebounds are the ones who have gone to a foreign country and have returned to their home country. We had a Rotary meeting this Saturday and Sunday (March 4 & 5). After a wait of hearing where we would go we finally found out. I, Elizabeth Solis, will be going to...Japan. When I was first told and received my name tag I was really excited. Japan was one of the options as to where I would like to go. I was doing great at the meeting and was learning all kinds of important information, however; when I got home many thoughts were circling my head. What if I don't have a successful exchange like everyone is saying I should? What if I go over there and my host family does not like me? What if I don't learn the language or the culture? What if I begin failing in the classes over in Japan? "What if this..." or "What if that.." were going all over my mind. I knew that I should be thankful about this opportunity that many other students could only dream of doing. While all of this was going through my head I didn't know who to talk to. It felt more like as if nobody would want to hear my problems and that all I would do was just annoy everybody I told. I tried cooling my head and think of what I was saying and thinking. First of all, my parents agreed and have come this far with me to go on this exchange. Not many parents can say, "Why yes of course I will let my son/daughter go to a whole new country that they know nothing about for a whole year! Its the best idea! Nothing like letting go of my child to be all by their selves. Splendid". Second of all, I have this great opportunity! How many people only dream of studying abroad? Third, I have friends who will support me. It may be hard to say good-bye but that does not mean that we didn't have great memories together. Lastly, I will be able to think about my life now. Today at the end of school I missed my bus, not surprising. Haha. As I was walking down the sidewalk I began to think about Logansport, the city in which I live in. We are small but it is very great. There is hidden beauty everywhere in Logansport. Everything I am doing, even the little ones, I was beginning to look at them differently. I had a pizza? Perhaps that might have been the best pizza I have ever tasted. Was the sunrise/sunset beautiful? Maybe. It is something that I might have overlooked in the past but now... I don't. Going to Japan will be life changing. Rotary tells me I will become a different person for the better. I think I already am changing even though its barely the beginning of something extraordinary.
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Mrs. Lin
3/8/2017 21:24:22
I think this is the website that I will come to visit a lot!!! Looking forward to reading more awesome stories.
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Yessica
4/17/2017 00:06:14
Are you going to write about Chinatown?:)
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January 2018
AuthorI am a student from the US to Japan. I enjoy writing, photographing, & travelling. |