Growing Up In Japan

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Growing Up In Japan
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• 1 ICHI
• 2 NI
• 3 SAN
• 4 SHI
• 5 GO

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• Maru (true)
• Batsu (false)

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Education In Japan

• School year begins in April and ends in
  mid-March.
• In school about 240 days a year
• 9 years of school mandatory
• Follow a standard curriculum across the country.

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Typical Weekly Schedule for 6th Graders
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Extracurricular Activities
Calligraphy
Computer Clubs
Tea Ceremony
Band
Flower Arranging
Sports Programs
Cooking Classes
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Kendo Sword Fighting
The "way of the sword". Japan's oldest martial
art, using wooden staves, with its roots in
samurai training exercises.
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Soccer Practice
Baseball Practice
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More on Education

• Teachers move classrooms, not the students
• Large class sizes
• Instruction is mainly lecture

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Question 1

• Japanese children wear kimonos most of the time.

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• Batsu (false)

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SPECIAL OCCASIONS
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Question 2

• Most Japanese schools require students to wear
  uniforms.

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• Maru
• (true)

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The Japanese word for uniform is seifuku (??).
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Question 3

• Students and teachers must change their shoes
  before entering the school.

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• Maru
• (true)

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Inside Shoes
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Question 4

• Students usually ride a school bus to go to
  school.

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• Batsu (false)

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Walking
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Train, Subway
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Bicycles
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Question 5

• Students go to school Monday through Saturday,
  six days a week!

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• Batsu (false)

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Until the mid-1990s Japanese students attended
school half days on Saturday, but weekend
attendance was phased out and all Saturday school
ended in 2002.
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Japanese Classroom
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The Playground Yeah Recess!
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Question 6

• Students and teachers are responsible for
  cleaning the rooms, hallways, and toilets every
  day.

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• Maru
• (true)

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• For 30 minutes every day every single student
  cleans an assigned area of the school at every
  grade level.

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Lunch Servers
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Sweeping Up
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Question 7

• Japanese children never misbehave in class.

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• Batsu (false)

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Daydreaming in Class
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Unauthorized Nap Time
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Cell Phones Everywhere
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Question 8

• High school students can drive a
  car to school.

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• Batsu (false)

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The legal minimum age for driving in Japan is 18
years.
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Question 9

• A Teacher in Japan is called sensei (a term of
  respect and a title of special honor).

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• Maru
• (true)

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Japanese Students always bow - to their teachers
and principal, to each other, and before entering
and leaving the room.
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Question 10

• Most students in Japan come home right after
  school.

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• Batsu (false)

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JUKU or Cram Schools

• Are special private schools that offer lessons
  conducted after regular school hours and on the
  weekends
• Help prepare students for High School and College
  Entrance Exams
• Younger children, attend nonacademic juku for
  piano lessons, art instruction, swimming, etc.
• Some attend Juku only once or twice a week,
  others up to 20 hours per week.

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