Japanese React to American Elementary School !
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Since we're having Kaito who goes to an elementary school here in Japan, I thought it would be a cool idea to talk about the difference in the school system. And this was his reaction of the American elementary school ! Not sure if any of you remember that time (hehe) but hope you enjoyed the video!
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Every American school has to serve lunch unless its private. If you make a lower income the school lunch is free. Nice video!
Kinda late I know, but just wanna say that it's not necessarily true that all schools have to serve lunch cause my school doesn't and it's not a private school. It's a charter school, and everyone has to bring their own lunch unless your parents paid for hot lunches which are lunches from nearby restaurants. Also, my school is a k-12, but if someone forgets their lunch then (idk for elementary but def for middle) you could go to the front desk and get a free lunch. But there was only a set number of free lunches cause it's customary to bring ur own. Sometimes someone would be sick and the hot lunch that they ordered would be given to a kid who didn't have a lunch.
For P.E in America you only start changing for P.E in middle school and from then on
Where I went we changed starting in elementary and up
@Rebecca Boyer
Oh well at least in California lol and a lot of other places like Texas and Virginia and Oregon
As a Californian, I can confirm that yeah, most middle and high schools is when you are required to wear P.E. uniforms.
Locker rooms are always chaotic, I swear
Depends on the school.
Where I went to school in Kentucky you didn’t change for P.E.
However in Jrotc you had to change for P.T. Every Friday.
I was surprised to see that the video was actually just like my elementary school, that’s a good representation, and every school has the option of getting school lunch or bringing your own, and snacks were allowed in class
by "snack allowed during class" do you mean you can just take out a bag of chips and start crunching away while the teacher explains math? Or just that you can bring them as your lunch?
Every school I've been to (in Germany and South Africa) has allowed students to drink during class, but I'm fairly sure they wouldn't have taken kindly to actually eating. That's what the breaks are for. The German and South African schools had short breaks every two "school hours" (one hour being 45 minutes), and a longer lunch break. I went to an "American International" school in South Africa as well (located in South Africa, but following the US curriculum) and over there, it was customary to have just one super long recess instead.
At German schools you can bring whatever you want to eat. They pretty much don't offer any school lunch (or when they do, nobody eats it anyway, so they don't bother making it good.) At one of the South African schools I went to (based on British education system), they did forbid sweets and sugary drinks. The American-based school was the only school I've been to that actually had a proper cafeteria that people used. I don't remember them having any regulations for bringing your own lunch. People chose about 50/50 whether they brought their own, or ate school lunch. They even provided a microwave that students were allowed to use to heat up their own food.
Same here. I was in elementary school in the late 90's, and this is still a dead-ringer of American elementary schools in that era as well. (If you ignore the tablets, of course.)
@@animalobsessed1 Bring them for lunch. Most teachers in America would make you put your snack away until the next break or lunchtime. (With or without scolding you first lol)
Interesting that you mentioned that South Africa banning sugary drinks from schools. I remember that in the 2010's, the Obamas were passing some measures in schools to try and combat childhood obesity, which included banning soft drinks. (Unfortunately loopholes were getting exploited, such as folks owning the soda machines in my high school stocking them with Gatorade/Powerade instead, which is practically just as sugary as things like Coke and Pepsi.)
@@animalobsessed1 im in middle school (u.s.) and you can just like eat gum or a chocolate bar or something like that during class but idk abt chips
@@animalobsessed1 in schools where I have worked there is a ten minute snack break and the children can use a snack sent from home at that time. They can’t just snack whenever they want.
Kids in North America, jealous of kids in Japan. Kids in Japan, jealous of kids in North America. Seems the "grass is greener on the other side".
I think you are being too kind. First I've heard of that! I wouldn't of wanted to experience their strict rules in Japan, no thank you.
I’m in middle school going to high school next year and I live in The US but I’ve always wanted to go to school in Japan and S. Korea bc of all the videos I’ve watched and stuff and I actually wouldn’t midd the “strict” rules and stuff bc in the videos the kids actually look like they’re friends with everyone and etc. but idk that’s my opinion 😅♥️
oh hey! the gun sign 😅 since you guys mentioned water guns - anything that even looked liked a gun was prohibited, and if you brought one to school the whole school would go into lockdown, even if it was a fake gun! at least that's what happened when I was in elementary school until 2013
When I was in elementary school (like 4th grade) I made a gun shape with my hand using just my thumb and index finger and used it to point at my friend (in a very homie to homie way). I got in so much trouble for it since "it was a gun" even though i wasnt even trying to reference one. I thought it was super stupid but I was on the bus at the time and the driver threatened to pull the bus over because of it lol.
@@gimbadin7549 one time a kid got suspended from school from making a gun shape out of his pop tart during lunch, it even made the news.
@@LeeAkrish omg I just finished writing my comment about that!! I forgot it was just a pop tart 🤣
I'm a teacher. The policy is strict. You bring a toy gun, you get a write up. A bus driver wrote up one my 4 year old students for having a toy gun.
During covid online school a kid got in trouble for having a toy gun in his room while he did the class
It’s kinda cool to see Kaito’s reactions to stuff I’m so used to, especially since I’m around his age
I feel like I’m taking my education system for granted now
Different schools start at different times, my school starts at 7:30, so I have to leave at 7:05 or 7:10
Also I've noticed that my school experiences are a bit more similar to the Japanese, partially because I went to private school (expensive, wear uniforms and more strict).
that's even earlier than ours !!
For my school I have to wake up at 6:00 and get on the bus at 6:45 and be there at 7:40
I have to wake up around 6:00-6:50 am, get on the bus at 7:00-7:20, arrive at school around 8:00, and start school at 8:05
(I wish I didn’t live so far away from my school do I could arrive earlier and have more time to hang out with my friends)
For my school is we wake up at 6:00-6:10 me and my siblings get done at 6:54 and we get on the bus
On 7:05 then we wait in the cafeteria then we go to class at 7:20-7:30 we go to Recess or do indoor Recess at 9:45
We which at 10:00 for math and science then we got to lunch at 11:45-11-30 then we go to pe at 12:00 then we go
Back to math class then we which back at 2:00 then bus/daycare/helpers leave at 2:50 then were home at 3:20
Or more sometimes we have homework but we have homework more and this is all 3 grade because am in
3 grade and lunch is free
They get to start after 8! I remember always waiting for the bus at 6 or 7 depending on the year
that's way too early haha
pfft I gotta go out at 5:15
@@thecat3059 that must be rough
@@Toast0nyx its awful
They’re is some diversity in schools. Some still have desks in a row. But more and more it’s groups. Those bouncy balls to sit on are for posture though it doesn’t work😄. Some wiggly kids who have trouble sitting still go on them too. That’s not always good! There is a good side to fun and free and a bad side as some kids can be wild. A good teacher can often inspire them to focus. Not always (I’ve worked in the classroom as an assistant). Some kids do better with a more free model and some do better with structure. Most schools have both a lunch they can purchase at school (free for poor children) and the option to bring lunch. Every school is like that. It’s up to the family if the child buys lunch or brings it. School start times vary too. Anything from 7:30 am to 9 am. Depends on the school district. You chose a good video - it’s a pretty good view of American Elementary schools
I don’t wanna bring this topic up but it’s important so I may as well lol
There’s also a lot of sexism in American schools (most likely everywhere but in the US it’s kinda different)
I might have ADHD (undiagnosed but show all the symptoms and it runs in my blood) and I was a victim of the sexism in American schools
Like boys with adhd were allowed to be hyperactive and not pay attention, but the moment I did any of that my teachers would use the public humiliation tactic on me to get me to stop.
Also the dress code mainly being used against girls, girls getting harassed by predatory teachers, learning disabilities being undermined especially for girls
The list goes on but I just wanted to address it to raise awareness
And the main reason girls get shamed for being hyper and not paying attention is bc of the harmful stereotype of
“Girls need to shut up, listen, and obey”
Which obviously is hard to do with ADHD
I believe this is why most ADHD girls are quiet about it, because we’re told that being ourselves isn’t okay and we’re “ill” and need to be “fixed” and stuff like that
I believe the school start and end times are heavily related to bus schedules; when I was in elementary school, we started at 9:20 and finished at 3:30, but at another school nearby it was 8:20-2:30. There's a wide range, though. I even went to a school that started at 7:20 and ended at 2:45
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Yeah in my district they timed the middle and high school to be an hour earlier than the elementary schools so that the buses could do 2 routes
Yes, very wide range of school start/stop times. Some elementary students in my district are dropped off by parents or by bus as early as 6:30 AM. School starts at 7:40 - 7:50 AM. School is out by 2:20-2:45 (elementary starts the earliest, followed by middle school, and then high school.
Same here, but I have to get up around 5:00 every morning and head to the bus stop at 6:00 in my highschool years. I usually start class at 7:20 and go home at 2:45 when class in the afternoon is done. I usually walked home and the traffic is like super dangerous.
Aww he was so cute! 20 now so it’s been about 10 years as well since I’ve been to elementary school, but from what I remember this seems pretty accurate. I’d say there’s a 50/50 split on who brings lunches and who buys. Where I went to school you had to change for P.E. But it wasn’t a uniform just an extra set of gym clothes, light T-Shirt, shorts, sneakers.
the only people who change for PE are middle and up for me. Elementary schoolers only change their shoes for PE
very interesting
The fun thing about American schools is that they can all differ. Some schools start at different times, some have different curriculums, also some schools don't have buses and everyone walks to school. You will never find a school that does it exactly the same as another school. Also I think all schools have a school lunch option, but the American school lunch is infamous for its food.
I also really loved this video!!
thanks 🥺
Wow, I feel old now! 😂 I went to elementary school in the 90s, so that whole video was a bit of a shock for me mostly from a tech standpoint. I honestly don't remember even seeing a computer in school until 6th grade! (I was around Kaito's age, actually.) Also, kindergarden was the only year I remember out desks being grouped together, and our chairs were hard and uncomfortable. Other than that, I really don't remember a lot about my experience in elementary school, but I think thats a result of it being over 20 years ago! (Again with the feeling old!)🤣
I started in 2001 and we had computers in our classroom. By the time I was in highschool SMARTboards started taking over the whiteboard.
Yeah i even felt so old so you must feel like a dinosaur 😂 jkjk
@@Choppylovechoppy Yea, this dinosaur is gonna cover you in ketchup, and eat you like a French fry! 🤣
Imagine going to elementary school in the 60s like I did. The only hint at technology was that one of our "jungle gyms" was shaped like an Apollo space capsule.
At my schools (in DC), we only used school buses for field trips and special circumstances. We got cards that let us use the bus and metro for free during the school week instead.
Both my middle and high school have really high security. Have to go through metal detectors every time we enter the building and put our bags through a baggage scanner. Security guards at every entrance and positioned throughout the hallway. No metal cutlery. Active shooter drills several times a year. Security cameras covering every inch of the school (except the bathroom, which has no outside door, just stall doors)
They once tried to ban resealable containers of any kind because people were bringing drugs in their lunch boxes. That lasted about a day before the student, parent, and teacher uproar became too much for the administrators. They also will periodically ban filled water bottles (have to dump them out before entering and refill them inside) because people were bringing vodka.
No paper towels or trashcans in the bathroom because people were setting them on fire.
We had an assembly of all the freshman girls because apparently, we alone (just the freshman girls) had more fights in the first few months of school than any other grade in a year. Our response? Cheering.
Public school is wild.
i’ve never seen students sit on yoga balls before in america whatt… also where I live (in california) most people don’t go on those yellow buses. I don’t know anybody that went to school and back home by taking the bus. we have only used those buses for any field trips.
Lived and went to school in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico and everybody that live on or close to the school bus routes generally take the bus. Parents gotta go to work so you got it from them if you missed your bus and they had to drive you to school. The school buses still go by my house for elementary, middle, and high school kids.
The exercise balls are for the kids who need help sitting up. It’s to develop their core strength.
Awww Kaito is so cute and funny, what a cool kiddo! Schools here in the US are so free that when they started implementing a dress code when I was in 5th grade I was FURIOUS hahaha, I didn't know how lucky I was! Of course my school wasn't quite like this, much more dull because I live in a poor part of the country and we didn't have all the nice tech back in the 90s lol but still. I was so mad about not being allowed to wear tank tops to school anymore because I had so much freedom that any new rules felt like a huge insult 😅 I really was going around telling the adults KIDS HAVE RIGHTS TOO YOU KNOW omg
I remember back at my first elementary school there was this day called “Penny Day” where kids would bring pennies to school and every classroom would have a different activity to spend pennies on.
My favorite Penny Day activity was playing Wii Sports (held in the computer lab of course)
I remember beating my classmate at Wii Wrestling and my ego was high for the rest of the year 😂
WOW you just unlocked a memory I forgot I had
Our system was a little different though, it was the same deal where you bring in pennies per classroom, but after a certain amount of time, the classroom with the most amount of money earned would get a pizza party lol
Our "penny party" was usually a drive around Halloween time for donations for UNICEF.
It honestly depends per district (or maybe county?) when you go to school, some places have it as early as 7 am. Depending on the grade/level, you might have no assigned desk or sit in a group, or you would have an assigned desk and sit in rows individually. Having those ball chairs is something new and probably something most schools don't have. They are supposedly more ergonomic or something, but yeah I can't imagine many schools putting that much thought or money into their students. We had chairs that had been there since the 60s or 70s. Buying new chairs and new desks just wasn't really something anyone wanted to do, so long as it still worked, or so long as it wasn't a health hazard.
But we do generally get carpeted floors in lower grades!
I really must be getting old if video projectors are standard issue... they only really came along in high school for me, and then the last part of high school we got the kind you could write on digitally (like a giant tablet), I think they are called smart boards?
Anyway, when I was in elementary school, we had to use those old clunky overhead projectors, and a lot of times we had to share them between classrooms. But, honestly, at the time I left school I really think the overhead projectors were way more clear and reliable than smart boards... in the only classroom I had a smartboard in, we had to calibrate that damn thing SO often that our teacher eventually just gave up on using it.
And we didn't get tablets, of course. I would have LOVED to have photos of the old computer rooms we had to go to, when we had the clunky CRT monitors and stiffer, larger keyboards. The hilarious amount of wires and cords.
I always had to eat the school lunch, it sometimes was a real problem because of my sensory issues... But, every school is legally required to offer hot lunch, but it is also something students have to pay for each time. That's why they have lunch cards.
Honestly, this school looks way more happy and equipped than mine was! If a video is made of it, then it may have a lot more funds for better stuff and more teachers per student... Unfortunately, our schools are funded by local taxes, which means you get a WIDE variety in quality... It's one of our biggest issues.
And I think your school bags would have been much better for us, they are more durable and are specifically meant to fit school work and books, right? We really do get rucksacks in comparison... the canvas easily breaks and snags, especially with how much work some schools give their students.
This sounds a lot more like my experience, since I go to a public school. I went to a private school once that was even worse, which provided no lunch, had only fold out tables & chairs, and had a portable dry erase board to teach the class. And the building itself was 3 portable rooms stuck together. There was a main building where we ate & had some classrooms in it, but I only had I think 3 classes there over 2 years. The year before that the whole school was a hallway & a gym split into 2: half for gym, and half for eating lunch 😂 I had never been so excited to go back to public school!
Kaito seemed to mention the tech rollout in Japan as of recently, but it is worth noting that the tablets were coming regardless of covid. I'm currently an ALT over here and thanks to that I got to see the process of the GIGA school program getting accelerated due to covid. The tablets would have been rolling out to every student within the next few years regardless though. That's why they were able to have such a quick reaction to covid with the tablets. Let's be real, if this wasn't a plan in the making already where would the supply or money for it have come from right?
Loved the reaction hope for more reactions about the day in the life of an American.
My elementary school experience was pretty similar to this video! I always bought lunch in the cafeteria. For snacks, I think for most teachers, the rule was don’t bring snacks unless you had enough to share with the whole class. Most students would bring a fun snack or dessert to share on their birthday, too.
Everything is greener on the other side of the fence.
I had a different start time I would have to be there by 7:50 and school would start at 8 everyone’s school is different and start at different times
I went to elementary school in the 90's and that's pretty close to how it was for us. There was an allotted break time for snacks if we wanted to (or just wanted some of our lunch early), but otherwise we weren't allowed to eat or drink in class. We didn't have the balls to sit on but some classrooms had a few beanbag chairs for reading in if you got done with classwork early or something. Depending on the school or classroom, we had cubby holes for backpacks and stuff, the hangers for them, or sometimes both. We didn't have to change for PE until middle school, and then it wasn't a uniform, it was shorts, shirts, and shoes suitable for exercising in. Computers were still relatively new, so the Library often doubled as the computer lab as well (since they had computers you were supposed to use to look up books anyways) until later on when schools dedicated whole classrooms for real computer lab spaces. Every school let you choose whether you would bring your lunch or buy it from them. Often, you could buy meal plans that prepaid for a certain number of lunches during the year or flat out for the whole year, period. If you bought the plans, they gave you punchcards that covered however many meals we paid for, but we could always just bring money and pay in cash instead. Over here in Texas, schools actually offered breakfast as well if you wanted/needed it. I don't remember if they offered that in Arizona and New Mexico too, where I've also lived, but I was never a morning person, so I almost always skipped breakfast in favor of more sleep and stayed up late. There was always the regular school lunch line, but there was also the school store/snack line where you could buy things like red baron personal pizzas, pizza pockets, gatorades, candy or granola bars, otter pops, pop tarts, chips, sodas and other stuff that you couldn't get with the lunch cards. Hell, the college I went to had similar cafeteria and meal plan systems in place as well.
Anyways, I really loved watching this video and both of your reactions and memories. Also, just wanted to mention that both public playgrounds and school playgrounds have only gotten bigger and better over the years. Always had the usual jungle gym type stuff and basketball courts that could double for soccer (with very small goals in PE) or serve as the field for kickball, and quarter mile race tracks (in middle school and higher). Not quite all of the schools I've been to or seen had soccer and football fields as well.
When tim said 8am was early i was standing there like: I have to be there by 7am.....I have to wake up at 6 😫
Its been 20 years since Ive been in elementary school and it has changed a lot. Though I barely was involved in the classes, I spent most of my time in the library or computer lab as I was rarely allowed to attend class for various reasons. But when I went to school there was no recess, that had been removed for any grade past first grade, lessons were taught straight out of a textbook and all the chairs were those plastic ones that were so slippery it was as if they were greased. That was true for schools I attended in Florida, Georgia and Montana.
The time is different in each state. Here in Tennessee my son started at 7:45 am, and high schooler start at 8:45 am. In California started at 8:45 am for elementary. High school started at 7:45 am. So the older ones are home when the younger ones get out. I do not know of a school that has you sit on balls. Most schools say it is a distraction. Kids have only 20 minutes to eat their lunches until they are pushed out the door to the playground. Now when I was in school. We had 3 recesses, the kids now get 1 recess only after lunch and all they get is 10 to 20 minutes. The school lunches were better before 2008. Then it went to dog do do. Elementary kids in Tennessee they have to sit with their teacher while eating. No going to whatever table you wanted like when I was a kid. One thing they do not tell you. They have special time to do group work. They do not do it all the time. If you finish your work for that subject. You can not do the next subject. Even if you know it. You get in trouble for being off task. We have people that clean our schools. I heard you as students clean your classrooms.
High school: 7:20
Elementary: 8:20
MIddle: 9:20 that was my schooling system.
Yes that means in middle school you didn't get home until around 4pm. This was due to them using the same buses for all three levels, and so the drivers first off, had more hours to drive, and secondly, so the counties didn't have to buy more buses and pay more drivers.
I live in Japan for 3 years and it was 2 to 5 th grade so most of my childhood yk. And to listen to him talk abt how he got to school brings memories bc I went to a Japanese school and did the exact same thing
Dramatic difrences with Albanian school.( we used to leave the school before 12:00. )
12 : 00 !?!?!?!? 😂
Whhaaat? I remember leaving the school around 2-3. Things have changed since I left!
I don’t know if they do this everywhere. But sometimes parents can bring food for their kids at lunch from popular restaurants like McDonald’s. And then the parents can sit at the lunch table and eat with the children as well.
The reason why i would want to go to a Japanese school is because it reminds me of how i used to spend my school days before i moved to Canada, pretty formal, and the uniforms. I used to get up at around 5am, then get to school at 7 because the class would start at around 7:30am, and then the classes would end at 4:30pm but we had to clean the classroom and i would finish before 5pm. I had baseball club so i would be home at around 7:30pm because i had to walk home too, which was 20-30 minutes walk
In some places, kids bookbags have to be clear or mesh, so kids cant bring in drugs or weapons into the school, this is more of a middle school and highschool thing though.
About the school lunches, all schools allow you to choose to bring lunch or buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.
In my elementary we started school at 7:30 and got out at 2:15 and on Wednesday (short day) we got out at 11:45 we also had short days of it was too hot (San Diego). Lunch and breakfast was free for everyone and we didn’t need pins. We had normal class where everything was taught in English and we had other classes where mostly everything was taught in English except for a couple lessons that were taught in Spanish and your parent would choose what type of class you would go into it was either English or bilingual (I was in bilingual from kinder to 5th). My school wore uniforms (white or navy shirt and navy bottoms) but some kids just came in whatever they wanted and no one really cared. It wasn’t that strict when I went. But from what my younger cousins say it has gotten more strict (except for uniforms they don’t ware them anymore).
I was one of the first picked up in the morning by the bus. It covered a long distance for picking up kids. So I would have to be picked up a little after 6 am to get to school by 8am. School would get out at 3 pm, and I would be the last one dropped off so I would get home around 5 pm. So a little less than 14 hours on the bus a week. From my experience public school was violent, time wasting, and mostly pointless. Most of what I've learned in life was on my own. I like learning new things. I don't know what the heck they call that in public school in the US, but its not learning. It's early showing in society too. Most people don't have critical thinking skills anymore.
I'm from New York State and we were supposed to be at elementary school by 8AM. Some school districts are later than that.
"so early" me, who had to get there by 6:55 or 7:00: chuckles
😂
That was interesting to me too, even though I live in the US. I was homeschooled all the way until college, so I never had this "typical" school experience. But being homeschooled was great - I loved it and I think it was better for me than normal school would have been. :)
Homeschooling !? That’s amazing.
Wild, this was pretty different in a lot of ways than my elementary schooling in the early 2000s, although some of it was odd about the school itself
The video didn't include the very weird Reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States every morning (super creepy), as well as when you hit a certain amount of School Lunch Debt the workers were forced to throw out your lunch and give you a plain cheese and bread sandwich to eat instead.
It was not all bad however, because there were performances and educational demonstrations that came in to visit sometimes as well as music classes and library time.
The personal school stuff is that my school was built out of mostly concrete and steel by a prison architect as a mirror image of one across town, and there were no solid walls between classrooms. Instead, there were rolling dividers that did not reach the floor or cieling, so you could hear the other classes on your floor all talking. That, and there were murals of eyes on the walls in more than one place in the school, which is odd.
2:00 When he said the word 'brand' in Japanese, 'brando' I just remember some anime with a long rolled 'r' 'brrrrrrandoooo!' with an 'yoooooooh' at the end. xD XD
6:10 you don't want carpets. They collect stains and odors. They may be 'softer' than hard wood floors but they are harder to clean and therefore no one wants to sit on them.
They give students the large balls to sit on to help with concentration. My son had those in his 1st grade classroom. Kids that tend to fidget, it helps. Example: children who have ADHD
LOL! I know that school district and I have family members/friends that went to that school
So nice to hear from Kaito into the channel. I am from the USA and attended elementary school here. It is interesting to contrast the American and Japanese elementary schools: I like the uniformity of the Japanese school in some ways, though it is a lot different from the American school. American kids sometimes suffer from a a kind of sensitivity to imposed rules. It might be better if there were period of time when the rules were more strict so they also have that experience, because as an adult you often have to regulate your behavior. We don’t usually get that from experiences outside of school, like part time jobs or religious activities.
maybe things have changed more than i thought since i was in elementary school, but i don’t remember it being like this.
it’s familiar but much different.
but the last time i was in elementary school was in 2014…
@Joe Guajardo no
Some schools in the US are using classrooms where students can move around or sit however they wish in order to help them focus more.
Depending on the district school busses have to drive as far as 20-30 miles to pick up all the students. Even in states like Florida.
haha brands! yep. he's nailed it. -JC
My grandkids want to go to Japan ☺️we watch arcade videos and lottery pulls ,and they are amazed at all the cute foods !! I would love to see the temples,,and all the natural beauty 🌸
You would love it here !
@@Choppylovechoppy 🤞🤞maybe one of these days We will get to visit your beautiful country !!
I know when my Dad when high school they had a club (ROTC) with guns where target practice took place on campus. But in more recent years this was, well, discouraged. In fact 1990 it became against the law to have guns at school. However I think that ruling was established as unconstitutional. Air riffles replaced firearms in these programs.
wooow
@@Choppylovechoppy Also I'm sure it'll shock you I started shooting when I was 5/6. In fact I still have the same riffle which happens to be from WWII European theater.
In Elementary school We all pay for our food, And it's six hours a day and we woke up at about 9-8 am. My school was never fun like this.
As an American and knowing how Japanese (and most Asians I think...) do school, they seem so much healthier and more disciplined than us. Idk, I'm very big into tradition, rules, and unity and just seeing and comparing how American schools are done versus how Asian ones are done is amazing. Please don't be offended, I don't hate American schools or anything, I just look back now (I'm fixing to graduate highschool) and wish I had lived in Japan or went to an Asian school most of my life or something.
8:55 that milk is enormous for what ive seen as well. Or maybe its just skinny. The lucern milk we always had was frequently not sealed properly. I would test squeeze them.
I will say I am in my mid 30s so things have probably changed but the class room set up was no different than it was in high-school. Not counting kindergarten and maybe 1st grade. Just rows of desks. All of us always facing forward looking at our books or teacher.
I also grew up on an air force base. So that might have also played a role.
air force base !?
@@Choppylovechoppy yes. I was born on the Mountain Home Airforce Base in Idaho, USA. My mother, father, and step father were all active members of the air force for some to almost all of my childhood.
From 4 years old till the 4th grade I lived in a house on the base. On the base there were three schools, one was k-2, another was 3-6, and the last was 7,8. 9-12 (high-school) went to the closest town which was about 15 minutes away by car. So I went to 2 of those schools before we moved off the base to a small town about 30 minutes by car in another direction.
My next school did k-6 in one building with all of the students going to another for 7-12. My bus rides at the small town were 30-40 minutes long due to how spread out everyone was. It was a small class. My 6th grade had 15 people, and my 12th grade had 20. That high-school building had another several towns going there just to get that extra 5 people.
@@Choppylovechoppy oh, I meant to offer this in my last response. If you have any questions about the American education system I am happy to try to answer them. Both my stepmom, and my mom are teachers, and I often talk to them about their work. My mom went back to school after leaving the air force, and became a teacher.
Please know that as of writing this it's past 9pm where I live, and I have to be up at 515 in the morning so I am heading to bed. But I would be happy to answer when I get up.
"How old are you?"
" *Good* "
as someone learning another language, i feel that
Haha
Me wondering why there are like no views then I realize it was just posted today -
Don't be misled by the time, guys - In my county in TN, elementary school day starts at 8:00a - but some parentrs are dropping their kids off as early as 6:30.
Not sure if you have known so this is hopefully just to elaborate more. In most states in America people can get a license to "concealed carry" a gun. So they can legally have a handgun hidden on their person. Some businesses, especially those with kids will have posted signs stating that guns are not allowed on in the building. So even if you do have a concealed carry license you are legally not allowed to bring it onto that business's property.
One of the biggest differences that they didn't mention was that, depending on the school system (which is usually depending on the town and/or state), the years/grades of the students are different.
In Japan, it's kindergarten, then 1-6 grade for elementary, 7-9 grade for middle(中1~3) and 10-12 grade for high school (高1～3).
Where I went, the schools were divided into: K~2, 3~5, 6~8, and 9~12. A friend in a different state went to K~2, 3~7, and 9~12 if I remember right.
I honestly do love school in America in my elementary and middle school we had lots of classes outside or In the woods and we could work with other people to solve problems and high school is also fun because it’s so diverse and crazy shit happens all the time like massive fights and people getting high in the halls and doing stupid stuff and the rules are so relaxed that people have come in without shirts and there entire underwear showing and the teachers didn’t care
And the sad part is that this is a normal comment...
I had a uniform in elementary school and we didn't have to change for P.E. I didn't have to change until middle school
Most of my friends brought lunch cause you have to pay for lunch, even in elementary school
School lunch was also usually really cheap and bland, so I don't blame them for bringing their own
We also had uniforms that never properly fit lol, because most of the time they're just bought at Walmart
I was notorious for passing out from heat exhaustion during gym class because we didn't have a second uniform to change into, they had to call the paramedics and everything
Bad times LOL
It was also around 7:00 am that I had to wake up, then 6 am for middle school, and 5 am for high school, so the older kids could be home earlier in the day to take care of the younger kids while the parents worked
my advise for Japanese exchange students high school is the toughest i am American and i can definitely say its the hardest to go through
Kaito has a good reaction😆❤️
What school did you go to in Chicago do you remember? Asking cuz I’m from Chicago aswell
oooh... all i remember is that there were people named " Haidee " " Maya " " Sophie " " Ben " 😂
Ha I had to be there at 7:15
I legit thought his first impression would just be “guns” 😂
those weird ball seats are good for your posture haha
They use card for lunch?? When I was in elementary school to middle school they gave us tickets and highschool they gave us a number we hade to insert to get lunch
As nice as the "freedom" is, as an adult i understand the rules of Japanese school. The kids are learning important lessons: how to cook, how to clean up after themselves and each other, how to focus. Rules like no supplies from home and no playground because that encourages jealousy. He has a purple pencil! I WANT A PURPLE PENCIL! They're playing on the swing but there's only 3. I WANNA PLAY ON THE SWING! You end up with conflicts and attitudes. And here in most schools the teachers are very restricted in their ability to discipline.
I think i would have been better off growing up in a Japanese classroom. The colorful, heavily decorated classrooms may look fun, but those are all unnecessary distractions to pull the kids' attention from the teacher and what's being taught on the board. Even as an adult i have issues with focus. In college, with bland and undecorated rooms, i struggled to keep my focus on the board and teacher because there was nothing else to look at in the room.
My school starts at 7:45, it used to be 7:30. And I live in America
In Texas we have to be at school by 7:30 but the elementary kids it's 6:30
8:50!? Bro going to school in like every single grade for me was between 6:30-8:00 at least the first class in high school started at 8:30
Do another but w American High Schools
In Texas our school for
Elementary 7:00 or 7:30- 3:00 or 3:30
Middle school 7:30-4:00
High school 7:30- 4:30
I'm my experience. Also this seems to be a school with good funding behind it a lot of schools are poor and don't really have good electronics and we do use just single desks for learning, we do have school lunchs but they are pretty bad. if you watch "freedom writers" that's what a lot of poor schools look like
my elementary school started around 8:30
When they said 8 was early and you got picked up by the bus at 6:30...
when i was a kid water guns and any toy/costume weapons were NOT permitted on school grounds.
Japanese schools seem to be mainly/mostly 'work alone as an individual', while they have a more 'collectivist society' where the whole is more important. US is opposite...lots of 'collective group work', while the society is extremely 'individualistic' (to an extent).
In my country school starts at 7:00 am (for all grades) 😔
I can’t say the same for elementary, but I remember going back to get seconds and nobody telling me it costs money. My mom got a letter a few weeks later that I’m in $12 debt.
Look maybe our schools are “fun” don’t mean much. Look at the difference in maturity and intelligent children there compared to here. Some structures in life are a good thing.
Don't be too jealous. You probably get a far better education in Japan than we do in the US.
Eh, MIT, CalTech and Harvard are all in the US, so it’s not like we lack education. We have way lower stress too.
I didn't learn/have science (class) till 6th grade 🤣
This American grade school seems a lot more lenient than the American grade school I went to. We seldom did group work, never sat on the floor after kindergarten, and eating and drinking in class were big no-no’s.
for cities that don't have a school bus in America one of these cities is Lakewood, Ohio(Cleveland suburb).
walking to school is very common in this city.
here is a video: th-cam.com/video/nu3DjlAPsSc/w-d-xo.html
So the gun sign obviously applies to everyone including students, but in reality it's mostly there to remind parents. I'm in the South and a LOT of people conceal carry all the time. So they have to be conscious of no gun zones and those are helpful reminders because it becomes habit to strap your gun in....I don't, but a lot of people do. Mostly men...
I didn’t get where that was in the video but I’m from South Carolina and our schools start at 8am and end at 3:30 pm. You can either buy your lunches or bring them. Yes, no guns allowed. American schools have had a lot shootings with numerous deaths. Not one is ecceptable and yes those signs seem stupid at best, but some people are really bad and don’t care for human life. Not even a child’s. Great video!
"You like school food?"
"yeah I like it. i can also get a second portion."
Yeah, this kids american at heart lmao
The only thing different is the pledge of allegiance to the American flag. Started off everyday doing that.
Practice English Phrases. Using the Japanese E will be pretty close for /ai/
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😭i super late to this video but i just had to say something because where are these schools at when i was in elementary✋mine was connected with middle school tho so i dont know😃my class wasn't allowed to bring lunch i never knew why they just got so mad about it and the fact the school food was so disgusting im so happy i transferred the food is still disgusting but i can bring my own food now👍
You should check out a ghetto school and compare it to the other American vlogs you've seen lol
Actually even water guns aren’t allowed in schools. Anything related is banned including drawings. I know first hand cause I got in HUGE trouble for drawing a gun in class just because I wanted to no reason but still got in big trouble
Do middle school next
I'm shocked for me as an American my school also starts a 8 so 8:50 is a huge difference
It also ends at 3:30
5:52 THESE KIDS BE SPOILED WTF. the best we got were one. talk about cherry picking classrooms. 😤
I remember in time in second grade, a kid tried strangling another kid over a book. The victim is fine, if you want to know.
You should react to American high school if you haven't already
we only bring our own lunches because the school lunch is garbage. like, imagine the cheapest, worst ingredients you can, then imagine paying full price for them