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Student Essays
The Comparisons of Choosing Partners
In Ancient and Modern China
Author: Xuemei Ren
To read Mei's essay, please click on the following link:Comparisons of Choosing Partners in Ancient and Modern China
Student Reflections on the Field Trip to Detroit
We went to the art museum in Detroit. My favorite works were Cezanne’s.
Her
pictures were almost portrait and colored by turbid paints though, some parts
showed bright color a little bit and that made the pictures spice nice. It was like sunshine into the forest; the person in silence gets something soft and
tender. I felt like being in front of them a long time.--Akemi
On October 20, we . . . [went] to Detroit to visit the art museum and African
American museum. I was very happy . . . because the trip impressed me. The Art
museum showed us many works both of east, west, modern and ancient arts. It let
me feel art always comes from life and has no boundary. At the African American
museum, I was shocked deeply. This was first time I clearly knew the history of
African American people. There displayed a number of pictures that African
American people were lynched and murdered. The
phenomenon that they were lynched
was really ferocious. I couldn’t image how cold the lives of African American
people were. Living in peaceful today, I felt I was so lucky. I wish the tragic
phenomenon was only history.--Xuemei
After I visited the African American Museum, I didn’t feel good. The
photos showed the truth that Americans afflicted them [Blacks] very cruelly.
Several reasons were on the board [about why Americans afflicted Blacks], but I
couldn’t agree with them. Before that I thought Africans were afflicted by
American just because they were black. But for me the reasons on the board seem
to be made artificially . . . Well, yesterday again I learned that I shouldn’t
judge people with their appearance.--Kristy
I could see many black people and ruins when we arrived in Detroit. My neighbor
Ayako said that Detroit was dangerous, so I was scared. It could be dangerous at
night, but I felt it’s not so dangerous at noon or early evening. We visited the
Art Museum first. It was a large building, and . . . I could see lots of art
there. I felt a so long history. Next, we visited the African American Museum. I
felt that I could see the behind of history and sorry sights. I am interested in
black people history, so I felt happy because I could visit there, but I also
felt sad there... Finally, I was so happy in this trip, and I had fun a lot!! On
the return road, I sang songs in Chris's car. My neighbor Ayako was sleeping
having a dream then. She must have enjoyed the trip, too...--Koji
Detroit is the biggest city in Michigan, so I always wanted to go there. The
weather was not that cold, and my feeling was great. The way to the Detroit, I
talked a lot with friends and Lisa, who is one of my teachers, and also took a
nap. After about 2 and a half hours, we arrived in Detroit, and had a lunch in
Detroit Institute Arts. There were a lot of paintings and beautiful places that
we could rest. I took a lot of pictures of me and paintings.
The most important
thing was that I knew the painter who painted most of paintings in Detroit
Institute Arts. He was Frida’s husband. I learned about Frida in E.L.I class, so
I could understand about the paintings that he draws easily. It was good trip
for me, and I thank teachers for taking care about us.--Min Hwan
I went to Detroit on ELI trip yesterday. Students and teachers got together at
lobby at 8 am, and we sat off to Detroit by three cars. I got on Lisa’s car with
some other students, and we enjoyed talking on the way to the destination. At
first, I had an idea about Detroit was a big city, but actually it was not. We
passed 8 mile, which was scene on the movie I watched. After 3 hours of driving,
we arrived at the first place which was planned to go, the Detroit Art Museum.
As I got into the museum, I went to the cafeteria in there first because I was
so thirsty and so hungry enough to be not able to concentrate on watching arts
in there. After I was satisfied with good food in the cafeteria, I enjoyed
watching arts. However, I couldn’t understand the worth of them at all. Second,
we went to African-American museum. It was a museum which the materials of
African-American’s history were exhibited. I got a shock when I saw a lot of
pictures of black people lynched on the wall. It was a very good experience.--Katsuhisa
21 October 2004 in the early morning, we started Detroit to visit for The
Detroit Institute of Arts and America-African museum. During we passed by long
road, we can saw flying geese and beautiful autumn. When we arrived on Detroit,
it took three hours to get there. The city was so big and gloomy. However, it
was interesting to me because I saw 8 mile in the movie and that was really good
experience. In the Detroit Institute of Arts, I saw ancient Indians works, other
beautiful works and paintings.--Young Geun
Yesterday I went on a trip to Detroit with E.L.I classmates. . . . When we
arrived
in Detroit, we went the Institute Detroit Museum of Art first. . . . I took a
lot of pictures and enjoyed the exhibitions. Finally, we moved to African
American Museum. There were a lot of pictures which white people treat African
American cruelly. Most pictures showed dead people who had been lynched by white
and white peoples who looks like enjoying lynching in pictures. --Sean