It was just four months since my arrival to Japan, and I have never studied Japanese before,
I wasn’t very confident about my Japanese ability. Two days later I found my self in front of very cute kids in their elementary school. The well-organized community made me forget my worries about the presentation. I preferred observing the school to refining my speech. Being supported by the school staff members, I was able to see more.
I presented about Egypt and they were interested and unexpectedly they already knew a lot about my far away country. Afterwards, we had our lunch and I enjoyed having chat with them during lunch break.
After a while it was the cleaning time. A kid with a white chief hat came to me I knew after that he was the class representative he gave me a whisk and lead me to the library.
After I got back home I was still thinking about organizing another trip to another elementary school. But this time not just only to practice Japanese but also to enjoy elementary student life in a Japanese elementary school.
By Abdu (Mechanical Engineering Course, Class of 2013)