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R3 – School Life

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School in Japan is very different to here as there are so many aspects that are stricter or more focused on school than we are. In elementary school, they have certain people go grab food for the entire class and then have monitors to make sure everyone gets the right amount of food. Then afterwards, they brush their teeth, and at the end of the day they clean the halls and the classroom. There’s a whole routine for everything but none of them seem upset by it, due to it being their “norm”. I wish we would be more school oriented everywhere in Canada, like putting more towards school so that there would be more enthusiasm towards being here for five days a week for half the year.

I think there should be more cleaning responsibilities for students as maybe with people cleaning their own school they’d take care of it more and maybe the district would spend less money on cleaners and more money on labs, sports equipment, etc.

Also in elementary school, there is a game for the leftover food that they play in Japan called じゃんはん (like rock, paper, scissors) and I believe on some days I would be able to get some leftovers however it’s mostly luck based.

R1 – Independent Children

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I started doing chores from around 3 years old because I would be told to make my bed and such and would be told to set the tables, and as of right now I do some chores such as; keeping my room clean, taking out the garbage and recycling, doing the cat litter.

I think most kids should grow up with Japanese ideals so they can learn discipline and so they can be more independent for when they transition between elementary, middle, and high school.

I first used transit when I was 11 years old when I started high school in Australia. I started with taking the bus everyday to school, then sometimes took the train to get into the city. Then when I moved here I started using the bus to get to school right away, and now use the skytrain and bus everyday to get to school.

Why Japanese?

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Inspiration

What inspired me to join Japanese was my previous learning of it in both year 7 & 8 when I was in Australia. I didn’t do very well in those classes due to not paying attention, being disruptive, and having the same Japanese, Math and Science teacher, and I did not like her. I also thought if I wanted to visit Asia, Japanese would be a good basis to learn off of. Even if it isn’t close enough to the other languages to go to the country and speak them, I would learn how to understand Asian languages, using different alphabets to make words.

Goal

My goal from learning Japanese is to one day visit Japan and see all the culture in that country. I hope that I can also understand and get better with some of my language skills, by leaning how to read and write even with some help. I also hope to learn to understand how to structure a sentence and finding the place of the verb, noun, adjective etc.

Motivation

I will make sure to keep myself motivated by doing all my homework in either block 1 during my off block or as soon as I get home. I will also stay productive during class-time and will ask for help when I am struggling or if I need help with pronunciation or my writing. I will also try to practice with my two friends in that class as we are all in introductory Japanese and not Japanese 9 and I can meet up with them outside of school.