When people are bullied,i think there are two reason.
One is the case a victim has some causes such as their personality or their behavior.And the other is the case which victims are bullied with no special reason.(this is even worse.)
For the first reason,since I have never seen a serious bullying around me,i cannot really describe how victims' character are like,but I guess they are rather quiet and not outgoing,having some difficulties to socialize with others. Becasue I never heard people who has out going and cheerful parsonality is bullied.
I think when we face to situation there is no one who we know,such as a first day of school, it is very important how you will act like in front of those people. Because many of us judge whether they wanna be a friend with you  by a first impression.
For second reason, it can be said to the case when victim has no fault.
Assailant just wanna have someone to bullying even though there is no special reason.
I guess the trgger of this kind of bullying comes from assailants' personality ploblem.
Maybe he/she wasn't brought up in good home emvironment.

what can be done to decliese the number of this incidents?
hmm... it is difficult. One thing I came up with is that teacher should grasp how students' relationshiops are in the classroom. And should always concern students.Because recently, there are many teacher that take their eyes off from the fact that bullying is going on there. So that thay might help out  who are having trouble with frriendship.

ARE YOU LADY?

Gender Discrimination

When I think about gender discrimination, As long as I can remember, I have never been treated badly just because I am a girl. Actually, there were more beneficial experiences than bad experiences.

To give examples, discount for Jyoshi-kai(how can I say in ENG...? )It is a discount service for only girls group which we can get at some restaurants.(some restaurants allow boys to get this discount if they dress like girls! any brave boy?lol) This can be one of gender discriminations( to boys) right?
Places women can get special offer is now not only at a movie theater but also restaurant!
I feel SORRY for boys;)
Although this kind of descrimination is still permissible(I think?),If this gose beyond,it would be a cause of social problem.

A strange my naighbour :(

Old lady who lives in front of my house is very strange parson. Well,actually she is very nomal when we talk or greet face to face. Whenever we meet infront of houses,we say "hi" or "today is very good weather isn't it?" We do such a common conversation. Nothing seems to be strange right? However,one thing I and my family cannot understand is... whenever I(my family) try to go out,she always comes out of her house as well. We though we just think too much at a beginning,but now we are very sure this is not a coincidence. She sometimes hide at the back of the fence(wall?) and looking toward us(without saying anything) maybe she thinks she is not being seen by us,but I can sence she is THERE. Doesn't it strange?? anyway,as long as she is my neighbour,we shoulg keep getting along:)

Socialization

How did your parents raise you? It's a difficult question. My parents have been bringing me up just as same as ordinaly parents do. I suppose.. but few things that they have been saying to me since i was little are that "keep your shoes neatly when you visit someone's house" (may be all parents tell their kids to do so?) And, the other one is "put your chopstick back into the case(hashibukuro) after you ate" when we eat out. This is very 'JAPANISH' though:) I appriciate how they brought me up and how they educated me. but I am not sure if this is a proper answer to the question... Anyway,for other thing like,they let me do almost whatever I want (I meat...not like "I am given everything I want from MOMY&DADDY" you know?) Instead, I try hard not to make them worry whenever I take any action. By the way,what my teacher told me is, I don't know how I can say in English...but something like "Think for everyone,and think for one when you are with others" ひとりはみんなのために、みんなはひとりのために When I was in an elementary school,this words was posted on the wall.

Esperanza≠Me

Fortunately,I had grown up in a favaorble environment without having problem of house or family like Esperanza does. My house is not like exactly how I want it to be,but it's alright.No plobrem with it. About family,hmm... I think I am getting along with them although I argue with my mother a lot.(I don't have any ploblem with my fathere:)We are close! ) For me,I even envy some part of her life that she has moving experiences. I have never experienced moving from where I live now. moving sounds exsiting to me.Meeting new people,and starting new life:> However,Esperanze seems to be a pessmistic in the story we've read so far. Don't be so negative,Esperanza! Things can be changed depends on how you take it.

Japanese Culture

Since I had experienced a study abroad,I found cultures which only japanese people has.Some are very proudable,but some are not. The one I proud of is that Japanese people (especially workers at shops) give great hospitality to customers. When I shoped in one country, woman who work at that store suddenly changed to a cold attide right　after she see me not buying anything. On the other hand, in Japan, even though I leave a store withough any purchase, they don't change their face. They treat me in same way as people who actually bought something. This is one of Japanese culture that I like. However,our culture have bad parts as well.of course. The one I can think of it that we try to hide our feeling and don't speak out own opinions. (going too far is not good and it need to be moderate though...) If they don't say what's on their mind, others cannot know that they are thinking.

Foreign country

Actually I would like to visit all of the places which John posted on his blog.
I love visiting new places.But I love going to Hawaii.

Have you ever been there??
You may think choosing Hawaii is too boring because Hawaii is too familiar to Japanese.
I don't do anything special there except relaxing.( I am afraid of water,so I can't swim in a beach)
I love weathers,foods (like tropical fruits),and people....
Whenever I go there, we stay in Moana Surfrider Hotel which is our fab hotel(the picture above).
When i sleep,I always keep windows half open. It lets me hear wonderful sounds of waves.
In that way,I can sleep incredibly well.
I really recommend u to visit there if you haven't!! I can tell you my favorite stores if u want ;)haha