How do they work? Do you take an entrance exam? Do you have a credit score like in Canada? (in Canada: you need 42 -I think- to graduate high school, what ever classes you take means you get a number of credits -AP math you get 4 credits, normal math 2 credits) Can you pick and choose what you want to take? (Ex: Take Canadian History, or Geography) When does the school year start? (April, I think) When is summer break? Are there any other breaks? If so, how long are they? Lot of questions, I know lol xD I'm not going to be going to school in Japan, I'm just wornding how the school systems work aha xD
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there are some canadian schools there you can go to.
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Public schools require students to take exams for 4 subjects or more. It depends on the school system. Plus an interview. Or essay and interview. It's much more difficult to enter a public school than private. By the way, they are talking about making tuition fees for public schools free of charge. I'm not sure if this law is already in place, but there are rumors about it. We don't have a credit system here. But I believe you have to have good attendance, and the average of all your subjects must be 4 or 5. They grade here by 1-5, 1 being the worst and 5 the best. 4 or 5 means you have to have 4 or 5 in your grade sheet and no 1,2 or maybe 3 too. Subjects: English, Math, Japanese, Either; Science, History or Social Studies. School starts at April. We have summer breaks from the end of july until the 1st week of September. Most schools give out homeworks. In my school they did that until the second yr. We were allowed to have lesser homeworks on the 3rd yr so we can study for college entrance exams. Other breaks are winter and spring breaks. They are shorter than summer breaks. Mostly from 2 weeks.
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>Do you take an entrance exam? Everyone must take an entrance exam if you want to join a high school. But some kids go to a high school without an exam if they had very good grade at junior high school. >Do you have a credit score like in Canada? (in Canada: you need 42 -I think- to graduate high school, what ever classes you take means you get a number of credits -AP math you get 4 credits, normal math 2 credits) No. Only colleges have it in Japan. >Can you pick and choose what you want to take? (Ex: Take Canadian History, or Geography) Much of subjects are compulsory in Japanese high schools. There is little room to choose. But we can choose some of them. >When does the school year start? (April, I think) April. >When is summer break? It's usually between mid-July and the end of August. >Are there any other breaks? If so, how long are they? We have 2 weeks as winter and spring break.
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