Books
Well, the second semester final exams start today. Although I'll not have tests until next Tuesday, I still have to study a lot, since the tests will be in Japanese, and some of the subjects I don't have much knowledge about.
Looking for sources to study, since the textbook itself isn't enough (because first it's about subjects I have some interest about and second I don't really have that much time or patience to study in Japanese now), I went to the university's library looking for other reference books.
And in times like that I love being in a country that valorizes education. Although, because of that too, most of the books are in Japanese, even so they still have a good variety of books in English. After finding the books I needed I decided to dig a little more... And why haven't I done this before!?
So, I found many interesting books about a variety of subjects. Mostly technical, but not only. Wow, nice! Guess I'll try to return a little to my "bookworm" self until the end of my exchange program... I wish I could read better in Japanese to really enjoy the variety they have here...
Talking about "a country that valorizes education", in Japan there're surely incentives to reading. It's possible to find books about almost any subject in Japanese... While it's a pain to find a book in Portuguese about many technical subjects we study from the third year on in Brazil, for example... And still about Engineering, there're even more books in English in the campus library here than in my other university...
When it comes to bookstores the difference becomes even clearer. I consider my hometown in Brazil and Himeji cities of similar proportions... and a big bookstore here has a huge variety and quantity of books. And they're unexpensive if we compare it with the prices of other things in Japan.
I believe that a better country is built with better education, and that's a point that still have to be improved a lot in Brazil. The difference in book availability is a good exemple of that.
Ok, enough of procrastination. Back to study...
Looking for sources to study, since the textbook itself isn't enough (because first it's about subjects I have some interest about and second I don't really have that much time or patience to study in Japanese now), I went to the university's library looking for other reference books.
And in times like that I love being in a country that valorizes education. Although, because of that too, most of the books are in Japanese, even so they still have a good variety of books in English. After finding the books I needed I decided to dig a little more... And why haven't I done this before!?
So, I found many interesting books about a variety of subjects. Mostly technical, but not only. Wow, nice! Guess I'll try to return a little to my "bookworm" self until the end of my exchange program... I wish I could read better in Japanese to really enjoy the variety they have here...
Talking about "a country that valorizes education", in Japan there're surely incentives to reading. It's possible to find books about almost any subject in Japanese... While it's a pain to find a book in Portuguese about many technical subjects we study from the third year on in Brazil, for example... And still about Engineering, there're even more books in English in the campus library here than in my other university...
When it comes to bookstores the difference becomes even clearer. I consider my hometown in Brazil and Himeji cities of similar proportions... and a big bookstore here has a huge variety and quantity of books. And they're unexpensive if we compare it with the prices of other things in Japan.
I believe that a better country is built with better education, and that's a point that still have to be improved a lot in Brazil. The difference in book availability is a good exemple of that.
Ok, enough of procrastination. Back to study...
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