{"id":1219,"date":"2012-04-08T23:33:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T14:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcjs.jp\/cip\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2012-04-08T23:33:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T14:33:45","slug":"%e3%82%bf%e3%82%a4%e3%83%a9%e3%83%bb%e3%83%ad%e3%83%90%e3%83%bc%e3%83%84%ef%bc%9a%e7%a4%be%e4%ba%a4%e3%83%80%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b9english-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2012\/04\/08\/%e3%82%bf%e3%82%a4%e3%83%a9%e3%83%bb%e3%83%ad%e3%83%90%e3%83%bc%e3%83%84%ef%bc%9a%e7%a4%be%e4%ba%a4%e3%83%80%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b9english-reflection","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Roberts: Social Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of this semester I was extremely apprehensive when we were told that we needed to participate in a Community Involvement Project.\u00a0 I was terrified of the notion that I would have to carry on a conversation in Japanese without the assistance of a professor or textbook to tell me what to say and when.\u00a0 On top of that, I was at a loss for how I was going to fit another appointment into my already hectic schedule.<\/p>\n

The first day of ballroom dancing had me extremely anxious and I was not sure what I would say after I introduced myself to the group.\u00a0 However, my fears quickly dissipated as everyone began to introduce themselves to me.\u00a0 No one seemed to care that I was a foreigner; they all wanted to know where I was from and what I liked to do besides ballroom dancing.\u00a0 The best part was that even when I struggled with a sentence everyone did their best to help me express what I was trying to say and kept the conversation going.\u00a0 That first afternoon of practice showed me that I could hold a conversation in Japanese and gave me a lot more confidence in my speaking abilities.<\/p>\n

Since that first encounter, I have gone to lunch with most of the ballroom members at least once and gotten to know a lot of them really well.\u00a0 I know that my Japanese is not perfect and I will probably practice for the rest of my life without getting it perfect but I have had a great time getting to know some fellow college students on the other side of the world and I hope to keep in touch with them when I return to the U.S.\u00a0 What I thought was going to be my least favorite part of this semester turned out to be the part that I enjoyed the most.\u00a0 I could not wait to leave politics class on Wednesday nights and go dancing. I also loved getting up early on Saturday mornings (which is blasphemy for college students) just so I could make it to practice on time and get to go out to lunch with everyone afterwards to discuss everything from our favorite professors to Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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