I hear all the time japanese schools aren't as good as western schools. One of my japanese friends has a goal to go to a school in america like harvard because he says the schools in japan are not that great.. I believe the total opposite, i mean there is Tokyo and Kyoto or Sophia University, those are really good...
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The Japanese seem to have a natural intellect to learn and excel....so good schools or no good schools they will still do well..
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Cause a lot go to schools outside their country, like Australia. We have a boarding school for overseas students, down the road from us.
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they go to school longer than the normal 180 here in america. also they eat healthier, they don't have taco bell 5 times on the same road. seriously there are like 8 fast food joints on the roads near my school.
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japanese have to do well at school in order to get a good job. i know it's the same everywhere but in japan most people don't change jobs after starting work, they're usually with the same company for life. elsewhere we think it's okay even normal to change jobs even changing professions. it doesn't happen often in japan therefore they work harder and are pushed harder to study.
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Because they are worked really hard by the schools and parents I spent some time in Japan and never seen stricter parents and so many hours put in to school and there not great but there ok I guess. I personally believe that they teach alot of crap and not much important stuff, they often focus way to much on Sciences and Maths. They often don't put much into things like Social Studies. Thats why Japanese people often go in to Technology or Science studies
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The hardest part of going to Japanese universities/colleges is to pass their entrance exams. After they passed, and start to learn at the universities/colleges, the course itself is pretty much easy to move to the next grade actually. Most of universities/college have this style. Your friend might feel this system would take his motivation away. Japanese edcation system is not "bad", but there is lacking in uniformity of learning process. (like "entrance- hard, graduage- way too easy") If a person really wants to "learn", they might consider going to a university in foreign countries because they have high standard to graduate, thus students work harder (than Japanese university students) to graduate from school.
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In order to get a job in japan, you need to study and learn hard in a school in Japan, Unlike in america where you just need to get passing grades. and theres many colleges in the US. which have people from just about all over the world at them.
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