They say education is the foundation of society\u2014and since Japanese and American societies are different in many ways, it may not surprise you that aspects of the two countries\u2019 educational systems are like chalk and cheese. To find out just how different learning your ABCs (or \u3042\u3044\u3046s) can be in the U.S. and Japan, study up on these nine things that are commonplace in Japanese public schools, but probably wouldn\u2019t fly in America.<\/p>\n
While only about\u00a020 percent<\/a>\u00a0of public schools in the U.S. require uniforms, nearly all Japanese public school students suit up from junior high school on. The traditional uniform is a high-collared, black, military-style suit for boys and a beribboned sailor blouse and pleated skirt for girls (sorry ladies, there\u2019s no pants option). These as-seen-in-anime styles are still the norm for middle school students, but the high school uniform is gradually being replaced by the tartan skirts and trousers with ties typical of Western parochial schools. Besides regulating clothing, shoes, and backpacks, many Japanese secondary schools impose strict bans on makeup, nail polish, hairstyles, and even eyebrow grooming that would make the average American teen wince. Perhaps the most eye-opening aspect of Japanese school dress codes, though, is that\u00a0until the 1990s<\/a>, these mortifying\u00a0buruma<\/a>(bloomers) were the standard girls\u2019 PE uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" They say education is the foundation of society\u2014and since Japanese and American societies are different in many ways, it may not surprise you that aspects of the two countries\u2019 educational systems are like chalk and cheese. To find out just how different learning your ABCs (or \u3042\u3044\u3046s) can be in the U.S. and Japan, study…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dobertn7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}