YAJIMA Ayako

YAJIMA Ayako | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

YAJIMA Ayako

College of Asia Pacific Studies

Program

Service Learning Program

Key Information

Program Location/Partner University	USA, The University of Texas at Austin
Year of Participation	August 2019
Program Length	Approx. 3 months

"I cannot speak English well even though I've already spent three years at APU."
"I don’t know what I want to do in the future."
"How can I make the best use of these skills I’ve learned going forward?"

This was me before I participated in the program.

However, since the program I no longer struggle with English and I have a much clearer vision of my future. Especially, since I was able to see many different peoples’ career paths and ways of life, I learned that the best thing to do is to move forward in my own way without worrying about the people around me. This program made me reexamine my values in a major way.