I have been looking through pages but I can't seem to get my head around the idea of how the japanese schools go. I live in england and here we have primary, secondary, sixth form (college) and UNI but in japan it seems to be VERY different. Can anyone explain? Also, I'm 14 so where would I be attending if I went to japan, and what woud a normal day be for me? (School wise)
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Tthe work load is generally considered far higher than in western countries. High school will often be 9am to 3pm, then short break, then cram school from 4pm to 7pm, go home, eat dinner, 9pm start doing homework for a few hours. Obviously some students will do more, some will do less. However, generally it can be said they have far more homework. I had a friend who studied at Tokyo University (generally considered to be one of the two best universities in Japan, the other being Waseda), studying biology-something. His day would be 9am to 3pm school, half hour break, then go to lab to study from around 4pm'ish until around 10pm, go home, get a bit to eat, and then do 2-3 hours additional homework. He told me there were plenty of students who studied far harder than he did. To how it functions: 6-12 = Elementary School (Compulsory) 13-15 = Middle school / Lower secondary school (Compulsory) 16-18 = High school / Upper secondary school From there on, generally university if they choose to. Discipline is also generally harsher in Japanese schools. Though I suppose in your case I could compare it more to boarding schools, but still a little bit off.
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school hours : 8:30 am to 3.00 pm school days : monday to friday vacation : summer(7/20 to 8/31), winter(12/25 to 1/7), spring (3/26 to 4/6) Here is a site for Education system in Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Japan
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It's not so different really. There is a short period of compulsory kindergarten, which replaces the first part of Primary school. I'm not sure what age it starts though as it doesn't affect us personally. But I believe it's the school year in which they will turn 5. In Britain it seems to vary from area to area or over time, but I've come across two different schedules for compulsory education to start, in the first area we lived it was compulsory to start in the school year in which the child turned 4, but they actually started school at the beginning of the TERM in which they turned 4 rather than in September, and in the other area it was the school year in which they turned 5, and they began in September regardless of their birth date. In Japan, when they are 6 they start Elementary school, where they stay for 6 years. When they are 12 they start junior high for 3 years, and then they have the option of starting at high school for 2 years when they're 15. Junior high and high school combined take the place of secondary and sixth form, and the ages I give are when they start the school year. High school students will be 18 by the time they leave. To put it another way, in the school year in which they will turn 7 they start elementary. In the school year in which they will turn 13 they start junior. In the school year in which they turn 16 they can start high if they want to. Then after that there's the option of university, as usual. The school year starts in April though, and I'm not sure when your birthday is so I'm not sure what year you'd be in. Junior high school though, definitely. Year 1, 12/13 Year 2, 13/14 Year 3, 14/15 So depending on when your birthday is you would either be in the second or third year of junior high school.
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age 6-12: elementary 12-15: junior high 15-18: high school 18- : college and university >Also, I'm 14 so where would I be attending if I went to japan, If you were born between May 21, 1995 and April 1, 1996, you would be in the 3rd year of junior high. If you were born between April 2, 1996 and May 20, 1996, you would be in the 2nd year of junior high. >and what woud a normal day be for me? Go to school in morning. Take classes until 2-3pm. Do some club during 3-5pm. Back home in evening.
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Public schools(usually lower grade pupils) are in standard but private ones(usually superior to public ones) may vary one by one. You can try to refer wiki about the details. Most schools start its fiscal year on every April.1, there are three semesters. If born between Apr.2, 1996 and Apr.1, 1997, you are to be 2nd grade of Junior High now in Japan. If born between Apr.2, 1995 and Apr.1, 1996, you are to be 3rd grade of Junior High now in Japan. (typical Junior High student's routine of weekday) You wake up at 7AM finish a breakfast by 7:30AM leave home by 7:45AM arrive to the school at 8:15AM School starts at 8:30AM Lunch break is 0:00PM to 1:00PM School over around 3:15PM You go playing around streets or to friend's house by 5:30PM go back home by 6:00PM take a supper/dinner around at 7:00PM do some homework, take pastime or go out for something till 0AM go back to bed by 1:00AM
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