Show The Eagle - Page 8 Thursday November 15 1990 Dr Page visited Japan and Korea for a business conference by Ryan Frazier staff writer Dr Elizabeth Page of the CEU faculty ventured to Japan and Korea September 5 1990 for the Utah International Women’s Conference and Matchmaker Trade Mission in Japan and Korea According to Page this was the first business conference of it's kind Utahn women attended for several reasons of which most were there to find more markets for exchange of their goods or services Page was there to recruit students to attend CEU She took and mugs of brochures the college to promote it Gifu Japan was where the conference was to be held ' Approximately 250 women from Utah met with about 600 women from Japan to exchange business and education ideas Utah Governor Norm Bangcrtcr also spoke at this conference While at Gifu Page visited Gifu University two junior high schools along with many elemenShe found tary and that students in Japan dedicated many hours to their education beginning at 8:30 ajn and leaving at 4 pm from elementary upwards This would often be followed by four hours of tutoring MlIowcver one of the panelists in the conference was that the research showed that the long school day wasn’t the reason for the superiority of Japanese students it was their mothers The mothers made them strong in math and science because of their high expectations it wasn’t the longer school day and year not their teachers and not the fact that they take more classes it was their mothers" stated Page The children in the elementary schools even did all their own janitorial work for the school 14-2- T-shi- rts pre-scho-ols Haded hsett DEALER “Education is a virtue in Japan It is the whole key to their status and their standing in the community" Page said College according to Page is an environment that is much more relaxed The pressure on education is to get into college Once a student makes it the pressure is then lifted compared to the other educational facilities available Tradition in Japan creates a high emphasis on higher education A marriage between a college graduate and a high school graduate is not the accepted norm For this reason about 95 percent of all students in junior colleges are female so they will be eligible for marriage to someone with a university degree This is sustained to a large degree because marriages are traditionally arranged Page teaches fashion merchandising interior design and nutrition at CEU and so she was especially interested in how these programs compared in Japan Page said “I found that in the junior of their entire colleges one-thicurriculum is home economics related and another d is education related Asia is really getting to be big in the fashion industry Not only as a place that rd one-thir- the industry sends their clothing to be sewn but also as creators and designers of fashion One of the fun things they were featuring in fashions was a five piece coordinated wardrobe" For two nights during her stay she lived with a host family in Gifu Prefecture (District) Page reported the family that she was guest to was basically a household She said it reminded her of American families home They lived in a two-stomuch like American homes had a lot of modem technology three kids two cars and a cat and dog The mother was an English teacher and the father taught Art at a junior college Traditionally Japanese families cat sitting and sleeping on the floor It is also respectful of erne’s home to remove your shoes before entering a dwelling according to Page She was impressed by how highly developed the society was Cleanliness and sanitation arc important to the Japanese people Page was impressed by the 98 percent employment rate and the 98 percent literacy rate found in Japan They recruit Filipinos and Fiji Islanders to work for them at low wages and encourage families ry COMPANY sms wxk am" Jtauu GET BIG SAVINGS' ITW 50 cum ftieaUuh ca China who restricts the numbers Thc second conference was held in Seoul Korea “Korea is the rising star of the Asian main- land" Page said Referring to both countries Page said “I was very impressed I had visited Hong Kong China and Korea several years ago and I now iVE ftJWAiT INSTEAD SANCTON- Wont I WHERE instant crcpitk Big AMP Ho W TiteV Give me got TONE f embargoed economic but Afflponxav WVAPE S- I MEAN AXE THE Jjvbi to? 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