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It is a little bit early to say goodbye! We have a lot of ALP events this week so have to enjoy parties!! I have been thinking about Pizza party!!

I am really happy to have studied with you. Section 3 is the best because the instructor and all students are the most beautiful and handsome in ALP !!(is this true?) I like you.　

皆が大好きだよ。お世辞じゃないぜよ。もちろんSean もだからね。

Ryoko

Although I am taking a lot of classes in ALP, I like Sean’s composition class the best. Frankly speaking, this class is one of the hard classes for me but I can tell this class is the most helpful because of two reasons.

Firstly, we learned a lot of different types of essays. Actually, at the begging of this semester, I had written only two or three types of essays so when I checked a course syllabus in the first class, I was really surprised. However, as we learned new essays and a research paper, I found that I came to read academic articles more easily. It means that writing essays and a research paper were unable me to improve not only my writing skills but also reading skills.

The most important reason I like this class is that we learned how to use database and refworks during the class. Even native students do not know refworks!! I will study next semester in this campus so it will be really helpful. Also, I had a lot chances to discuss my research paper with librarians so I came to know a lot of librarians. They also helped me a lot. However, almost all librarians remember my face so I sometimes feel embarrassed (this is serious!).
Learning how to use database and refworks saves our time when we write a paper, and I hope Sean continue to teach how to how to use database and refworks.

In this class, there are students who are really good at writing and grammar such as Sunny and Kurt. Personally, one of stressful academic tasks is witting a paper. As you know, my essay is sometimes miserable. However, they always encourage me mentally and checked my essays many times. I appreciate them and Sean.

Baraka

Baraka is the one of the philosophical and emotional movies I have ever seen. It describes people’s life, religion, nature, and so on, and I felt that the film makers try to convey the realistic world. Although I think that if he focuses on one subject, it will become a deeper and more sophisticated movie but I like this movie. The most impressive scene for me was three Japanese dancers.

They wore traditional cloth and danced with mysterious faces. Although I watched that scene again, I honestly cannot understand what they express. However, I think the dance is innovative because Japanese traditional dances attach importance to a posture. It means that straightening their backs is really important. Also, usually they dance with expressionless faces. Nonetheless, the dancers are really relaxed and they danced with mysterious faces. Probably people who are not Japanese believe that is a Japanese traditional dance but I believe that the dance is modern and progressive. I had never seen such a soft dance so I was impressed.

Baraka is actually esoteric for me but I think watching Baraka was a good opportunity because I had never watched a silent movie. I will find a next impressive movie!!