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Talking About Japan
In English
12
Japanese Schools
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...yet few people outside Japan understand the subtlety and significance of your experience.
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Many people go to some kind of school when they are young, but in many little ways the Japanese experience is unique.
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Can you share the way in which education has shaped your life?
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What are the good, the bad, the stupid, and the wise points of your school experience?
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This Week's Sentence:
* Because of the rapid population growth after World War II, the numbers of students in a typical elementary and junior high schools once exceeded 50.
Translate it into Japanese.
The Answer:
Dainiji sekai taisen no ato no kyugekina jinkou zouka no tame, tenkeitekina sho-chu gakko no seitosu wa katsute go-juu o koemashita.
Vocabulary
| dainiji sekai taisen |
World War II
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ato
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after
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kyugekina
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rapid
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jinkou zouka
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population growth
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tenkeitekina
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typical
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sho-chu gakko
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elementary and junior high schools
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seitosu
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the numbers of students
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katsute
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once
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go-juu
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fifty
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koeru
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to exceed
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Grammar
"~no tame" means "because of`~".
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Kaze no tame,
shigoto ni ikimasen deshita.
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I didn't go to work because of a cold.
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What can we do to make this school system better for our children in the future,
and for ourselves in the present?
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Have you ever experienced school overseas?
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How does this system differ from other countries?
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It would be helpful to know your opinion and share with you my ideas.
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