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A Slice of Life as a Teacher in Japan

Eat Your Crust

CHAPTER

The Differences Between School and America

In Japan, their breaks are often shorter than other countries but they're more spaced out. The first big difference that I can think of off the top of my head for Japanese and American schools is that Japanese schools are a lot more exam focused. At my school there's about 200 some students and I teach every single one of them. So most of them get one class a week for me. Yes, so it's even more crammed than college courses. A little bit like UCSD. They should do a long summer break and long winter break. Korea has a really long winter break because they actually have snow there versus it's hot but it's not unbearable I guess. Actually, summer in

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