First of all, I decided to enter the Mukogawa Women’s University because of the exchange program. I have been thinking about the exchange program since I was a high school student. Through the exchange program, I would like to learn how to communicate with foreign people. I want to be a cabin attendant in the future. In my opinion, it is an absolute requirement nowadays to speak English, not limited to cabin attendants. I want to become a person who can be considerate to people from all over the world. It is the most important thing for a cabin attendant to understand people from all over the world. The reason that led to me setting this goal is my ballet teacher. He is Austrian and the class was all English. I was really interested in English because of him and studied hard. At first, I couldn’t understand what he said but gradually, I came to understand what he said. I feel happy when I understand his words and studying becomes fun. Now I can almost understand English but it is still hard to express my opinion in English. Speaking is the hardest thing for Japanese people because Japanese education is not focused on speaking. I decided to come back to America when I went to the Mukogawa US campus because I thought that actually talking with foreign people is the fastest way to become bilingual and understand them. I told it to my US friend, Cassie and she said “You can do it.” even though my TOEIC score was 570 at that time. I had confidence that I could get a 700 TOEIC score because I can achieve everything that I said. I thought I had no choice but to study no matter what. I studied everyday after I came back to Japan and I reported it to her. When I finally got over the 700 TOEIC score, she congratulated me and she was delighted that I'll go back to America. The reason why I am definitely committed to America is because American English is familiar to Japanese people and many people use American English. Saint Martin's University has an Asian Student Alliance. I really liked that Saint Martin's University respects diversity. It was the most important thing for me to choose a university that respects diversity because sometimes Asian people are discriminated against. During the exchange program, I will keep studying hard and try to understand foreign people. Rather than relying on study abroad itself, it is also important to study by myself. After I come back to Japan, I will be a person who can understand other people even if they are foreign people.