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1.National curriculum

2.Students in Japan spend, 240 days a year at school

3.Spend money but not too much

1. Own curriculum

2. Students in United States spend 180 days a year at school

3. Spends a considerable amount of money on education

• Japanese schools incorporate a national curriculum created by the Japanese Ministry of Education.

• To make sure that every student receives the exact same education

• Federal government decides on what each school must teach

• Students across the country receive vastly different qualities of education

(Different distribution of money)

1. To sum up the whole time at school students spend 13 years

2. 3 terms (without extended breaks)

3. Academic year begins in April and ends in March.

1. Spend 12 years at school

2. 3 terms

3. Long summer break may cause students to lose their skills (10 – 11 weeks)

Grade 8 Grade 121. Singapore 1. Singapore2. Korea 2. Korea3. Japan 3. Japan4. Hong Kong 4. Hong Kong5. Netherlands 5. Belgium6. Czech Republic 6. Czech Republic7. Austria 7. Slovak Republic8. Slovenia 8. Switzerland9. Ireland 9. Netherlands10. Hungary 10. Slovenia12. United States 28. United States

Grade 8 Grade 121. Korea 1. Singapore2. Japan 2. Czech Republic3. United States 3. Japan4. Austria 4. Korea5. Australia 5. Bulgaria6. Netherlands 6. Netherlands7. Czech Republic 7. Slovenia8. England 8. Austria9. Canada 9. Hungary10. Singapore 10. England

17. United States

• New equipment

Much less spendings than America on

• Food • Nonacademic subjects

•New equipment •Transportation (school buses )• Food•Nonacademic subjects •Cleaning

-Hard choice among 4k different univ-s and colleges of U.S.-Problem: students want to study in Harvard, Princeton, Yale or Michigan-4 different kinds of univ-s.-1st type: research univ-s.-broad learning before specializing -liberally educated: developing independent and critical thinking, ability of speaking, writing and thinking creatively-3 types of univ-s: research, comprehensive and liberal arts-choice: public or private (Michigan vs. Harvard) -only research univ-s are included in national ranking-big name is not the reason to choose-lib. Arts univ-s are for undergraduates-research univ-s are for doctoral students(PhD)-compreh. univ-s are for undergraduates and master students-think about which category to choose: Phd, Master or Undergraduate

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