Kizuna
Japan Study Tour 2013-Due Feb 8 to your Sensei-please type in the text boxes
below-please underline your answers.
These will remain
confidential and will not be shared without your permission
Personal
Goals Worksheet - 林アリナ
I.
Personal growth
A.
Consider your strengths - What are you good
at? What brings you a sense of
accomplishment? (these could relate to
sports, music, theater, church involvement, helping friends with problems,
making friends, cheering others up, helping parents or siblings, community
service etc)
One of my strengths is being able to observe, analyze, and relate to
others.
One of my strengths is being able to observe, analyze, and relate to
others. I am a quiet person at times because I am too focused on studying a
person or subject and often times picking up little bits and pieces about them
that goes unnoticed to others without having to be vocal.
I feel complete and relieved when I am able to finish my AP English
essays in time after getting off a double shift but the thing that brings me a
full sense of satisfaction is when I’m able to understand and develop a closer
and deeper understanding of my relationship with a person whether it is a
coworker or teacher. I’m able to sympathize and understand social relationships
on a deeper level.
B.
Consider your weakness – Where do you lack
confidence? What do you wish you could
do better? (these could relate same topics above, but
could also include shyness, being self-conscious in a group, getting along with
others, being more group oriented / less self-centered, being better organized,
etc)
My weakness is being too devoted and determined that often times it
could be seen as being stubborn. Before I start a project, I fear of failure
and when I’ve already started it, I don’t know when to throw in the towel
because I don’t want to be a failure and lose all the efforts I had put
in. I lack self-esteem and often times
I fake confidence that I seem narcissistic to a certain degree. Another thing
I lack is trust. Sometimes I seem like I don’t know how to trust when I
actually trusted too much.
One thing I’ve been trying to work on is friendship. Instead of hiding
the turmoil or blasting unpleasant emotions, I try to formally present my
objection to the person or people. If they do not want to continue the
friendship then I will understand and not add fuel to the fire.
C.
Consider the aspects of the trip from a personal
growth standpoint – Where might you anticipate opportunities for challenge and
growth? List them below :
Through the Kizuna trip I believe
there will be language and culture barriers but through growing and learning
together with the 22 other students the opportunities will overweigh the
challenges and aide each student to grow internally to learn about themselves
as well as Japan.
D. Select one or two from "C" that
you've listed above and write down some specific objectives,
actions,
methods or strategies you plan to use in order to show personal growth in those
areas.
The language barrier only exists if
one does not submerge themselves in the beauty of Japanese and its culture. By
keeping up with my Japanese blog, diary, and exchanging emails with other
Japanese pen-pals I will overcome the cultural and language barrier.
E. How will you know that you've experienced
growth or improvement in your area of focus? (Examples: reflection, journaling, observing,
documenting your perspectives, discussing with roommates/ friends on the trip
or documenting (if possible) more measurable outcomes)
Through daily entries in my diary,
I will be able to reflect back upon things I did not understand and through
pondering and seeking answers to my questions I will have experienced growth.
I also hope to video blog a portion of my days in Japan and afterwards when I
return to watch and see the growth of my understanding of Japan.
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Unexpected learning. Submit on a separate sheet of paper
(typed) that describes something unexpected that you learned about
yourself while participating on this study tour.
These may be shared with teachers or administrators with your
permission
Academic
Goals Worksheet - 林アリナ
II.
Academic focus area
A.
Consider your academic strengths - What are you
good at? What brings you a sense of
accomplishment? What do you almost
always look forward to studying or learning about?
One
of my strengths is art. Being able to bring out the beauty in a hidden item
brings me happiness because I am able to show the world that even if something
appears ordinary or gloomy, there is still beauty. In the darkest hours there
is still light and where there is light there is hope for a better tomorrow.
The tears won’t last forever because eventually they will dry and a smile will
appear. Whether it be through words or an image – I am able to bring out what
is unseen by others. In a way, I am an interpreter of hidden emotions and
thoughts. I love studying a nation’s history because I am basically learning
about thousands of people’s scars and their laughter. When I study history, I
do not take it as facts and stories but rather the hardships people go through
to finally reach the end of the tunnel and take a breather knowing that there
is more ahead to be accomplished.
B. Consider the aspects of the trip
from an academic standpoint – Where do you see opportunities to apply learned
knowledge or concepts. (Math, physics,
writing, global studies/political science, cultural studies, Japanese language,
Japanese history/geography, Web design, promotions, publications,
transportation, etc).
There are endless opportunities to
apply the knowledge that could be learned through this trip. The most
important for me is by understanding the Japanese history. By understanding
each other’s past a nation is able to sympathize but also learn and encourage
foreign relations.
C. Select one area you'd like to focus on and
list some ways, methods, strategies that you could
use
in order to challenge yourself to learn more, apply learned concepts,
investigate further,
etc.
An area I would like to focus on is how the Japanese
people were able to get lower radiation levels in their food to determine what
was safe to eat and how they deal with nuclear energy now concerning their diet.
D.
How will you demonstrate what you've
learned? What will you produce, create
or document?
Through daily snippets of my video
blogging I hope to compile it all into one document to share with others at
the end of the trip.
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Unexpected learning. Submit on a separate sheet of paper (typed)
that describes something unexpected that you experienced or learned about while
participating on this study tour. This
reflection will relate to academic /educational topics.
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