How do Japanese children find worth vs. American children?
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No, you only think Japanese students work harder than American children because that's what the media TELLS you happens.\nIn reality, it all evens out. It's just Japanese parents put much more stress on children to succeed and classes aren't as "fun" as it is in America that's the difference.\nJapanese high schools might seem harder than American high school, but at college it completely switches. Japanese college is easy compared to American, and many Japanese students try hard to be allowed into an American college because, when an employer is looking for a job candidate, a Japanese man that's been to America (thus proving he must know English very well) looks better than one who went to Japan (and knows everything that everyone else in Japan knows).
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I think that all cultures have people who are contented and satisfied with their lives. Take us in Jamaica for example, people think that every day we are killing off each other but that is not entirely the case. Yes, we do have many problems and poverty and crime are significant factors, but many people I know are quite happy and satisfied with their lives. I know that for many this sense of peace comes from their religious beliefs and their families and Friends. I have always thought though that the Japanese seem quite contented. Don't know why maybe because they seem to rarely shout. I also think that many people living in third world countries like Haiti and Sudan are not quite satisfied with their lives because they lack the necessary resources to enjoy a well balanced and happy life
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Gee, that a hard one to answer.  It seem that a person needs to live in both nations to be able to do the comparison.  How about I give you my life in America and maybe someone can give you their life in Europe and you can compare.\nI am Chinese born in California in the late forties.\nWhen I want to school, I was told to get off their sidewalk.\nWhen buy things, they would always try to short change me.\nWhen I was in the Marines in the late sixties, I was called many names by a group of Puerto Rican during infantry trainning.  \nAt my first duty station, a group of black marines (from New Orlean) refused to look or talk to me, until they found out that I was not Japanese (?).\nWhen I was sent oversea, the officers and lifers were from the south, some wanted to get me out of the unit.  By the way, they did not like yankees either.  \nI can go on and on.  But for me, I don't think it was too bad.  I do not have a problem if people don't like me for me.
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Japan, they may not really like you, but they are very polite and nice. They will help you with anything. Also it makes you feel very tall...
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Popularity does not necessarily mean quality.\n\nThe only way you child will feel inferior for not attending a "rich kids" school is if YOU teach him to feel inferior about it. Most people never attended such schools, and feel perfectly fine about themselves.\n\nYou want to look for quality instruction, not "image," for his childhood schooling. If he gets quality of instruction, he will be able to attain high enough marks and scores on college admission tests, to be invited to attend colleges and universities that DO matter... Ivy League, or non-Ivy League but an extremely strong program in the career field he ends up interested in. It is at the university level that both the quality of the program AND the image of the college really matters for social status and future job prospects.\n\nLook closely at a variety of private preschools, including those catering to middle class clients. Look for quality... do they provide academic learning through play? Are the children engaged in guided activities through most of the day? Does the school respond to the child's individual developmental levels, both for those that need more time and those that have advanced quickly?\n\nI attended public school, and scored well enough on my college enterance exams to be offered full scholarships to two Ivy League and several other prestigious universities. My mother carefully "shopped"  by evaluating the available teachers each year and had me placed with the best ones in each school I attended. Due to a number of factors (one of which was that I was only 14 years old at the time I took my college enterance exams), it was decided that I would stay close to home, but I did get the offers.
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My brother (Chinese) is married to a German-American woman. They have two beautiful children... REALLY beautiful ;-)\n\nBut frankly, it has to do with the way our media portray's what is sexually attractive. We're all culturally conditioned to what is attractive, and Asian males are not usually portrayed as such.
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I had a Korean 6th grader once, worked her butt off on everthing.  She valued school more than air.  I believe the Asian community, in general, has a few "traditional" values that speak towards that; respect for elders, value for education.  It also seems that within a few generations, those cultural values seem to disappear...  too bad
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I would say that depends where in Japan, in the major cities women  are  competing  with men for the same jobs and are valued just as highly as men, in the  suburbs perhaps not as  much...  but still they have definitely  joined   other progressive  countries ..
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That sentence is incomplete, which makes me hard to translate. The best I can do would be "The way Americans scold seems  ________________________ to Japanese." \nI can't judge what comes in the blank since the sentence you provided is incomplete, but it should be something like "the way americans scold(at children? am not sure) seems too harsh to Japanese (if you scold like that way, ....continues...) "
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Land in Japan is expensive because there is a scarcity of land and Japan is one of the most expensive countries in the world.\nIn fact, that sum is pretty cheap for an apartment. For the most of us who are used to living in large dwelling spaces, a typical Japanese dwelling is smaller than our whole living room alone, and for those with huge bathrooms, expect a Japanese bathroom to around the size of your closet, just a little larger.\nHowever, it doesn't change the fact that the Japanese have one of the highest living standards in the world, and probably the most technological country on the planet. They had nation wide 3G when we were still playing snake on our non-colour Nokia phones.\nit is pretty funny that they have such a large currency. If you want something more shocking, have a look at Indonesia. If you're always wanted to be a billionaire, go to Indonesia. A few hundred U.S bucks is already several millions of rupiah.\nImagine going to a country and paying 500 million for a skirt or a 3 course meal at a decent restuarant. Or 20 million for a bottle of drinking water.\nWell, look no further than Indonesia, where everyone is a billionaire because of their ridiculously inflated currency.\nIt makes you wonder, Gee, how much do they earn a year? Well, if you need to know, while some of Asia's richest people are from Indonesia (and mostly of Chinese descent, they run more tha 80% of the entire Indonesia economy.), the rest of them are paid less than that bottle of drinking water you buy in the U.S (Say U.S$1 - 5) per day.
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Your best bet that I know of is Japan or Korea. Private tutors there can earn as much as $60 per child per hour. Do the math and it sure does beat your teacher salary here.\nI did it back in 1997.
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Yes, and they pay a heck of a lot more than Americans do. \n\nZingrajul, I wouldn't judge an entire nation by the question of one child. If that were a wise thing to do, I'm sure your country would look pretty darn stupid. I wonder how much you yourself know about the US. Whatever you think you know, I'm sure half of it is wrong and it's not nearly one billionth of what there is to know. I've lived in countries all over the world and met a lot of people who think they know a lot about the US, but actually, they know practically nothing. I know more about their countries than they do about mine. You  make yourself look ignorant when you show your prejudice. So I guess using your standards, I can assume your country is full of a bunch of ignorant, prejudice people.
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How about from their parents. I think the best way would be to go visit Asia and get a real feel for their culture.
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Sadly, we don't value our teachers enough in the US, as reflected in the salaries offered. Most US college graduates have student loans to repay. And if you add to it another year or two years to get the graduate work needed for state certification, that adds more to the debt. As a result, many American teachers start off already at a huge disadvantage, and its not like they're looking at the possibility of huge raises over time, either.\n\nOnce they do get started teaching, shrinking school budgets force them to work more with less resources (more students per class, sometimes not enough books or even seats or classrooms!) The burnout factor is really high.\n \nHowever, qualified bilingual teachers can be recruited from other countries because the starting salary here for teachers (grade school and high school) is already much more than what they would be making in their own countries. Conditions for teaching are probably considered an improvement over what they're used to, especially if they come from overcrowded or impoverished areas themselves. Plus, they would be getting the chance to build lives in the US and perhaps even get a green card and sponsor other relatives to come over.\n\nIts actually a very creative solution to make sure that our kids are getting an education while longer-term strategies to recruit and retain locally are developed.
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i dont think so. why would you think people in other countries and other cultures are lower than your country? based on what? money? standard of living? average population happiness level? stressfull level and divorce rate? number of criminal and prison? average disposable income? nuclear power? morale? spiritual? EQ? IQ?
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Japanese immigrants are in the USA for the same reason your ancestors moved here.  For the opportunities to make something of yourself.
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I come from Asia and I live in the West. These are my thoughts on the matter:\n\nGood because:\nit frees the younger generation from the heavy pressure of the family telling them what to do with their life - even when they don't want to do something, they have to, so that their family-name will not go down. This makes for a lot of unhappy ppl, so it's good in a way that they feel free to follow their own course.\n\nBad because:\nIf you look at the family life in the east, it's often more comfortable, close, trusting and productive than in the west. In the west, there is often distrust between family members, a distanced relationship, discomfort that shouldn't really be there when you need help, and this unease of sorts in many families, instead of this relaxed sort of "everyone knows who they are in this family" atmosphere. So a lot of people are lonely and angry. This will also happen in Japan if it isn't happening already. \n\nIn general, I find it more Bad than Good. \n\nHonor and Accountability to the community are two good traits of eastern cultures that are going fast, and it can be attritubed to a fair extent to western influences. Also, materialistic tendencies to the point of being selfish and unfriendly have also permeated the east to a point where it is scary.\n\nI know I am saying "east" the whole time instead of "japan", but this is not a problem in Japan alone. In general, I think there is more security and happiness in the world, if everyone followed the eastern modes of living than the western ones.