One of my English teachers in high school also worked as an interpreter, and I longed for the experience of living abroad that he told us about in class. I dreamed about making my way overseas someday. When I was about to go on to higher education, I learned that a new school with “Global” in its name was being established, and I was attracted to the idea of being one of the first students to enroll there.
The School of Global and Community Studies is a compact school, with only about 60 students in each year. This is an environment where students can communicate one-on-one with each other, as well as with teaching and administrative staff members. By talking with each other, I was able to gain many new ideas and insights that I would never have come up with on my own.
In the Project-Based Learning, I worked on the theme of “revitalizing movie theaters in the city,” where I also interacted with people in the business community to put our ideas into shape. In the process, I learned how to do research, how to look at reality, how to understand problems, how to conceive ideas, and most importantly, the difficulty of sharing opinions to improve a project, and the confidence to communicate with other people.
I believe that experiencing the dynamism and chemistry created by the interaction between people will prove incredibly valuable in my future work.
