09-20-07 Class Work

Assignment 1: Discuss whether you think mixed marriages are good or bad.

In Japan, many traditional people disagree with mixed marriages. I, however, think mixed marriage is good for the following reasons.

First, mixed marriages can allow people to learn more depth each country such as history, culture and entertainment, which they might not have known if they did not get married. For example, my older brother got married with American woman seven years ago. He now know more about American history such as how the constitution was built and how it works in this era than me although I major in public administration at GWU. This shows that mixed marriages has more advantages than normal marriages.

Second, their son or daughter can become bilingual without any difficulty. For example, my older brother's son who is still four-year-old can speak English and Japanese fluently, although I, thirty-one-year-old can not still speak English well.

Many people, however, might think people who get married outsider go through hard time to understand each other. I, however, assume that understanding each other is not difficult because we can now get a lot of information more easily via internet than before.


Assignment 2: If you were going to do research on mixed marriages, what factors would you investigate?

I would investigate the number of people who get married outsider every ten years from 2006, rate of divorce people that got married outsider every ten years comparing with who got married insider and consciousness research on mixed married.