The Difference of Studying and Environment between Japanese and US Students

1. Introduction　

Today, 59.4% students who graduated from high school go on to college in Japan. The society became rich and high educational is background that the rate of students enter the university increased. Almost all the students are paid much money for university by their parents or lent a student loan in Japan. In the case of US, black people are increasing to enter the university recently. I want to compare Japanese students with American students. Which do they have different points for university. I’m writing it as following.


2. In Kumamoto 　

　Most of Kumamoto Gakuen University students go to school just to take credits because we can’t graduate without having successfully completed a unite of study. So they usually attend a lecture while chatting with each other or doing other things. The interest of study which students have is very low. However this isn’t only Kumamoto Gakuen University students, almost all Japanese students tend to do that. In spite of having studied hard at high school to pass the examination of university, why do they do? There are some reasons why they do.

First reason, we have to decide our specialty of university when we take the examination. So if we entered the university and thought this university isn’t matched with me, we have to choice resigning school or continuing to go there or taking the entrance examination for transfer students. However it is difficult for normal students to take it because only a few of clever persons can take it.

Second reason, Japanese lecture style is just giving a lecture by professors. Students have only to listen his lecture. It is lecture style of Japan which Japanese students don’t have much chance to join to the lecture together. So it is boring for students. Or the distance of students and the professor is far. The reason why students feel boring the lecture is one of the reasons, too.

Third reason is human relations. In the case of Japanese students, they get together with various environment and areas where they have lived. So they can have a broad outlook on life. But their friends and acquaintances of the university are apt to extend the friends and acquaintances of the high school. Even if they have seen meny people who had lived other areas or environments, it would be shallow friends and acquaintances which are shallow and wide.

Forth reason, Japanese university doesn’t give many homework or reports. In other words, Japanese students don’t have the stimulation from outside that we have to study more generally. And then after entering university, even if their score were bad, they would graduate from university because they can also take the lecture next year until graduating.



In US

Most of US students of consciousness for studying and system of university are so different than Japanese ones. As follows, I give four reasons and examples, and then explain where US students different form Japanese students.

First reason, US students can decide to their specialty of university after entering the university. And they can also change their specialty of it after entering the university. So if students felt “this university is not matched with me”, whoever can change the specialty of university. Or they can take the entrance examination for transfer students. And some clever students can take the entrance top school examination for transfer students. If they entered other university, they keep taking credits because the credits which they got credits at former school and the credits are kept transferring to the present school. So it is not necessary to waste useless time and money.

Second reason, US lecture style is students need to join in it together. It is not at all passive lectures. So students can be conscious to join the lecture and study. And then the distance of professor and students is close to each other because US lecture style is students join in it.

Third reason is human relationship. In the case of US, there are many people came from other countries. There are many different cutlers, they can gain international sensitivity. And then especially some international students from other countries can gain independence and the self-subsistence by new overseas living. Or US professors give a lot of homework and reports. Students have to do that every time, the amount of homework and reports make them strong emotional strength. They have consciousness of studying hard because they came to study there expressly from own country and paid much money.

Forth reason, it is difficult for students to take credits because in the case of US University, an important point is not put in the middle test and semester test like Japan. So students must study every day to get good score anytime whenever professors give the examinations. And if some students got bad scores, university warn the students about it or kick out of the university. This is why US students try to study hard anytime.

Fifth reason, US students of university: they earn by themselves to get the expense of the university. For example they have a part time job among spring vacation after graduating from high school or they apply to the armed force to earn money and so on. They have consciousness; they have to go university by them power. It is great things. Other way is they lent Student Loan. It is the case of the International students; their expense of university is three times than normal students because they are not US people and didn’t pay taxes. It is hard for International students.

Conclusion　

From the above, we see many different things for studying students have between Japan and US. In the case of Japanese students, they are not high interested in studying of university in spite of they have studied hard to enter the university at high school. And then Japanese university and the system don’t give them the stimulation from outlook that makes them study hard. Most of Japanese students feel the lecture boring and they’re thinking; it is important just to take credits and graduate. They don’t have much consciousness of university for studying. But in the case of US students, they’re thinking studying of university is important for them. So they earn the expense by themselves and they try to study hard every times. The university system make them think flexible for own specialty and strong emotional strength. In other words, US students are independence. As far as these results, US university is good than Japanese university.   (1089/ 16290 words)