First week of school

Fun fact, Canada's public school system is a ぞうだん (joke).


It's really amazing how I never really realized that there were flaws in the Halton District school board, albeit, I am stereotyping all Canadian schools based on the few schools that I've seen. However, this blog is not about Canada, it's about nipon, so instead of bashing B.C.H.S. I'll tell you why Japanese people are "crazy smart". 


1. When you're 14, you have to take a test to get into highschool.  Depending on the score you recieve on said test, you either go to a high end school, a middle class school or you "gtfo".  Yes, if you fail this test, no highschool for you. This results in having no deadbeat kids who skip class and smoke pot at lunch because they are just too damn cool for the whole school grind.

2. Every single person is in their seat 5 minutes before class starts, when the Sensei enters, the class stands up, bows and says "thank you sensei" after that there is absolutely no talking. What inforces the no talking rule? Respect.

3. No cell phones at school ever. What's the punishment for doing such an unspeakable thing? No one knows, no one has been だら (stupid/foolish) enough to try it.


4. Equipment, my gym class was astounded that my school didn't have a pool.
Try having maps on which there is no Nunavut.


5. There are no janitors. The students clean the school. 
At the end of each day every student does a short cleaning job that was assigned to them, these include sweeping, chalkboard washing, eraser grinding, mopping etc. 
I mop, students who didn't hand in homework or did poorly on tests clean the washrooms.




As you were reading that I'm sure a thought crossed your mind along the lines of  "that school sounds like the military" and if that though didn't pass through your head, you are quite possibly a nazi.


Just kidding.
But all those harsh rules result in a clean environment full of people who want to learn. Something to think about bchs.