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.