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Show News SOUmESN UTAH NEWS 5 WEDNESDAY APBIL23, 1t97 tydlort hands and knees. The entire which is optional. A juku is a process took about 30 minutes, paid private school tutor. They Students have lockers, no locks, get together and study 4 hours where they keep their slippers, a night. During their school They leave their shoes in the years, there is more emphasis lockers. Visitors also leave their on studies, so kids blossom at a school with the students. shoes and wear slippers in the later age socially, There are differences and school.. Kanab students were im- similarities between the JapaClass sizes vary. Classes av- pressed with the respect ex-0 nese and American education erage between students tended to the teachers. They When indicated that the class atmo- 40 differences maximum. The with systems. being cultural. a class gets over 40, it will be sphere is the same as here, The school year is 240 days for split. Most classes the Kanab groups working together, side Japanese students, compared to delegation saw were close to 40. conversations, etc. When each class ends, stu180 days for American students. Classes seemed to be handled Japanese students also attend the same as in the U. S. lesson, dents bow and say thank you in school two Saturdays a month. review, assignment, and then unison to the teacher and then The length of their school day is test. Their curriculum is close the teacher bows to them and about the same. One major to ours, but is more fact based says thank you. Kids were nice, Tarui Superintendent of Education Muro poses with Kane County School difference is all of the clubs. memorization. English is a re they werent judgmental. They Board members Karen Alvey (I) and Avnish Pandya (c) along with Sheme Many of the clubs are tradition quired subject for all Japanese did things together and didnt Pandya and Barbara Button. Photo by Carol Sullivan. make fun ofone another. I never heritage and culture clubs. One students. weeded out. Competition is very very organized. high school had 39 different Men have a leading role in clubs, judo, tea ceremony, arheavy for Japanese students by high school. High school is more PTA. It is very prestigious. chery, ancient rites, calligraphy, After schooling, Japanese join difficult and demanding. Mr. etc. traditional dance, origami, a Glover to a club. said student has that Japanese company for life. They are part Every join him told friends that college is of a team arid devote themselves They have more activities than differwhere you kick back, not high to their work and company. we have here. Dances are American students are encourschool. Teenage suicide is higher ent, they dance in groups, in Japan because of the stress to aged more to develop their own whereas here they dance as succeed mid do well. d Activities are individuality. Our students who couples. The middle school visited had went were more and all activities are no cafeteria. Students eat in the because our system encourages held on Saturdays. classroom.' The food service individuality. We can learn a lot Parents pay forurii'forms, schools brings food in steam pets to the from the Japanese education textsupplies, etc. All class. Then students don gloves system, but they can also learn have uniforms. There is no bus and masks to prepare and serve from us. This cultural exchange service, students walk, fide a the food. Students also do the now in progress will benefit both bike, ortheir parents take them. dean-u- p will in the room. All seemed. sides. take High SchocljStudents By Carol Sullivan While the KaneKanab delegs- tion was busy visiting town of-flees and factories, the 12 Kanab students and their advisors Klint Glover and Steve Puro attended 3-- 20-3- group-oriente- self-confide- nt : the train. Because of school pressures, very few high school students work or own cars. Here kids work to buy their own things. The Japanese transpor- toUor. system is hiily devel-- ; oped and students dont need . cars. Visitors walking through the school were impressed at it's cleanliness. KHS students dis- - 3 Jeona Martin and Jesse Arbogast in crafts class at Sekigahara Youth Camp. Progress is based on exit and heard anyone entrance XamsiStudents have teacher, a Jot of .pressure to do well in There are no major discipline school and to gat into college, problems because they are covered at the end of the day Students are tracked from an that when the bell rang, Japa- - early age, Kid&foel pressure to nese students went into pre-aget in the better school. Parents to locations dean their: expect mare from students and signed school. They donned rubber they are proud Of their boots and deaned loi- - tion system. 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