In our first meeting, I could not share my thoughts with my group members well. There are two reasons why it happened. One is my reserved personality, and another is the language barrier. To talk these more deeply and to overcome this communication barrier, I would like to share my stories in the U.S.
I wasn’t a good student in a Japanese high school. I could not find reason for learning, and I didn’t realized that it can’t be used as an excuse for not learning. There are entrance examinations for Japanese Universities, and I needed to prepare for it. At the time, I got to like learning. and there were long long story, so I am not going to talk here (maybe in future). I studied Math and Physics over 10h per day in a year, and I entered kind of famous Japanese University. However, English was still my weakness. I only studied Math and Physics, and the day I moved to the U.S. was coming. My first day in the U.S. was painful. I could not listen and speak anything, so I was not able to communicate with classmates, roommates, and Professors.
Time solves this problem. After spending a year in the U.S, my English skills were getting better. However, only my speaking skills were not improved because of my reserved personality. I sometimes disrupted the flow of conversation by my poor speaking skills, and it was hard to describe the detail of my thoughts. Therefore, I became less talkative.
After transferring to OSU, I started to take CS classes which I needed to have some group assignments. In OS and Algorithm classes, I made friends taking same classes. We constantly communicated via Discord chat or voice cannel, and I realized that I could speak and share my thoughts about what I really understood such as C++ and Algorithm in English. My speaking skills were improved by meetings with them, but now I think I am staying in Japan too long to remain these skills.
I wont hesitate in meeting. I will try speaking and sharing my thoughts about our project. I believe my project members, and our project will succeed.
