Ok, today I’m going to talk about after school activities, or clubs.  I am in the English Speaking Society, like I mentioned before, mainly because that was the group that gave me a tour around the school and it looked like a good place to start making friends.  And I am extremely good friends with most of the members, and I like to hang out with them.

There are many clubs in Nagano High School, here are a few: Tennis (Soft and Hard), Soccer, Drums, Band, Basketball, Kendo, ESS, Baseball (I think), and some others.  Some students are in multiple, some don’t join one at all, but most just pick one and stick with it throughout high school.  Clubs are require a LOT of commitment.  You must go on weekends usually, they are after school everyday, and you still have them over breaks.  That’s part of the reason I’m part of ESS club, because it isn’t as commitment-heavy as some of the other Sports clubs.  Joining a sport would lessen the time I have to do things with my friends and host family, and also be interrupted when I have mandatory Rotary events.

I thought about switching from ESS club to something different now that I’m moving up a grade, but in the end I’ve discovered that clubs in Japan are a lot more work than what we have in America.  And if I had less friends and a less busy schedule, I might be up to that, but I can enjoy a taste of some activities through gym and other school lessons, and still keep a social life up and have Rotary happy.  Just an interesting part of Japanese student life.

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Off of that subject, I’m beginning the preliminary web design for my new Student Activist League website.  I hope to have it fully operational by May.  Hopefully do some in-school promotion for the URL before summer break, with Dean/Kent/Kayla’s help.  That’d be really cool.

I’m really excited to really start up my group once I get back.  It’ll be awesome.