Decisions about my education
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Every decision about my education was made by me in my life. However, before I make decisions by myself, I listen to others opinions or advice.
For example, when I was a 2nd year high school student, I wanted to join the English circle of my hometown. That circle had some events to communicate with foreigners. I wanted to communicate with them so I decided to join the circle. Before I decided to join in that, I asked my parents whether I can join or not. They said I should join if I really wanted to, and if I found a chance to communicate with foreigners, I should actively join. Then I finally joined the circle and I had really good time in the circle for 2 years.
Let me take another example. When I was a 3rd year high school student, I had an ideal university which I really wanted to enter. Yet, I wasn’t able to pass the university’s entrance examination. There were two choices at that time. One was to take the other universities’ exams, and then to enter the university which I scored the highest for. The other choice was to enter a cram school and to study one more year. Then, I would take the entrance examination of the university I really wanted to enter. I listened to a lot of advice and opinions from people such as my teacher, friends, my older brother and my parents. I considered my parents’ opinions and advice carefully because they paid the money for my education and have always supported me. They said they wanted me to choose the path that I wanted to take. So, I chose to go to cram school and finally I could enter AIU which was my ideal university.
Listening to others’ opinions and advice made me objective about my life, so I could choose my future for myself intelligently. This means I have to have responsibility in my life, so I can enjoy it as my own.