Kameda, Iyori

My first dream job was to be a Japanese teacher. The trigger was a short-term study abroad in Australia. I took Japanese classes in Australia. An Australian teacher was teaching Japanese. However, the teacher was teaching the wrong Japanese. I thought that only Japanese people could teach real Japanese. I wanted to teach correct Japanese to foreigners. I also wanted to convey Japanese culture.

I had no dreams for the future. However, when I went to Australia, I had a dream of becoming a Japanese teacher. I loved speaking English, but I hated writing and learning grammar. So I gave up on studying English. At that time, I became interested in becoming a pharmacist because my parents worked in the medical field. I started studying to be a pharmacist when I was in high school.

These three pictures are from the Australian school I went. The top picture is of the school gate. And the middle picture is a picture taken during the break. I had lunch and played games with my friends. Sometimes I read Japanese comics at the library. The bottom picture is the Japanese class. This class gave me my first dream. I gave up on my dream of becoming a Japanese teacher, but I would like to study Japanese at an Australian school again.

Kameda, Iyori