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Personal Writing: "Do You Want To Go To Space Camp This Summer?" "Do you want to go to Space Camp this summer?" This question arose during a conversation with my mother when I was in seventh grade. I actually thought she was just joking when she first said it. ....

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.... I was too afraid to speak in a language I had studied for only three months. However, I wanted to make American friends because I thought it was senseless to come here if I only talked with Japanese friends. On the second day, we were divided into teams with three to five Americans on a team. I tried to use my poor English to make American friends, but it was really difficult. First, I could not even introduce myself without looking at my note book in which I had written a few sentences down. Second, the Americans had never had any Asian friends, so they were surprised when I bowed, and they asked me many questions. They tried to understand my En ....