Hello, Nice to Meet you...

Hello, Nice to Meet you... What is your name? Where are you from? What do you like about Japan? 

Excuse me!

Those were the little things elementary kids learnt in the English Camp organised by Kansai Gaidai University.

It was a 3 hour English Camp that I've recently participated 2 weeks ago. It was fun but STRESSFUL at the same time. Let me tell you why...

What is the first thing that comes to your mind whenever you hear that there will be a bunch of elementary children visiting your school ?? Sounds, giggling/laughing, fighting/crying.. いろいろな声（こえ）All sorts of sounds... But wait!! Look at the Japanese kids.... Quiet, Shy, Obedient, everything an average parents would dream of, and it exist in JAPAN.

I wonder how they were taught to be in such 'good manners' and I wonder is there some part of them that has this 'devil'  waiting to unleash its destructive powers and go all crazy and wild? Throughout the entire programme, elementary kids were taught a few important English phrases and played games that involves learning English. It is amazing to see how discipline those kids were. They do not voice until and unless they were asked to. 

Surprisingly, the children were very cooperative for the 3 long hours. Personally, I never like kids because I think they are noisy and sometimes a nuisance. But here, the children get to know one another and played quietly and peacefully. They even raised their hands when they have questions.

                     Aw.. Such angels. 

However, sometimes they were a little too reserved and quiet that It makes it difficult to communicate with them. That's why it's so stressful because when I asked a question, they won't answer.

Although there were children as young as 5 years old to as old as 10 years old. I'm surprise at how little English they know. In this century, English is the lingua franca. Japan and its people have come so far as to reach one of the top most over developed country but the people here don't speak much English, which is AMAZING. Furthermore, more and more foreigners are studying Japanese as their second, third, fourth language and what not, including myself.

HOW ON EARTH DID JAPAN GO SO FAR? 
I wonder at times....It might all start from the small little things like education, at home or at school. As the saying goes "It's the little things that matter that adds up in the end"
JAPAN, Never Cease to Amaze Me