i love japanese culture and everything about japan... i visited there once but it was great.. but i want to know how does school work... >I WANT TO KNOW THE FOLLOWINGS: -when do they start schools(what month do they start and end) -what time does school start and end. -are there really bullies or gangs? EVERYTHING!!!! wha i meant was what are the grades in japan 1st grade to what grade..... what do they do in school...homework...clubs?? what??
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The schools don't work. They work for the schools.
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you wear uniforms and they never end!
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At the end of WWII the Japanese school system took on some characteristics of the American system with six years elementary school three years junior high school and three years high school. The Japanese school year starts in April and consists of three terms, separated by short holidays in spring and winter, and a one month long summer break. During the break many students are working toward better positioning by taking special classes.
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To answer your last question: There is a severe problem with bullying in Japanese schools in recent years. Basically, what happens is that one or a few individuals who have been identified as "different" in some way from the others are ganged up on mercilessly and ceaselessly by nearly everyone else, and this abuse goes more or less unchecked by teachers/staff. This has led increasingly to suicides and even murder.
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i'm assuming you want to know about public schools. elementary school is from 1st to 6th grade, middle school is called mid-1st or chuuichi (7th gr.) mid-2nd or chuuni (8th gr.) and mid-3rd or chuusan (9th gr.) and there's three years in high school which are high-1st kouichi (10th gr.) high-2nd kouni (11th gr.) high-3rd kousan(12th gr.) schools (and first day at work) starts on april 1st. i think it ends like sometime in march. mid-march, maybe. first quarter is until the beginnign of summer vacation, and 2nd quarter begins after summer vacation. vacations are really short and if you take a sport you will have to go to practice every day even in the summer. school usually starts at like 8:00? 8:30? til like 3 but they have clubs and sports after that. once you choose a sport, you can't change it and you have to stick to that sport the whole year and for the whole time you are in middle or high school yes usually, there are bullies and gangs / cliques because that's the custom in japan. i don't really know why. uniforms are required in middle and high school, and elementary schools too if it's private. there's two uniforms, one for summer and one for winter but it's still too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. public schools usually don't have much AC or heaters. girls uniforms usually are a sailor's suit's top with a scarf tied under the flap and a pleated skirt. some schools have stupid rules about no hair touching the stripes on the flap (your hair has to be short or tied up i think) but most schools are easy about that. no make up or jewlery is allowed, although many break that rule. skirts are supposed to touch the floor when you kneel, but of course, no one follows that rule! hope that helped
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YAKUZA!!! theyre cool. they have no finger tips. can probaly get your drugs from them too. have fun in japan
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