グループ4の1年生の学園祭のブログ

　2月24日エジンバラの大学で学園祭がありました。学園祭は日本で学校と大学に設けられました。学生は売店を作ります。学生はどれでも好きな活動を選びます。私たちのグループは日本についてクイズを作りました。質問は日本の料理から大衆文化までについてあります。楽しかったです。
　まず、インタビューの中で、日本の学生たちは年に1回、10月か11月に学園祭があると言いました。ところが、私たちは二月に学園祭がありました。また、インタビューを受けた学生によると、守るべき習慣があります。日本の学生は、活動の例は踊ることや食べ物を売ると言いました。私たちの学園祭では屋台や活動もありました。でもダンスはありませんでした。
　私達のクイズの実行は全体的に良くて、クイズは簡単なために行ったり新しい参加者に説明したりしやすかったです。ただ、クイズの大半の質問の部類は多すぎたか少なすぎたから、最初は即興して質問の新しい選び方を作らなければならなかったために難しくされました。
　もともと、グループとして2人で1つのカテゴリーを担当することにしていたので、全部で20問ありました。問題の難易度は、私たちが設定したものです。当日は、予想と違って、参加者にとっては少し難しすぎる問題もありました。次回は、事前に問題の難易度が合っているかどうか、テストしてみるのもいいかもしれません。
　さらに、屋台を訪ねた人はクイズの問題を楽しみました。それでポスターと屋台の無料ゲームのことも好きです。でも、私達のクイズがただ三つの質問をして後お菓子をくれることについて、ある参加者は不満な意見を提供し、もっと色々な種類の活動があったほうがいい意がもあります。そのほか音楽とアニメの質問の難しさが高い意見もあります。
　私達の屋台は人気がなかったですけど、絶対に楽しかったです。参加者はトリビアと音楽の推量が好きでした。次回、私達は鮮やかなポスターをしなければいけません。それはできれば、私達の屋台は明らかになるはずです。それだけだと思います。
　まとめると、私たちはクイズの屋台を運営する際にいくつかの課題に直面しながらも、学園祭を楽しむことができました。私たちはコミュニケーション、準備、そして屋台を魅力的にすることの重要性を学びました。日本の伝統的な学園祭とは異なるものでしたが、楽しくて価値のある経験でした。

On the 24th of February we Japanese students at the University of Edinburgh had the opportunity to experience a Japanese festival called Gakuen-sai. This festival is typically organised by schools and universities all over Japan, with group of students running an activity at a stall. Our group did a quiz asking questions about Japan arranging from food to pop culture. Of course, our Gakuen-sai was not as big as a Japanese one, but with everyone’s collaboration it turned out well and we enjoyed the festival.

During the interview, the Japanese students said that Gakuen-sai is usually held once a year in October or November. However, we held our Gakuen-sai in February. Also, according to the students interviewed, Japanese students usually follow a set of customs in Gakuen-sai, but we didn’t here. The Japanese students also said that there are activities, such as dance performances, and selling food. In our Gakuen-sai, we also had food stalls and other activities. But we did not have any dance performances.

Originally we had decided that two of us as a group would be responsible for one category, and there were 20 questions in total. The difficulty level of the questions was set by us. On the day of the festival, contrary to our expectations, some of the questions in the categories were a little too difficult for the participants. What we could do next time might be to try to test the questions before the event to see if they were the right level of difficulty.

Our quiz generally went well, as its simplicity made it easy for us to run and explain to new participants. However, a complication arose when we noticed on the day that some of the question categories were too large or too small. Thus, the start of the Gakuensai was a bit difficult, as we had to come up with new ways of randomly selecting the questions (the original plan being to use a 20-sided die) from those categories.

People were entertained when they engaged with the quiz questions. Most people liked the themed posters we have drawn. They also liked how the stall is free of charge compared to some other stalls. However, some thought that our stall could have featured more types of activities, as only answering three questions and getting a sweet was too short and boring for some participants. Some also complained about the extreme difficulty of our music and anime-related questions.

I think we all learned that, while our Gakuen-sai stall did run smoothly when we had participants, it wasn’t immediately appealing to people wandering the room looking for something fun to do. It wasn’t flashy. While other groups had VR, archery, or pastries on display, we just had 2 laptops at a desk. It was fun to operate the stall though. Watching people rack their brains over random trivia is quite entertaining. Maybe next time we should get some massive posterboards or something to advertise our stall more effectively.

In summary, we greatly enjoyed our Gakuen-sai experience, despite encountering some challenges in organizing our quiz stall. We learned the importance of communication, preparation, and making our stall more appealing and more fun to attract participants. Although the event slightly differed from traditional Gakuen-sai in Japan, we found it entertaining and worthwhile.