someone who is in junior high or high school. I've always been curious. Are teachers strict?
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My friend is Japanese, he says school is hard, but way better, than in the US. There's more discipline, and you actually learn subjects that are considered AP here as normal. However, higher education, as he points out is better in the US.
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It depends on the school. Some schools are more strict than others, and kids have to test to get into good schools. But most of the time its the students that make the school seem strict, not the teachers being strict. I went to an all girls private catholic school in Japan, and it wasn't as strict as I expected it to be. The students usually did their homework during the 10 minute break before class started!
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It can depend on many things. The type of school you go to can be huge, especially once you get into high school as there is a high school entrance exam. and HSs are streamed. So, if you get into an academically elite school, versus an agricultural high school the standards are different. Teachers are individuals, so each case is different. Sometimes the pressure of the school's reputation that the kdis face are shared by the staff. I know of one private elite school that fires teachers if their home room students do poorly. But, teacher-student relationships are a lot closer than the ones I remembered in North America, especially with home room teachers and club teachers. In jhs, there is a lot of emphasis placed on home room and club activities. Technically optional, almost every student is part of one club that they go to after school and some times even during holidays and weekends. Third year of jhs is also more stressful. Students are expected to retire from clubs and start preparing for the entrance exams. Kids can't fail, so no matter how poorly they do, they will advance to the next grade with their peers. So, for some students, this is the first time where they've really studied.
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