Thursday, March 24, 2011

How are the schools in japan like

How are the schools in japan like?
I live in Brooklyn new york and to be honest i don't like it too much here, i already got held back in h.s twice, imo its just too boring, the teachers are great and they do there best to help you learn , its just i have no intrest in the subjects what so ever, well besides PA besides that i probably won't be using anything in school in rl, looking at school disgusts me, and i think im losing my hair because of it, and i'm only 18, i am more held back in school and don't even have many friends, but when im outside school i feel like i have a lot more energy and all my stress is gone, so then my sister asked me if i wanted to go to school in japan, what are they like, I'm Chinese and my Japanese is very bad, i only know a few from the movies and anime i watch.
Japan - 5 Answers
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japanese schooling is very strict and you will probably find it harder than american schooling.. my school just got back from an exchange trip and they said the days go from 8 in the morning till 6 at night with only one break for lunch.. so be prepared..
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not sure if its accurate or not but i believe that they go to 2 different skools or have long classes one in the day and then night. and also very strict
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Japanese schools are very strict and you must wear a complete uniform with everything just so or you will get demerits. If you are not doing well in a U.S. school and don't speak Japanese perfectly, it would be a disaster to transfer to Japan. It looks like you are not applying yourself to your education and going abroad will only make your life more stressful! Have you had counseling? You need help in either study skills or perhaps you have an emotional problem? Please go see your school's counselor and set your life on a better course.
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Why don't you go back to your mother country, P.R. of China?I bet you will feel more happy in there than Japan.
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Hello, 21st century Holden Caulfield. You might wanna consider that many Japanese students are also having the similar problem that you are having. There are plenty of students who are held back by the atomopsphere of school and get estranged from going there. They stay in home hours and hours watching TV, plaing video games, using computers. In Japanese, they are called futokoji. A broader term for people reluctant to be engaged in social acitivity is called hikikomori. So, you would probably have the same problem that is bugging you righ now also in Japan.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Questions about high schools in Japan

Questions about high schools in Japan?
Hi! I have a question about education in Japan. High school is 3 years in Japan, am I correct? [age 15-18]? Does this mean that students in the 1st year calls students in the 2nd/3rd year "senpai" and they call the students from the 1st year Kohai? And does the same go for students from the 2nd year...do they have the same "senpai-Kohai" relation with students from the 3rd year? And can you call girls and boys both "senpai"? Exp: A female student in the 1st year calls a male OR female student in the 2nd or 3rd year "senpai" and they call me "Kohai"? A male student from the 1st year calls another male OR female student from the 2nd or 3rd year "Senpai" and they call them "Kohai"? And what happens after High school? College/University? How do they address each other? How does a student from High school address a student from University/College? Please be as accurate as possible, I'm really slow with these things ^_^' Thanking you in advance! Have a nice day! <3
Primary & Secondary Education - 1 Answers
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To answer your first question - Yes. Does this mean that students in the 1st year calls students in the 2nd/3rd year "senpai" and they call the students from the 1st year Kohai? And does the same go for students from the 2nd year...do they have the same "senpai-Kohai" relation with students from the 3rd year? And can you call girls and boys both "senpai"? Yes, yes, and yes. I don't think it really matters. It isn't just used in high school. So to put it roughly, basically whoever's older, you call them senpai and whoever's younger, you call them kohai. I'm NOT Japanese, and I have not gone to Japan before nor have I ever attended a Japanese high school, so I can't guarentee that my answer is 100% accurate, but it is, I hope, as accurate as it can be to answer your questions. For more information, you can read more about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senpai_and_k%C5%8Dhai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

How about in your school

How about in your school??
In my senior high school in Japan , we can't bring cellular phone at school !! Is it crazy??
Other - Education - 4 Answers
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We can bring them but they're only allowed to be out before school and after. We have a see it, hear it, take it policy during school hours.
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You ruin your mouth enough in school, why do you need a cell phone anyway? You need to be learning not gabbing on the phone!
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Yes, the same is true in the USA where I am, at least in all the schools I know of... it doesn't make any sense, for instance, if you needed to call for a ride home, you couldn't because you don't have a phone.
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When i was in senior high school, we were not allowed to bring cell phones either,but some students still did.Luckily ,i am in university now,we can use cell phone now.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Does anyone know a way to get a school sponsored trip to japan

Does anyone know a way to get a school sponsored trip to japan?
since this is my last year of middle school i wanna have fun at the end of the year :). Last year some kids participated in a essay contest to go to south africa for the fifa world cup. I need a way to persuade my Principal into having a trip to japan for a couple of weeks. I also would like to know the expenses and possibly how to find a sort of japanese sponsor for the trip id really appreciate it. any details u can think of that could help :D if there is no type of sponsor for it could u at least put watever else i asked for!!!
Japan - 2 Answers
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youll need a rich father or win the lottery
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There is no sponsor for that.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

why do school uniforms for girls in Japan is a mini-skirt

why do school uniforms for girls in Japan is a mini-skirt?
Nothing... I just wonder...
Words & Wordplay - 10 Answers
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Well it's cute :D
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because most girls in japan have great legs.
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i can see english is your second possibly third language??
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Because it makes it easier for salary men to grope them on the subways.
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they look awesomely hot
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Only in anime and manga... (sigh).
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Maybe they like to dress like that.....thats hot...
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SO THAT it's easy for japanese guys to get in. haha
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Quit watching japaneese porn
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They look the same in Korea also. and the schools look the same, big bare field in front with no grass. guess it cuts down on cost because they use less material

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Does anyone know of any good Japanese boarding schools

Does anyone know of any good Japanese boarding schools?
I was planning on going to a "boarding school" in Japan for my sophmore year, but I cant seem to find one, and for some reason my parents are looking for a boarding school that has uniforms for students... does anyone know of any good boarding schools in Japan (with uniforms, and allow students from the U.S)?
Other - Education - 1 Answers
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

why do school uniforms for girls in Japan is a mini-skirt

why do school uniforms for girls in Japan is a mini-skirt?
Nothing... I just wonder...
Japan - 9 Answers
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Its more comfortable and the girls like to look cuter.
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Cause men who made this into a law were pervs. And those who could change it today are pervs, too.
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It was not mini before 1995 or so. It's because girls like it. In fact, some schools are trying to instruct their students to wear longer skirts.
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idk. but i went to Japan last year and those girls are really pretty and some really smoking hot and sexy.
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Actually they are regular (usually knee-length) skirts but the girls roll them up to make them shorter. It's considered more fashionable, although they're not as short as they were a few years ago. As for why schools allow it, well I guess they've just come to accept it. In Japan, mini skirts & super-short shorts don't really have the slutty image they do in the West; they're just "cute".
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I'm studying here in Japan elementary schools don't have uniforms junior highschool wear a long skit senior high school wear a mini skirt I think to look cooler or mature college don't have uniforms
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They aren't mini skirts. The girls roll them up to make them shorter.If you look at a group of girls, the skirts won't all be the same length.
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They're not supposed to be mini. It's not part of the uniform. Girls the world over tend to roll up their school skirts to make them shorter, usually to try to provoke anger among their elders or to try and look more sexy to the opposite sex, but if the skirt isn't all that long in the beginning it ends up being mini after just a couple of turns. I don't think the Japanese high school girls are doing it to be outrageous or brave now though, and they certainly aren't trying to show individuality as too many of them are doing it. More like sheep-style behaviour. Read this article, but it might be best to ignore the comments underneath as that site is riddled with racists and weirdoes. http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/posters-over-length-of-high-school-uniform-skirts-causing-controversy
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Because the guy made it the law was a GENIUS!

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