Here’s Where a Record Number of Americans Will Travel in 2015

              If there are low gas prices and much money, Americans are going to go to the trip to outside of their country such as Cuba and Myanmar. Even though American economy went down, Americans had tripped to international countries. They are going to trip to there many times as well in 2015. Mexico is the one of the most popular country for them. They prefer to go to the resorts in Cancun, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and also will visit their family and friends as well. There are many people who will drive a car to go to Mexico. They also will go to Canada by car. However, 6 million American people took flight to Mexico and 3.8 million people went to Canada by plain. Approximately 2.5 million people are going to United Kingdom so this is the next famous place for them but most of them are business people. Americans care about reputation about the countries where they are going. They were used to go to Los Cabos and Cancun, Acapulco but these places are dangerous now so they tend to go to local area because these are safe places. However, the number of Americans who visited Egypt decreased these days so Egypt is trying to get back to the customers but there are some problems about it. They have to pay a lot of money to get there. They can go to Thailand if the government solves the political crisis. President Obama is trying to help Cuba and Myanmar and Americans want to go there if these countries will be safe destination. Americans have a dream to go to Europe countries if they have enough money and gas prices are reasonable.

The E-Factor

              There are two types of people all over the world. The one is enthusiastic people who can give people positive effects. The other one is people who is not enthusiastic and they tend to think negatively about all kinds of things happened around them. Some people are more enthusiastic than other people because they learned encouraged behavior  from their family. They became an enthusiastic people by the effect of their family. However, pessimistic people can be enthusiastic people for three reasons such as way of thinking, inspired from energetic people and using positive words. First, enthusiastic people tend to think that nothing is impossible. They do not focus on why they cannot do something but they concentrate how to do it because they already know that they can do it. In the school scene, they expect that they can get an A grade in every classes and they eventually got fantastic grade every classes because they believe themselves. If pessimistic people change their mind to enthusiastic people’s mind, they will be able to be an enthusiastic people. Second, pessimistic people can be inspired by energetic people. Enthusiastic people can give the negative people positive effects if they are staying together. Pessimistic people can see the enthusiastic people acting to do something and how they communicate with the other people. They will learn how to be positive from enthusiastic people. They grew up with enthusiasm by the effect of their family so they had watched their family’s behavior and way of thinking during childhood. It is possible to be positive person even old pessimistic person. Third, they are using positive words all the time. They are trying to control themselves by positive words. Even though they are faced with problems, they are using great words and think about how to solve the problems. I am trying to use positive words to make myself an enthusiastic person too when I have some problems because I am an enthusiastic person. I have to give the people positive effects. People are trying to be an enthusiastic human being. It is possible to be them if you have positive way of thinking, having enthusiastic friends to get inspiration and positive words. 

Test Scores Drop in South Africa with New Education Plan

              There is a test for the South African high school students to graduate from their school in 2014. According to Angie Motshekga, 75.8 percent students passed the test. The rate decreased compared to rate of last year. There are two different ideas of this test result. President Jacob Zuma thinks South Africa should be admired but The Pan Africanist Congress party disagree this idea because this result shows South African people big problem about education system. Even if they gradated their high school, it is hard to get jobs so they need to study 12 years. South Africa has a lot of problems about education system. There are a lot of students dropped out this school. The government is trying to solve this problem so they created new education systems in 2012. They are used to give the students a test in grade 12 but they give the students in grade 10 a test. This program will lead to good teaching because teacher asks the students higher questions. The students think carefully about their study. The new test made by the higher questions. In the new test if they do not do well on the test, they can take it again. South America should invest to education system to improve. They also need to get some school materials first such as libraries, classroom and laboratories. They also need to make a lot of educated teachers to give the students higher teaching. It is going to cause the high education system. Education system is important in South Africa. 

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Why is learning English difficult for me.

When I study English, there are three reasons why learning English is difficult for me such as pronunciation, spelling and grammar. First of all, Pronunciation is difficult for me because English speakers have a different way how to move tongue compered to Japanese people. There is no "r" sound in Japanese so I have to practice many times about it. This sound never touches the tooth ridge but Japanese people touch the tooth ridge when they say similar words to “r” sound. I sometimes do not understand how to pronounce the English words. Besides, American people sometimes do not my English when I talk to them in person. If I speak grammatically correct English, I have to pronounce correctly to let them understand what I said. I have to do these things quickly in my brain so it is one of hard part to learn English. Second, writing a correct spelling of new words is difficult for me because the English word's sounds do not match to spelling. I have to take a look at my dictionary when I encounter a new word to check its spell. However, Japanese characters match the sounds. There is no confusion about spelling. I have never been confused by spelling of Japanese since I was child. Finally, writing and speaking correct grammar are difficult for me because it is totally different with Japanese grammar. When I was junior high school student, I learned English grammar at the first time but I could not understand very well because it was difficult for me so I understood English grammar after I graduated in high school. It took so many times to get to know it. For example, it does not matter if there is no subject in Japanese. In addition, verb must be put after the subject of the sentence in English but it should be put the last of the sentence in Japanese. However, I have to put subject in English. It sometimes makes me confused. Learning pronunciation, spelling and grammar are hard for me when I study English. If I get over these problems, I can speak English fluently. 

Introduction

     I am from Nagoya, Japan and my name is Yuta Kimura. It is located in center of the Japan. This is the third biggest city in Japan. There are three famous Japanese food in Nagoya. First one is called "Miso Katu". Second one is called "Miso Udon". The last one is called "Tebasaki". These are representative Nagoya's food. I have a just one younger brother. He is high school student in Japanese high school. He is a senior student so he will have to take a entrance exam to get into Japanese university. I like him and we are getting along each other. He respects me  a lot as a brother and vise versa. I like watching movies, playing basketball, swimming and chatting with my friends in my free time. I have been at ASU for a week. I decided to come here to study business and I am planing to get a job in Japan after I graduate from ASU. My major will be business administration. I can swim very fast because I had been practicing it for over 10 years.