japanese school!

I went to two different schools in Mishima, Nichidai high school, and Nishikida middle school. In Japan, middle school is 7th-9th, and high school is 10th-12th. Nichidai is actually the biggest college in Japan (Nichidai is short for Nihon Daigaku, meaning University of Japan. It becomes shortened to Nidai, but that doesn't sound natural, so they add a letter and it becomes Nichidai), based out of Tokyo, but with campuses all over Japan. I went to a private high school in Mishima that was operated by Nichidai college and shares a campus with the branch of Nichidai that's in Mishima.

There were a ton of similarities between Japanese schools and American schools, but also a ton of differences. They have strict dress codes, including a uniform, a ban on ear rings, dyed hair, and certain hair styles for guys. Interestingly enough, face masks are not banned. A couple girls in my class at Nichidai had face masks with the phrase "120F****!" written on them- without the censoring! They explained to me it was the name of their pop band. 120 for their class- 1:20, or first grade, 20th class, and the other word because.... well, honestly I didn't understand what they meant when they explained it to me, but I think it had to do with it being an american swear word that they could wear on masks and teachers wouldn't be able to tell them to remove it during class. Also, for the most part, in Japanese school, the students stay in the same classroom all day and teachers come to them.


me and my class at nichidai


me and mr. suzuki (teacher of the 2-4 class at nishikida)


me and the goofballs of 2-4 at nishikida (not sure why that guys pants are in the process of being removed)


me and the girls of 2-4


the whole class of 2-4!