Met some of my kids in Himeji, Yumi and Aiyana around 9pm. They were taking the train back to Tatsuno from juku class (cram school) or in another words, extra tutoring class. It was test time so they went to juku class today. Usually most of the kids just go to the juku in town, but these kids took the 25 minute train into Himeji just to go to juku. It always suprises me how Japan operates, usually in America if a kid needs help they stay after school and ask the teacher for help, but here i rarely see that happen, the kids just go to juku and ask for help there. How different. The two 3rd grade girls both want to go to the local high school in town. I would agree with that because it is close to their home and sure beats an hour commute to another school.
Later on stopped by the local grocery store, and whoa, more kids. It was Mr. Shyohei, Mr. Taime, and another student. 10pm and they just got out of their juku. In America parents would wonder where there kids are. But not here in Japan, the kids are just getting done with school, and they have to get up bright and early in the morning and do it all again. Guess that is life as a Japanese student, study, study, study.
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