Letters from Japan cont.

Life at Aichi Gakusen is quiet and
friendly. I am having a good time there,
although I have found my first week of
classes a little difficult. In teaching
the classes the girls know very little
English so you have to be patient. And
learning Japanese is not easy either. It
is a big change for me after being an Art
student for three years. Now, suddenly, I
have Japanese—sociology, culture, reading,
writing, grammar, and conversation all in
one semester. Not to worry, it's great!
They are all subjects I am interested in
learning and it is agoodchallenge for me.
I am especially enjoying the SenSeis
(teachers); they are wonderful people.

My first impression of Japan was that it
is "the America of the Orient". Aside from
their cultural traditions, the culture is
very high in technology and materialism.
Japan is no doubt a wealthy country, but
there still remains a traditional culture
and I have seen many farmers farming the
rice fields by hand, and master craftsmen
doing their traditional crafts. I have
seen two exhibitions of ceramics, textiles,
sculpture and painting that were just
fantastic! Japan is an industrious country
which has become very commercialized and
also westernized....

Once again, I am having a fantastic time.
Wishing you all well in Vancouver.

Noted writer visits Douglas

Douglas College will have a writer-in-
Residence from February 2 to 7. Janice
Kulyk Keefer, winner of the 1986 CBC
Literary Competition and the Prism
International Fiction Contest (for The
Paris-Napoli Express), will lead several
workshops and do readings at Douglas and
at the New Westminster Public Library.
Keefer is a native of Toronto, received
her PhD fromthe University of Essex, and
currently lives at Church Point, Nova
Scotia.

ABE students cont.

they're doing well—25% at last check were
maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or better.

ABE Coordinator Jim Duvall is pleased with
the picture revealed by these statistics,
and also is personally happy to see his
students going on to success in their area
of interest.

ENTRY LEVEL OF ABE STUDENTS
June 1985 - November 1986

LAST GRADE COMPLETED

Post other
<8 9 10 11 12 Sec. (Foreign)
3% 11% 20% 17% 39% 5% 4%

WHERE THEY WENT: Ex-ABE Students in Other
Programs, 1985/86

Academic Division - 41 C.A.S.P. - 4
Business Management - 36 Art - 2
Fitness Leadership - 2 E:C.E. = 1

Business Office Training - 11
Medical Office Assistant - 5
Media Resources - 1

Other Career and Vocational - 10
UNCLASSIFIED

FOR SALE: Has the cold weather got you
thinking of summer holidays by the sea?
Reid Gilbert in Humanities has an
undeveloped lot on the bluff of Savary
Island for sale. Savary has the warmest
swimming in BC and the lot is well
situated near the old hotel, with a lovely
view. Reid has the details at local 2414.
If you'd rather move right into a complete
3 bedroom cottage on127 feet of waterfront
on an island closer to home, Reid is
thinking of selling that parcel as well,
so give him a call.

Stage Band featured

The Capilano College Stage Band is alive
and well and will be appearingasa feature
act at the Surrey Stage Band Festival on
February 6th. The stage band is part of
the Commercial Music program, and is led
by instructor Fred Stride. They will be
performing at a number of high schools
around the lower mainland this spring.