What the students said...

• When at school, I was learning the science without being able to apply it; now I know what real science is like; I love it!
• I managed to do a written report and presentation on a subject I knew nothing about with people I did not know, and yet to enjoy myself at the same time. I feel so proud to have taken part. I will never forget it.
• I have learnt loads, not just about science but an awareness of the world
• It has changed my attitude a lot. I thought the Japanese were lovely people and I have realised there is so much to learn about the world
• School teaches only the formula or the calculation, but the Workshop is researched into deeply by myself
• At the beginning of the week, communication was a problem, but now it has been overcome and everything is exciting..
• It has made me realise how much differences we all have, yet we all have so much in common and can enjoy our differences instead of having conflicts
• [at the end...].said that the end is the beginning. I think so too. I want to learn more about science and continue our friendship. I cannot express my feeling. I am very, very, very glad to take part in this Workshop

For more information see Appendix 10

Dear Eric,

I have found some familiar faces on the following pages on the Chemical Society of Japan website. Can you recognize them?

They are Yoshida, Itai, Kaneyasu and Yamaichi. They are in Tokyo sight seeing, and then visited Chemical Society of Japan. They asked to to see Prof. Shimoi. Of course he was not there. Inside the building they found a chair of the President of the Society (Prof. Noyori, a Nobel Prize winner) and took pictures.

They stated; Some brilliant memories of the Science Workshop in Bristol never disappear, and still shines in their minds. Ten days experience outside their usual daily lives when they could recognize their existence and discover themselves. After coming back from the UK, friends told them "You have been changed.", but they noticed that more than being changed outwardly, there have been many more great things happening inside themselves. They feel that they can walk confidently.

from Toru