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Post by lostinube on Nov 5, 2010 18:28:26 GMT -5
Japan doesn't have a 2-3 month winter break. School usually finishes a week or so before Christmas and they are back the 2nd week of January. The school year ends in early March and starts in early April. Summer break is the longest, with about a month (two months for university), depending on the school. This is all somewhat balanced by things like Golden Week in April/May. This also doesn't factor in that Japan and Korea have many supplementary schools that students attend after school. During breaks, Japanese students often go to their cram schools (jukus) all day long. January 1st to 3rd is traditionally the only time everything shuts down. Before, you were supposed to get all of your shopping done by the 31st because all the markets and whatnot would be closed. But in recent years more and more stores have stayed open (with reduced hours). The New Years holiday has now become a good time for shopping as more shops have jumped onto the fukubukuro bandwagon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukubukuro
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Post by supernovamaniac on Nov 5, 2010 20:02:23 GMT -5
Japan doesn't have a 2-3 month winter break. School usually finishes a week or so before Christmas and they are back the 2nd week of January. The school year ends in early March and starts in early April. Summer break is the longest, with about a month (two months for university), depending on the school. This is all somewhat balanced by things like Golden Week in April/May. This also doesn't factor in that Japan and Korea have many supplementary schools that students attend after school. During breaks, Japanese students often go to their cram schools (jukus) all day long. January 1st to 3rd is traditionally the only time everything shuts down. Before, you were supposed to get all of your shopping done by the 31st because all the markets and whatnot would be closed. But in recent years more and more stores have stayed open (with reduced hours). The New Years holiday has now become a good time for shopping as more shops have jumped onto the fukubukuro bandwagon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FukubukuroThe supplementary schools are usually for kids from 7th grade to 12th grade (American standards) I guess I was referring too much to my early days in Korea, where I went to elementary school till 4th grade. Speaking of which, how many school days do they have in Japan? Could it be more than 200?
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Post by lostinube on Nov 5, 2010 21:59:29 GMT -5
In the 90s, I believe Japanese students went to school for well over 200 days a year but since they eliminated Saturdays as a school day, I'm not sure. However, some private schools still have six day school weeks.
Going to supplementary school in Japan is mainly for one reason: examinations. You don't need to take an exam to get into public elementary or junior high schools but you need to take exams to get into public high schools (which are not area based but academic based). But now there is also a rise in respect for private schools (previously thought inferior to public schools), especially in the big cities. And many private schools have grades 7 - 9 and 10 - 12 (American), with the schools sometimes offering the students who stay all the way through tuition waivers. Thus, even elementary school aged children sometimes go to some sort of tutoring or extra classes after their regular school for the purpose of passing junior high school exams. And that's on top of the other things that kids usually do (English classes, piano/electric organ, sports, calligraphy, abacus, dance, whatever their parents are willing to pay for, basically).
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Post by supernovamaniac on Nov 6, 2010 1:14:22 GMT -5
In the 90s, I believe Japanese students went to school for well over 200 days a year but since they eliminated Saturdays as a school day, I'm not sure. However, some private schools still have six day school weeks. Going to supplementary school in Japan is mainly for one reason: examinations. You don't need to take an exam to get into public elementary or junior high schools but you need to take exams to get into public high schools (which are not area based but academic based). But now there is also a rise in respect for private schools (previously thought inferior to public schools), especially in the big cities. And many private schools have grades 7 - 9 and 10 - 12 (American), with the schools sometimes offering the students who stay all the way through tuition waivers. Thus, even elementary school aged children sometimes go to some sort of tutoring or extra classes after their regular school for the purpose of passing junior high school exams. And that's on top of the other things that kids usually do (English classes, piano/electric organ, sports, calligraphy, abacus, dance, whatever their parents are willing to pay for, basically). Staying until 1am at supplementary schools. I avoided that by moving to America, while my friends are still suffering back in Korea.
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Post by lars072 on Nov 6, 2010 5:37:46 GMT -5
In the 90s, I believe Japanese students went to school for well over 200 days a year but since they eliminated Saturdays as a school day, I'm not sure. However, some private schools still have six day school weeks. Going to supplementary school in Japan is mainly for one reason: examinations. You don't need to take an exam to get into public elementary or junior high schools but you need to take exams to get into public high schools (which are not area based but academic based). But now there is also a rise in respect for private schools (previously thought inferior to public schools), especially in the big cities. And many private schools have grades 7 - 9 and 10 - 12 (American), with the schools sometimes offering the students who stay all the way through tuition waivers. Thus, even elementary school aged children sometimes go to some sort of tutoring or extra classes after their regular school for the purpose of passing junior high school exams. And that's on top of the other things that kids usually do (English classes, piano/electric organ, sports, calligraphy, abacus, dance, whatever their parents are willing to pay for, basically). The situation is very similar nin Taiwan with many HS and sometimes JH students cramming until the wee hurs of the night. Stuents attending these cram schools or 'buxibans' usually get home around 10 p.m. and still have homework to do. I had a few grade 3 students who didn't even get home until 9 or 10 p.m.- it is beyond ridiculous! This is why my kids won't be going to school in this place...
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Post by awee1975 on Nov 12, 2010 6:29:04 GMT -5
The situation is very similar nin Taiwan with many HS and sometimes JH students cramming until the wee hurs of the night. Stuents attending these cram schools or 'buxibans' usually get home around 10 p.m. and still have homework to do. I had a few grade 3 students who didn't even get home until 9 or 10 p.m.- it is beyond ridiculous! This is why my kids won't be going to school in this place... I guessed it is the "cultural" norm in places like Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China. It is also common in my country to see students under great pressure to study. Even kids under 10 or even 6! i have no kids but i understand as i have friends with kids. Hell, even when i was a teen, it was like that. However, i am not exactly "qualified" to complain about "pressure", I had NONE. :-P. I was an "exception", i was a "bad boy" who did badly in school. :-(
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Post by lars072 on Nov 16, 2010 6:43:38 GMT -5
This thread should be renamed "A Word (or none)." Still no news or announcements for SASUKE 26. Getting restless...
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Post by arsenette on Nov 16, 2010 7:08:34 GMT -5
LOL I did say it was going to be a long 2 months Tehehehehhe Still a month and a half away.. loooooong way to go...
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Post by lars072 on Nov 16, 2010 8:33:24 GMT -5
LOL I did say it was going to be a long 2 months Tehehehehhe Still a month and a half away.. loooooong way to go... M9 and TBS better do a bang up job on 26 due to the amount of time they have befote the airdate. The editing and the advertising should be the best ever...but that's not saying much.
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Post by TCM on Nov 16, 2010 16:09:44 GMT -5
Forget the editing, the editing's always been random, you hit the nail on the head it terms of advertising/promotion. Personally I would take a page from some channels here in the U.S. who do small bits of promotion a couple months in advance then as you're getting down to the wire increase the promotion enough so as not to annoy the audience.
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