Aug 17, 2009

The last day of Summer Vacation



My sons, who are 14, are having the last day of their summer vacation today. This year, it is just 3 weeks -- very short, isn't it?


They, as usual, have to work terribly hard toward the end of the vacation to finish their homework and get ready for school.


Junior high schools (middle schools) usually give a lot of homework (assignment) to their students, but not for the third-year students -- in stead of that , they will have an important exam to take in two days. Are they ready? Well, obviously they aren't.


In my prefecture, Nagano, children have to undergo high school entrance examination to be accepted to senior high school of their wish. It is almost the same throughout Japan.

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