Compare And Contrast Japanese Schools And American Schools

America, a country known for stereotypes that consist of obese and lazy but yet generous people, burgers, and big things in general is a very different country compared to Japan where the people are thought of as diligent, where everything is small, and described as cute or “kawaii”. However, both of these countries have similarities and differences when it comes to school and education. Some similarities that the different nations schools have is that they both have various classes that are studied regularly such as math and also end the day with after school clubs. Meanwhile, these two distant countries have differences in their education as well, for example, the classrooms in Japan are cleaned by the students while the classrooms in America have janitors hired to clean them. …show more content…
This is the same for students in Japan because they take the classes mentioned before too, the only difference is that the English class is “Japanese” class for them. Some classes that are prioritized also have block periods in both countries. Next, the teachers in math and ELA classes have students sitting in individual desks contrary to groups for both America and Japan. To add on, science teachers also make sure to have their classrooms set up in groups as well for the two different countries. Another similarity is the fact that schools in both countries have after school clubs. The clubs include sports such as soccer, tennis, cross-country, baseball, basketball, wrestling, etc., or clubs such as dance and body building. The various sport clubs in the two countries also practice every day and have matches against other schools during the sport’s