explore your own emotional responses in relation to some case study examples. Read the following hypothetical events. First, describe the emotion you would have if you were in each situation. Next, describe how you would or would not express your feelings to someone right after you have experienced that incident. If you believe you would not express your emotions to anyone around you, describe the reasons.

1. Your grandmother, who will turn 80 years old this year, is living in a small countryside in the Midwest. When you were a little child, you used to visit her and spend time together by, for example, gardening in her orchard and walking her dog around in the neighborhood. You respected your grandmother very much because she taught you so many things. One day when you were taking a walk with your grandmother, she said to you, "people die just because it is the right time. I was lucky to have a grandchild like you. I was happy throughout my life, so don't cry at my funeral." A couple of years later, your grandmother passed away.

If you were in Situation 1, what emotion(s) would you experience? How will you express your emotion to someone you know? Write it in direct speech style.

1. You graduated from college last year, and you are looking for a job. Because you are hoping to get a job at a trading company that is doing business with Japan, you decided to go to Japan for one year and obtain some work experience. You have a certificate of teaching English as a foreign language, and fortunately, you got a chance to teach English at a school in Tokyo. Although you have visited Japan as a tourist before, at that time you did not know much about Japanese culture and people. However, this time, because you were going to spend time as a resident, you studied the Japanese language and read several books about Japan before traveling there. Today is the first day of your work. You were waiting for the bus at the bus stop near Tokyo Station. There was a long line of people waiting for the bus. The bus finally arrived, but one person who rushed to the bus stop from the station cut a couple of people in front of you in the line and got on the bus.

If you were in Situation 2, what emotion would you experience? How will you express your emotion to someone you know? Write it in direct speech style.

This response should be between three hundred words