Female | Age 17 | Japan
Top Interests & Sports:
Camping, Cooking, Fashion, Listening to Music, Reading, Badminton, Gymnastics, Running, Swimming
Give at least two other reasons why you want to study abroad: I have two reasons why I want to go to the US.\nFirst,I think that people in the US have a culture of thinking about their own future from a young age. I visited the US when I was a junior high school student. At that time, I met some people who knew what they wanted to do in the future. One day, I talked about dreams with my host sisters. They had already decided what they wanted to do in the future, and they asked me about my dream. I could not answer them. I was shocked to see them because I had not talked about my dreams with the people around me. I was surprised by how Americans think about their future from when they are little, and I think that is a great culture that we do not have in Japan. In addition to that, I would like to talk to many people in the US and get new perspectives. America is a diverse country in my view. Many people from different cultures live together in the US. By talking with them, I expect to get new perspectives that I do not have. \nSecond,I want to be able to express my opinion more than I can now. I assume that I am a modest person. I usually agree with my friends and avoid conflict. Because of that, I rarely express my opinion to others and sometimes I feel a little frustrated. It is said that Japan has a culture of not telling their opinion directly. Compared to that, I heard that Americans tend to express their own ideas more than Japanese. Thus, I want to study in the US and learn how to express my own ideas to others but recently, I can express my opinion more to people I get on with when I decide to study abroad.I want to be able to say my opinion to other people.In the US, I expect that my normal life will completely change, and I will be in a situation that I have to decide everything by myself. In those situations, it will be difficult to open my mind to new people. However, I want to try a lot of new things and overcome difficulties. That will give me more confidence and do things more actively.\n