School in Japan is quite different from Canada, but still have some similarities. Some differences are that Japanese schools use blackboards, the desks are arranged in rows, students stay with their class all year and all middle and high school students wear uniforms. Some similarities are that there are 3 levels of school, elementary, middle, high and that there are a lot of clubs. I wish that students were more involved in clubs, I would say only about half the students in Centennial are a part of a club. In Japan basically everyone is a part of a club. I think this is because people over here do more outside of school activities instead of their school clubs. Students in Japan don’t have much time after school to do these activities. A lot of them have cram school (after school school) and don’t come home until very late.

I think that students should have more responsibilities at school to prepare them for the future. Its important for kids to build on good habits at an early age. It also teaches kids to respect property and be tidy because they will have to clean it up in the end. Students will also feel more connected to their school and have a stronger community because everyone is working together to make it a better place to learn.

I would say that I am decent at じゃんけん. I don’t win a lot, but also don’t lose a lot. To snag leftovers, I think that I would make it to the final rounds but lose in the end. I don’t have a strategy for rock paper scissors so I just throw random hands in hopes that I would win. I think that having a strategy would help my chances go up.