Student life in general
Unlike the lazy afternoons you will encounter from Japanese animations or Anime, perhaps, some may have taken a glimpse of how life of a Japanese student be like.
Well, technically speaking, there is some truth to it, as, Japan is selling their culture out to the world. But how accurate a typical student life would be in Japan?
A typical student (in Nichidai) starts their life by waking up at 5 or 6 in the morning, preparing for the day such as wearing their school uniforms, eat breakfast and will be on their way to school. They would typically take the train or bus if the school is far; walking or bicycle if they live nearby, in rare cases, they would come by car. School starts at 8:40, they are allowed to eat in class so long as the teacher is not in class or the class has not start yet. Lunch would be at 12:35 and ends in 35 minutes before continuing with class. Lessons finish at 4:05 and that's when their club activities start. Depending on the type of club, the duration may vary up to 4 hours maximum before the student can finally set off to home. Some students may have juku or cram school, also known as tuition in Malaysia. Once they're done. they would continue with their homework, study and they would spend the rest of their nights with dinner, showering and salvage what remaining free they have before hitting the hay. (As told by a student in Nichidai- let's call them Tomohisa, plus a much more official or accurate life in a day has been portrayed and released by the school website and can be viewed here)
In comparison to the students in Malaysia. Japanese students do not have much freedom in their school life aside from communicating and interacting with their classmates and peers in school. Nearly 80 to 90% of their time is dedicated to school or anything related to the latter. Statistically speaking, Japan's illiteracy rate is nearly nonexistence due to the compulsory lessons in Primary school level. being academically (at least to that matter) oriented brings a price for the students only learn things that are meant for their future but, like almost any schools, we are not equipped by school with the knowledge of life and how do we manage them. We don't learn how to sort the bills in school, we don't learn how to make friends ijn school and we certainly do not learn how to manage our life. Whilst Malaysians, though some of us may be pressured to ace our tests, we still do have time for ourselves or at least, we do have a life. Though, I'm not saying that life of a Japanese student is bad, but rather, in my perspective, I lament that they have to go through a life where they do not have any time to breathe and question about themselves.
On the bright side, the students seem to enjoy coming to school knowing that they have classmates or friends they could interact with almost everyday and in rare cases, their friendships would last almost a lifetime.
Well, technically speaking, there is some truth to it, as, Japan is selling their culture out to the world. But how accurate a typical student life would be in Japan?
A typical student (in Nichidai) starts their life by waking up at 5 or 6 in the morning, preparing for the day such as wearing their school uniforms, eat breakfast and will be on their way to school. They would typically take the train or bus if the school is far; walking or bicycle if they live nearby, in rare cases, they would come by car. School starts at 8:40, they are allowed to eat in class so long as the teacher is not in class or the class has not start yet. Lunch would be at 12:35 and ends in 35 minutes before continuing with class. Lessons finish at 4:05 and that's when their club activities start. Depending on the type of club, the duration may vary up to 4 hours maximum before the student can finally set off to home. Some students may have juku or cram school, also known as tuition in Malaysia. Once they're done. they would continue with their homework, study and they would spend the rest of their nights with dinner, showering and salvage what remaining free they have before hitting the hay. (As told by a student in Nichidai- let's call them Tomohisa, plus a much more official or accurate life in a day has been portrayed and released by the school website and can be viewed here)
In comparison to the students in Malaysia. Japanese students do not have much freedom in their school life aside from communicating and interacting with their classmates and peers in school. Nearly 80 to 90% of their time is dedicated to school or anything related to the latter. Statistically speaking, Japan's illiteracy rate is nearly nonexistence due to the compulsory lessons in Primary school level. being academically (at least to that matter) oriented brings a price for the students only learn things that are meant for their future but, like almost any schools, we are not equipped by school with the knowledge of life and how do we manage them. We don't learn how to sort the bills in school, we don't learn how to make friends ijn school and we certainly do not learn how to manage our life. Whilst Malaysians, though some of us may be pressured to ace our tests, we still do have time for ourselves or at least, we do have a life. Though, I'm not saying that life of a Japanese student is bad, but rather, in my perspective, I lament that they have to go through a life where they do not have any time to breathe and question about themselves.
On the bright side, the students seem to enjoy coming to school knowing that they have classmates or friends they could interact with almost everyday and in rare cases, their friendships would last almost a lifetime.
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