Dear Parents,
Your students are off and about Kyoto today, some exploring temples and
restaurants; others exploring the post office since they've acquired
things along the way! They have had a wonderful time in Japan and I
have been so very happy with the way they have dived into the course and
the experience. I am pleased to have each and every one of them in the
group. In case some of you are concerned that they have required
back-up infusions of cash, I think they have really gotten into
consuming all types of food, and haven't been thinking in terms of
student budgets vs. anything-goes-big-city-eating. They have realized
now, I think, how quickly the cash can flow when it doesn't seem real,
so that I hope spending in Shanghai can be more restrained. Also, since
we're there for 3 weeks, they'll have time to find cheaper,
student-oriented places to eat.
I have set up a blog but since I had to set it up using the Japanese
version of Google's blogspot, I am entirely unsure of how to tell you to
access it. So, more on that later after my computer expert in Minnesota
tests some things out for me. In the meantime, I have attached a
summary of the first part of Japan for you. I plan to write the second
portion later today and send it off before we leave since I have free
internet access in my hotel room.
I will also be posting a selection of pictures to one of the services --
more on that a bit later as well.
Please do keep in contact with your student. Homesickness can emerge in
times of transition like today, and a cheerful letter/email from home
can go a long way to reassuring students that it's important to be here
experiencing another culture, and that the five months really will go
quickly -- that you want them to have this opportunity.
Many thanks,
Kris
for Kris and Bob
Field Supervisors for Term in Asia
Your students are off and about Kyoto today, some exploring temples and
restaurants; others exploring the post office since they've acquired
things along the way! They have had a wonderful time in Japan and I
have been so very happy with the way they have dived into the course and
the experience. I am pleased to have each and every one of them in the
group. In case some of you are concerned that they have required
back-up infusions of cash, I think they have really gotten into
consuming all types of food, and haven't been thinking in terms of
student budgets vs. anything-goes-big-city-eating. They have realized
now, I think, how quickly the cash can flow when it doesn't seem real,
so that I hope spending in Shanghai can be more restrained. Also, since
we're there for 3 weeks, they'll have time to find cheaper,
student-oriented places to eat.
I have set up a blog but since I had to set it up using the Japanese
version of Google's blogspot, I am entirely unsure of how to tell you to
access it. So, more on that later after my computer expert in Minnesota
tests some things out for me. In the meantime, I have attached a
summary of the first part of Japan for you. I plan to write the second
portion later today and send it off before we leave since I have free
internet access in my hotel room.
I will also be posting a selection of pictures to one of the services --
more on that a bit later as well.
Please do keep in contact with your student. Homesickness can emerge in
times of transition like today, and a cheerful letter/email from home
can go a long way to reassuring students that it's important to be here
experiencing another culture, and that the five months really will go
quickly -- that you want them to have this opportunity.
Many thanks,
Kris
for Kris and Bob
Field Supervisors for Term in Asia
