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Pros and cons of being a in an international school in Japan
An International life
Out of the 30 international schools in Japan, 10 of
hem are in Tokyo. About another 10 are in Nagoya
nd Osaka, the rest of the ten in other places, so
nternational schools have a wide range of areas.
With all these schools, foreigners in Japan may have
good access to international education.
happen to be a student that goes to Yokohama
nternational school, so I will talk about the daily
fe at this school.
have interviewed two students in this school, both
aying that their fathers company has transported
hem to Japan, so it looks like most international
oreigners come to Japan for business exchangenstead of self interest. According to their results,
he two interviewed people say that their advantage
f being in an international school is that they get to
meet other foreigners and Japanese people at the
ame time, which makes them feel more
omfortable than a public Japanese school, making a
etter environment for learning.
International schools in Japan provide a
ood experience of Japan, plus an n
unforgettable international experience for
most foreigners and Japanese people.
Although because of its
internationalism, different cultures can be
a little problem. The students have
different opinions, and they also come
from different nations which make the
opinions vary even more, so it may be
hard to work in groups and to agree with
other peoples opinions. There is a high
possibility of racism because of many
different cultures, but since most
International schools are private schools,there is less reliability on parents and the
rules are stricter, which is another
advantage despite complications between
different cultures. This could be a
problem from a Japanese persons point of
view and a foreigners point of view.
However, for a half Japanese and a half
foreign country person, it may be a
peculiar experience, hence they may not
feel like a Japanese person neither a
foreigner. Especially for me, I have been
living in Japan all my life and my first
language is Japanese, I happen to be
much more fluent in English because ofthe effect of English speaking schools and
also since I have never gone to a public
Japanese school.
For me, it feels perfectly normal to be in
an international school in Japan, though it
may feel peculiar and a little
uncomfortable for foreigners. The two
people that I have interviewed both say it
feels normal. That is probably because
Foreigners have visited Japan and explored its culture fromthe beginning of the century. But do the foreigners childrengo to to Japanese schools or international schools? What aretheir advantages and disadvantages? how would they compareit to other places?
There are approximately 30 international school in Japan, most of them
all bunched up in Tokyo and around the Kanto region. Some foreigners
are attracted to Japans beautiful nature and they may set foot on the
countryside, but in this article we will be concentration on the urban and
sub-urban areas of Japan.
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G O I N G I N T E R N A T I O N A L
y Joseph Yoji Brown Mr. Campbells english class
hey have lived in many places already.
ExperiencesThe first person I interviewed has lived
n China and South Africa, and the second
erson I interviewed has lived in Canada,
USA, Belgium, Germany and China. The
wo of them has already had a quite a lot
f international experiences, so it may feel
ormal to them.
For socialization, according to my
xperience, most foreigners socialize with
ther foreigners and most Japanese
tudents socialize with other Japanese
tudents. Even in international schools,
tudents can be one sided. I have had over
years of International experience, and I
ardly had any foreign friends. I dont
eally know why, but I guess we are
aturally born to be used to the people we
ecognize well even though after having a
ood international experience. Most
oreigners tend to group up with other
oreigners, not necessarily from the same
ation, but basically a similar group.
Maybe the visual similarity attracts
eople together.
Again, according to my experience, the
hysical attempts from foreigners were
ne most of the time. Generally, most
oreigners are doing fine in the school that
go to. I think that the physical approach
probably the same in most International
chools around the world, as well as in
apan.
Our school provides field trips and field
tudies, which are chances for foreigners
o experience Japan and its cultures. Also,
n Nishimachi International school, they
ave strict courses of Japanese language
classes so the school expects everyone
who graduates the school can speak
Japanese fluently. They also provide
events like Omochitsuki which is very
cultural, a fine experience for foreigners of
what it is like being in Japan.
.If the foreigner doesnt have close
access to a base or a certain place style
town, the foreigner may miss some of the
cultures, food and Nature from the
persons origination. For example, I have
heard some Australians like Mr.Robinson, my science teacher; he says that
he misses the juicy Mangos back in his
country. He tells the class that the ones
in Japan are from the Philippines and are
nothing.
Hokkaido International School, Japan(Google image search)
A life in an international school in Japan can be a great experience, gettingto meet new friends and relation shipswhich what I, myself is bad at eventhough I have had over 6 years ofinternational experience. The advantage
of being in Japan is to have a unique lifedifferent to the persons origination, tohave a cultural experience and learn alsoabout modern day Japan. The advantagesof being in an international is that thestudent can have and international pointof view experience, improve relationships with others around the world, tolearn to cope and respect other peoplescultures, and most of all, experience andimproving skills of social presentationsand speeches which they do not do veryoften in public Japanese schools.International schools also provide a wide
variety of school activities to theexperience of latest technology. Thedisadvantages may have to do withinconvenience and confusion withdifferent cultures, missing life in otherplaces, etc.
Another problem is that Japanesepeople may find it annoying that peoplehave different cultures, for example aChinese family may celebrate a loudparty during almost every night whichmay be a fact of life in China, but
Japanese neighbors complain from theloudness. These issues can be a very big
problem for foreigners living in Japan orany other country with culturaldifference.
Though I believe that most foreignersprobably enjoy it here, whether theywanted to move here or not, but wecannot run away from the truth. We allhave disadvantages.