Essay On Japan Schools Vs American Schools

There are some countries’ school systems that requires teenagers at the age of thirteen to take numerous tests to get into a good high school. Adolescents in the United States have the privilege of getting an education unlike students who study through long hours to get an education. Students do not study for their grades, but to get into a quality high school. One country that makes students take numerous test before entering a high school is Japan. Japan’s school system is different than the United States through tests, school attendance and student’s attire. Tests are used different in Japans’ school and United States’ schools. In Japan, the teachers use only the grades of test through their school year. In United States, the teachers used the test to see how much the students understand the material. The grade shows how much …show more content…
Japan’s school system does not have a long break as the United States. The reason that Japan’s schools do not have that many holiday is because they do not take three months off from school. United States have tons of small holidays like Memorial Day, Labor day and MLK day. Japanese students get New Year’s Eve and Emperor’s Birthday off from school. In the United States, there are teachers that wants a student to make up a test if they are absent. If a student missed a day of school in Japan, he or she would not be able to make it up. Students attire in United States can vary everyday but the students have to wear uniforms in Japan. With the students clothing can vary as long as it does not violate the school dress code in the US. Students in Japan can only wear the uniforms and there are no exceptions. One of the dress code is that teenager girls cannot wear anything can be disruptive in class. Someone would probably wonder do the Japanese students wear when it is winter. They have two different uniforms so they will not be freezing when winter comes to