10th Grade Interview

Amazingly, we have got five new 10th graders in the HIS community: Alannah St Clairs (A), Dmitry Kosheverov(D), Man Prasongtham(M), Sasha Hooper(Sa), and Sevil Alyrzaeva(Se). Due to this, the smallest class of nine students increased to fourteen. I hope that you will learn something about them, reading this interview. ( More questions will be posted up soon)



1.First, can you tell us why you came to this school/ Japan?

A: I wanted to learn Japanese and live in Japan.
D:To be around English speakers and it is near my home.
M:Because I like everything about Japan.
Sa: The reason I came to the school was because of my parents and I wanted to go somewhere new.
Se: My father got here a new big job, so we've got to move here


2. What kind of school environment were you at before coming to this school?


A: A very ghetto public school. ( The second ghettoest school in the district.)
D:I went school with my own language speakers. I went to art school and to an international language speaking school.
M: not available
Sa:The school I went to before was a big private school.
Se:It was Russian school and we've got only one lesson on English. There're many differences between my school and this one.


3. What are your first impressions of Japan, and did they change after being here for a week?


A: Awesometacular, it felt like home.
D:My first impression of Japan are like, looks different from what I have been thinking about it. After being, I found more interesting things about Japan.
M:Nobody speak English, I see many people speak English.
Sa:My first impression of Japan was that it was crowded and lots of color. After a week I started to get used to Japan.
Se:It was like, Wow. I've been in many countries before Japan, but here , it's very beautiful. ;Now I don't like this place, cause I can't see my friends, may be I'll change my mind few weeks later.


4. Do you like eating Japanese food, and if you do what are your favorites?


A:I love ramen, sushi, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and gyudon.
D:Yes I do. I'd like almost every kinds of food.
M:Yes, Takoyaki, Sushi, and Sashimi.
Sa:Yes, I like to eat tenpura, and noodles.
Se:I really like everything, so I can try all what on a table.

5. Anything you would like to tell the school about yourself?

A: I love HIS.
D: I like winter sports, and I would like to try cycling.
M: I have to eat food.

I hope this interview helped some people to know more about them.
I'm thinking of adding more questions, later in the year.