【海外研修】結団式、そして出発へ

5月19日（日）、4学年はいよいよイギリス海外研修へ出発します。

研修に先立ち、本日結団式を行いました。

結団式では、代表生徒が研修に向けた想いや意気込みを英語で語りました。

参加する生徒それぞれが自分の目標を持って、主体的にこの研修に臨みます。仲間の言葉に熱心に耳を傾けながら、自身の志を改めて認識している様子でした。

異国の地イギリスで、これまで以上に視野を広げながら、自分の内面と深く向き合い、よりよい方向へ変容させるきっかけとして欲しいと想います。

結団式における代表生徒たちのスピーチの一部を紹介します。

Speech for the UK training program

I'm excited to go to the UK next week. But it's my second time to go abroad this year. I went to the United States this March. There was an impressive talk from one of the teachers in our group, so I would like to share it. That teacher said that:

"I know that many people like to take pictures of the places you visit. Of course, it is a great thing to keep your experiences in a picture to make your visit memorable. However, those pictures can be taken by anyone who visited the same place. What I want you all to do is to feel the atmosphere with all your 5 senses. What you feel, see, smell, hear, and taste, is the feeling, that only you can sense. Nobody, not even a single person, can feel the same way as you do. So please don't be addicted to taking pictures."

But during my stay in the US, I was only thinking about taking good pictures and didn't even try to feel and think deeply about the places I went to. That is the reason why I don't remember much about the facts and structures of those places, and I regret that. From this experience, I will look more, listen more, and ask more questions. Then not forget to write down my feelings and make this visit the most memorable and a "never forgetting experience" in my life.