Reaction to Fisher

This text is very interesting for me, because I'm interested in communication. I didn't know about perception there are many kinds of them, Experiential, Selective and so on. I think they are connected each other. We select,  infer or evaluate something we think it is collect or we like by using our experiences as basic material . After that, the result would be inaccurate or wrong. However, if the result would be wrong, we tend to consider it is not wrong as much as possible. For the way of thinking like that is one of perceptions. Therefore can't we believe our choice? Our perception may be really individual and sometimes selfish. 

I like 'Sensation and Interpretation'. This kind of pictures are fun, because we cannot see both figures at the same time after we know them. It is  really mysterious! I searched some interesting pictures. Especially I kike first one!

Reaction to Barna

As I went to England this summer, I experienced the differences between different cultures. Therefore I could understand it is really important to know the differences in order to communicate with other countries' people. First the difference I was surprised is they talked about their boyfriends easily because I think it is a little bit rude to ask about boy friends in Japan at first. This is 'Tendency to Evaluate'. Second the difference is 'Language Differences'. Of course Phrases and words are difficult to understand. Moreover I think pronunciation is also included. My host family used Australian accent, so I couldn't catch what they said.
Through this text, I noticed what the cultural Japanese is. For example, smile is just greeting or the Japanese are inscrutable. It is interesting for me.

My book reaction 'The GIVER'

The GIVER

I read 'The GIVER' as a summer reading assignment. This book is science a fiction story in 1993. This book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 5.3 million copies.

Lois Lowry

Lois lowry  (on March 20, 1937) is an American author of children's literature. She always writes complex issues as racism, terminal illness, murder, and the Holocaust among other challenging topics.

The reason why I chose it is because my friend recommended it. She said it was easy to read and understand, and it was also interesting. That's why I chose The GIVER.  

This world has no worry, no hunger, no mental pain.... so it is like Utopia. There are also no feeling, no color, no choice....On the other hand, there are a lot of strict rules. Many things are prohibitted in order to protect people from dangerous or wrong choices. It is strange world. The main character a boy, Jonas who is 12 years old. He is appointed The Receiver of Memory. This assignment is to receive all memories of whole world. He knew feelings, 'happy' 'love' and 'lonliness' 'cruel of war' like mental pain. He noticed the world with feelings was better and it was important to have them, so finally he decided to try to change the commity.

First I thought the scary of the controled world. There is no character and no free. If so, we cannot have the meaning of living! It is good because everybody is different each other. Second I thoughtthe importance of individual. The world in this book has no choice, but we have to choose by ourselves! Because we should think and understand ourselves.Actually it is hard to decide something by ourselves, however, the result whether the choice is good or not doesn't matter. The behavior of choosing by ourselves is important. Finally I noticed the imporyance of mental pain. I know mental pain, so I can  know mental happiness. For example, I know war is terrible thing, so I also know peace is imprtant. 

I like this book. I really enjoyed reading it. I hope the world like this controled crazy world will not come in the future!

1st homework 9/9 Fri

How was my suumer?
     This simmer was a wonderful onf for me. I went to Brighton, England on SEA program. I made a lot of friends from diffirent countries. I've been to famous places, for example, LOndon, Oxford, Stonehenge and so on. I had good experirnces during 6weeks. I'll never forget this summer and my lovely friends there!

What do I want to learn/get from ARW Autumn?
     I want to understand texts quickly and deeply.  I also want to write an essay with my satisfaction. But individually I want to pronounce correctly.