Ethnography: Japanese Education System

Japanese Education

Education in Japan seems to be very different from the ones in America but do have some similarities. Starting with some of the basics both America and Japan travel to a building  for school and learning  in classes. In America though it is possible to take school from home or online. Moving on to schedules it seems both have clubs, classes and lunch. In one of the video’s it mentions a clean time in Japan which America does not have. In Japan uniforms are required but in America they are not in public schools but are in private schools. In Japan it seems teachers are much more respected than the ones in America. Such as the underpayment America teachers receive but I am not sure about the pay Japan teachers receive.  It seems both countries value student learning but I wonder if there are different strategies for going about that. I assume both take tests and quizzes but I wonder how units and lectures are structured. In America many high schools have choices of what certain classes you choose to take. I wonder if that goes for the same in Japan. It seems though when it comes to universities they are very similar all around the world even in Japan and America. Overall, I think the education system in Japan is very different from the ones in America but overall of the same goal in which they try to achieve.