Compare And Contrast Two American Schools

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USA and Japan have similar schools like how they both have a dress code, (usually, it's the school's colors), and they both have homeroom (a teacher) and they both have clubs in their schools, and still have had all the normal class math, ELA and so on, they both have like a tutoring if they need help getting on target.Thye both are allowed students parents to visit classrooms and both have exams.Most of the there exams are for college to get into college.

The way it sounds to me is Japan is more advanced, I think Japan is better because it goes with respect and what their schools do, but one thing I disagree is why 260 days a year, why not 180 like the US it doubled and I don't like 6 days a week I rather 5 plus they shouldn't stress on

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