I'm in the editing stages of a essay on Japanese School Life I'm working on for a personal project, and there are a few points I'm not really certain on/have only seen in more realistic representations of school life in anime: -Parents pay for schooling, whether public or private -Uniforms are custom tailored for students -They change into school shoes once they get to school, and use those same shoe spaces for letters from other students -Their school runs from Monday-Saturday -When they reach 10th grade, it's no longer mandatory for them to go to school -Their colleges are a cakewalk, compared to their high school days Can anyone confirm or deny this? My research on the topic has been a bit hazy concerning these points, so I'm not if it's fiction or fact or a bit of both
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-Parents pay for schooling, whether public or private They usually pay. But it depends on each family. Some students try to pay by themselves by working or getting scholarship. -Uniforms are custom tailored for students They are custom tailored to each school. -They change into school shoes once they get to school, This is true. But not in colleges. >and use those same shoe spaces for letters from other students This is not usual. Maybe in manga only. -Their school runs from Monday-Saturday Many schools are now between Monday to Friday. But some have classes on Saturday. >-When they reach 10th grade, it's no longer mandatory for them to go to school 10th grade, or it's a high school in Japan. Yes, high school and college are not mandatory in Japan. >-Their colleges are a cakewalk, compared to their high school days Yes. We have hard entrance exams for colleges. But once we passed it and joined a college, it's not hard to finish it. But now, students are struggling to find a job as we have to find a job BEFORE the end of college.
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You pay public or private. The difference of what you pay is non-trivial depending on which you choose. Not custom tailored. Different for each school, but the uniforms are not custom made after measuring each student. They change into school shoes. Letters? No idea. Mon-Sat? Depends on the school. Public schools around here don't go on Sat. Though they may have club activities. Which means you have to go to school. You decide if that counts. Private schools vary in their policy. Through junior high is mandatory. Have to take tests to enter a high school. Screwed up system if you ask me. In the U.S. it's really the same. Quit when you are 16, which means 10th grade. Thing is, you don't have to spend all your time studying to get into high school. I've heard the same thing about colleges in Japan. But some of the students keep learning. Evidence? Japanese technology. They didn't learn that in high school.
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