Good morning friends. I may say that students who experience was really can called an experience of a lifetime. Many were selected but only few were chosen. A good study of one student may lead them to this kind of exchange program. I want to say to those students that they should give their full best to reach this goal. After I read an article about this in reference to The Times of India, let me share it with you because students might get inspired with this.
An experience of a lifetime. That is how Vaibhav Adhia, a student of Prakash High School, sums up his 10-day long trip to Japan under a student exchange programme.
Organised by Japan International Co-operation Centre, the programme gave 72 students from across the country, an opportunity to explore Japanese culture. Vaibhav was the only student from the city to have been selected for Japan East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) programme.
Talking to TOI, Vaibhav says, “Initially, I was a little apprehensive. But once the ice was broken, we all became friends not only among ourselves, but also with people in Japan.”
In Tokyo, they toured around the Panasonic Centre and Toyota showroom. But it was the disaster prevention centre that shook him, literally. “We were given a live demo of an earthquake measuring 7 on Richter scale. As everything around us shook, we were asked to seek shelter under a table.”
Recalling his journey in a bullet train, the class XI student says, “We covered a distance of 500 km in two hours. We saw Mount Fuji on our way.” Interaction with staff and students at Otemae Senior High School and Joyo Senior High School was enriching. “Studying was fun as their teaching methods are quite advanced. They have projectors in all their classes,” he says.
Communication, he says, was a bit of a problem. “Most of them speak only Japanese. I hardly found people talking in English.”
He concludes, “The trip was a great learning experience and the qualities that I would like to imbibe from them is hard work and patriotism. I was also very impressed with their rule of compulsory education for children.”
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