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| Japanese college's entrance exam result |
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| American college education |
Being a Japanese citizen, I hate to say it, but I really don't agree the Japanese way of education. Having background of both Japanese and American education system, I would have to choose American education over Japanese. Especially when it comes to transition from high school to college and during the college education. In general, Japanese students begin their college preparation in their senior year for college entrance exam, which every students have to go through if they purse their education at a college level. The students would study hard, so that they can enter the university of their choice, however, entrance of the university of their choice is not the only reason for them to study hard. It is also, in general, I say in general, Japanese college education, operates in a way that it is hard to enter universities, but once accepted it is generally easy to stay in and very easy to graduate, so what I mean is that essentially college education in Japan is a big joke. Where as American education system varies depending on college of student's choice, once entered, it is generally hard to stay in college, and usually harder to graduate. In my opinion it is just pointless to stay college where you don't really learn anything, but to devote to their "circle" a.k.a. fraternity, instead of their academic aspect of college life. After all, in most cases, it is our parents who invest in our education, who fully deserves our effort to perform the best in academic.
