I heard that school is in on Sundays in Japan. True of false?
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1 :
No, Asian country have school on Saturday for older students, not lower school students. Last year I was in China and the students went to school on Sunday because the country's birthday was Monday so it is a holiday for everyone. So they don't really get a day off with a holiday, they make it up.
2 :
unfortunately no
3 :
No. But some go for a half day on Saturday.
4 :
No regular classes on a Sunday, but there could very well be club activity or entrance exam prep, etc. on a Sunday. At a certain school I taught at the kendo coach/head of math dept. was there 364 days a year to keep up with his team and his math dept. duties+his homeroom responsibilities-he always stayed home on New Year's Day though!
5 :
Usually no classes. But there are often club activities. Also, some special events and ceremonies (or prepping for them) like sports, graduation and entrance ceremonies.
6 :
Not usually, but some special ceremony might be held on sundays or holidays like field athletic meet so-called Undo-kai, parent's observation for schooling so-called Jyugyo sankan, pupil's cultural festival so-called Bunka-sai etc. These are not so often rather few times just in one year.
7 :
No but the kids will often go to a "cram" school at night for important subjects. I taught kids English after they had dinner. Sundays are family time for most japanese kids.
8 :
Japanese regular schools are usually not open on Sundays, but some specific type schools are. In Japan (and many other counties in Asia like Korea), competition in school entrance exam is so hard. Almost all teenagers, high school and junior high students goes to expensive private cramming school called "Juku" or "Yobikou" (preparing school) after regular school. That kind of private school, it is rather common to take classes even on Sundays.
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