Stifler: Tell me your name Kira: Kira Binkley S: And where are you from? K: I’m from Kentucky, in the United States. S: How long have you been in Japan? K: Almost ten months. S: What do you think of Friends School students? K: They’re happy-go-lucky. S: You might have to explain “happy-go-lucky” What does that mean? K: They’re always happy, and ready to do anything. S: You eat lunch in the classroom most days, right? What do you talk about with your friends? K: Usually our plans to meet up on the next holiday. We like to go out ? to Sky Tree, to shrines, to Kamakura. S: What did you think of Kamakura? K: I really liked the giant Buddha statue. S: When you talk to students, do you talk to them in English or in Japanese? K: Now I speak in Japanese, but if I don’t know the word, I speak in English and hope they understand. S: Do they usually understand? K: Yeah, they usually do. S: You’ve been on a few school trips, to sports festival and school festival. What school event did you enjoy the most? K: I liked the sports festival. It was fun. I liked the dances. My class did The Mickey Mouse Club March. S: Can you still do it now? K: I couldn’t do it then! S: Sports Festival is very different from anything we would have in an American school, right? K: Yeah. But it was pretty interesting, because everybody seemed like they had practiced hard beforehand so that they could do what they were supposed to do. S: Your Japanese is excellent now. How did you become so good? K: I studied a lot. And I talked with my friends. They helped me when I didn’t know a word. S: Do you have a favorite Japanese word? K: *Kira Kira*, since it’s my name. S: Would you like to come back to Japan? K: Yes! I plan to during college. And I’d like to live in Japan in the future. S: Wow, so it’s been a positive experience for you? K: Yeah. For sure.