Wednesday, March 25, 2009

School In Japan

In Japan, their school year starts in April, and ends in March. So, this means that over in Japan, their school year is almost coming to an end. The end of a school year means many graduates. There are many graduation ceremonies going on at this time in Japan. Hm, as I recall, students get about one week, or to be more precise, about 11 days of break, then off to school they go again! Whoa! Right? That's not a really long time, or is that we just have a really long summer break? Hm, now there's something to think about. But anyways, there are many students whom withdraw from school when final exams are approaching, and by this I mean, big and extremely important exams that will determine which school you go to next. Hm, let me clarify this a little. In Japan, the high school that you go to, prepares you for college. [They only have 3 high school years: 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. 9th grade is considered middle school. 9th graders, and 12th graders take exams to get into the high school or college that they wish to go to]. So, if your career field was related to arts, then presumably, you would go to a high school that teaches art. Therefore, preparing you for an art college. Did you understand that? Well anyways, there is a lot of studying going on at that time. And F.Y.I., did you know that Japanese paper, like just regular paper, is about an inch longer than our paper?
-Well that will be it for now, it is sleepy time for me. Nights.