英米　１年
A natural disaster changes many things for us. I'm from Fukushima, so I could understand your story very deeply. It is terrible, but it cannot be helped. We have no choice but to accept our fate. However, we are alive now, so we mustn't throw away our hopes. We can stand up again. Whether it was the Sumatra earthquake or the Tohoku earthquake or the Kumamoto earthquake, people did not give up and got back upon their feet. As long as we live, we have a chance. It is fate that you and I are alive. Therefore, we can't give up. Thanks to your speech, I remembered very important thing again. A great "thank you" to you.

英米　２年

His lecture gave me an awareness that no one knows what, when or where something will happen. Actually, I haven't experienced any natural disasters in my life, but I know that the Tokai earthquake is perhaps, going to occur in 20 years or so. It might occur tomorrow, so I think I should begin preparation for that, for example buying some preventative goods for the disaster. Also, I learned that it's important to stay calm even when we don't know what's going on and not getting emotional. I must be more careful about that.

英米　３年

Thank you very much for your presentation. I recalled my life so far thanks to your lecture. I was moved that you made your experience turn from a negative to a positive one. I want to write two things about your experience. Firstly, I was quite impressed with your experience in Thailand. Everyone was kind to you, and no hesitation was needed. I think it is quite important for Japanese as you told us. Helping each other without annoying paperwork and money is critically required in such an emergency. Secondly, preparing for unexpected situation is important. Now, I have not experienced natural disasters so much, even if the Tokai big earthquake will happen in the future. Every time a natural disaster happens, people say "it was unexpected thing." I started thinking that we have to prepare for unexpected things and always assume that things are out of our expectation. I do not want to forget about it, and will bear it in mind. Again, thank you very much for a great presentation.

中国　１年

I have never experienced frightening situation, but my mother's hometown is Kumamotoso I have seen the serious situations and I felt very sad. However, I also experienced people's good relationships like you experienced in Thailand. Firstly, many people were very kind to victims. For example, people who have not experienced the earthquake volunteered to help those victims. Even if those victims are unrelated people or strangers, many people worried about them and helped them. I was very moved by their kindness and earnestness. Secondly, people are also kind to animals. Some animals have suffered psychological trauma like people, but they were also saved by the society for the presentation of cruelty to animals. You said the wild animals gently ran up to you. I thought animals and people have very good relationships when some disasters happened. Therefore, if disasters happened, there will be many bad and sad things, but also we can learn many important things that we have never realized.

中国　２年

The word "tsunami" is from Japanese words tsu (harbor) and name (waves). I think that earthquake and tsunami are fighting weaponry unsheathed by nature. These devour countless lives and leave a trail of misery and suffering. If there is damage from a tsunami, tsunami victims need the relief. I think the tsunami-hit region need years and a lot of money for reconstruction, so we have to help each other for the reconstruction effect. There are huge earthquake occasionally, in Japan. Six years ago, the Tohokou earthquake happened and I watched the situation and the damage in Tohoku on TV, I didn't believe that the situation actually happened. We mustn't forget the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami of 2011, March 11 and the nuclear accident, and the damage they have inflicted on the Japanese economy. There is no telling when an earthquake will occur, so we need to think carefully about earthquakes, know about places and learn about emergency measures.

国際　２年

I had never met a person who has gone through a near- death incident. So, it was a great opportunity for me to know how to behave in such a desperate moment. What surprised me the most was how helpful Thai people were right after tsunami. I would think that the assistance provided in developed countries would be better than that that is developing countries. However, after his speech, I realized that since people in Thailand knew that they themselves rather than the government had the obligation to help each other, they immediately started to help each other. Because, in my opinion, people from developed countries expect too much from their government or other people.

留学生
The story of Mr. Christopher was not only interesting but also heart breathtaking, truly eye opening experience for me. It showed that life can change from one minute to another and that we need to enjoy it. The lessons: Be kind to other people, try to help and listen to their diverse stories. Besides, now I understand how important it is to be aware of the unexpected and life. But at the same time, I feel that not only would I be unable to understand but also that there is nothing else to ask: Because he made us see that what he through his presentation. It was just amazing.

留学生

Today we've learned a very personal and impressive story. Mr. Wyle told us about the tsunami that occurred during his holidays. I reckon that the most important point of the presentation is how people become equal facing a natural disaster. Nobody knew what was going on but people tried to be helpful and caring, findings ways to communicate, even though not speaking the same language. This is one of positive moments of disasters happening and it makes me to believe in people. Moreover, as a person who survived life and death experience, Mr. Wyle gave some good pieces of advice: to experience more and to appreciate every moment of life. Life is short and fragile, indeed.

留学生

Today's talk was very interesting, I found so many familiar thoughts since I've experienced an earthquake just about one month ago. I much agree with the words of the speaker, every moment and every experience is precious because we can't know what will happen in the future, and also those experiences make us more prepared to confront the future. The crisis moments are awful, but if we try to learn from those bad situations, we can grow as a person and be more conscientious about our lives.

留学生

"Run" that's the moment people realized how severe the situation was. Christopher's presentation reminded me of the movie "The impossible (2012)" which tells the story of a Spanish family and how they survived a Tsunami. While watching this movie, I didn't feel as much as I did listening to Christopher. The reason: it was not just acting. Everything this man said he had experienced for himself. His story showed us how valuable life is and how everybody just helps each other if a catastrophe like this occurs. At times like this, so it seems, everybody is the same, and help anyone who in need, regardless of whether they are human or animals. At times like this humans show how they manage to survive impossible things. I'm glad that I could listen to this speech. It just showed me that life should be more valued.