East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-03-19
|Japan's s High Schools
Offer Pupils Three
Achievement Levels

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Il School student who is finding
Il school easier than usual thi.
year, despite the handicap, he
calls it, of the language. But
\ Hiroshi Shibata of Japan is
doing very well with his Eng
lish as all who hear him speak
can testify. The Japanese youth
will get back to his own curric-
ulum and the additional cred
it's to graduate from the Kobe
accelerated high school next
year.
Hiroshi is the 1958-59 Ameri-
can Field Service student at
Shaw. He is concentrating his
years studies on things Ameri-
can, American history, Ameri-
can government, American
classics, to become better ac-
quainted with the American
people and their way Of life.
He is finding the real America
a far cry from the pictured
America which American NOV
les and articles on America led
him to believe before he was
privileged to come and see for
himself.
Living with a typical Amer
lean family, the Henry Lyn-
dalls, attending a typical and
fundamental American high
school, Shaw; and having the
opportunity to be a part of the
community life are the chan
nels which AFS have opened
I to him. He is learning and un-
derstanding how American
youth think, act, and accept
their citizenship responsible
ties.
Speaking before the East
Cleveland Community Council
;. and answering their eager
questions was another ex-
perience for Hiroshi. He ex-
planned the Japanese school
system, adopted after the
American plan following World
War II.
Students in a japanese high
school, he said, carry ten sub
jects with classes in the major
subjects once or twice a week
Japan, he explained, offers
three types Of high school to
meet the needs Of every youth.
There is the school for the fast
er learning student, the schoo'
for the average pupil, and the
vocational school. In all are
taught also the arts and the
languages for a we'll rounded
education. Nine years of school
ing are required.
Entrance examinations are
required for both high school
and college. OF colleges and
universities, public and pri-
vate, there are too few for all
who would enroll.
High schools offer English
(which with other languages
are taught down in the grades)
Latin, Greek, French and Ger
man. In math there is every
thing from simple algebra and
plane geometry through calcu-
lus. Music is a must. Other arts
are also available. Swimming
wrestling, Judo, basketball, VOL
eyball and the top favorite of
all Japan, baseball, are includ-
ed. However, there is less be-
tween school competition in
sports.
Classes are held six days a
week and home work adds an
other five hours daily. Vaca-
tions offer two weeks in the
winter, ten days in the Spring
and from five to more weeks
in the summer. But Hiroshi
as do many other japanese stu
dents, enroll in an extra four
week summer course to add
still more to their knowledge.
There is far less informalityl
in school. Teachers are held in
the highest esteem and given
the utmost respect. Fellow pu-
pills are addressed as "Miss"
and "Mister." Only in the clos
est of friendships do boys call
each other by the last name
omitting the mister"
On the whole, Hiroshi who
seeks a career as a diplomat,
pays the greatest of tributes to
American Field Service for the
opportunity it is giving youth
to visit other countries, gain.
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