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Japanese children as in all countries have various ways of getting to school. The pattern of getting to school is a little different in Japan because of the importabce of public transit. Japan is a highly urbanized country. Most children live in cities. Primary schools are dotted all over the cities. The children in primary school thus mostly walk to school. School buses are not as common in Jaspan as America. While School buses are not very common, often private schools do have them. Some primary children take public transportation such as busses and subways. Japan is a very safe country with low crime rates so it quite safe for even younger children to take public transportation. This is even more common at the secondary level because the larger catchment area of secondary schools means that fewer students are able to walk to school. Parents do not commonly drive the children to school as in America. Because most primary children walk to school, there is a great concern with saftey, especially given the country's croswded city streets. . Primary children because they walk to school often wear brightly colored caps as a saftey measure. This is the case at both schools with and without uniforms.
The pattern of getting to school is a little different in Japan because of the importabce of public transit. Many Japanese children live close enough to their schoolks to walk to school. This is especially the case of children attending state primary schools. Children attending private schools and state and private secondary schools often need transport. This includes busses, trains, and subways. Some primary children take public transportation such as busses and subways. Japan is a very safe country with low crime rates so it quite safe for even younger children to take public transportation. This is even more common at the secondary level because the larger catchment area of secondary schools means that fewer students are able to walk to school.
Japan is a highly urbanized country. Most children live in cities. In the moring and afternoon Japan's city streets are ful of energetic children walking to and from scohool. Primary schools are dotted all over Japan's cities. The children in primary school thus mostly walk to school. Because most primary children walk to school, there is a great concern with saftey, especially given the country's crowded city streets. Primary children because they walk to school often wear brightly colored caps as a saftey measure. This is the case at both schools with and without uniforms. Secondary schools are much larger than primary schools and thus many children live beyond walking distnce. The children in the morning are rushing to school to get there in time. The pace in the afternoon is more leisurely. They may stop in stores along the way to get a treat. Most head right home to change out of their school clothes.
School buses are not as common in Jaspan as America. While School buses are not very common, often private schools do have them. We are not sure, but school buses at public schools do not eem very common. We note thast the children
Parents do not commonly drive the children to school as in America. Most Japanese families do have cars. But they are not commonly used to drive the children to school. The fact that most primary children live within walking distance is a factor here. Terrible city traffic means is another factor.
Some private schools have begun using electroning monitoring to keep track of their students. Every time a student at Tokyo's Rikkyo Primary School eters the front gate, a small, grey plastic tag tucked inside his backpack automatically sends a message to a computer in a nearby office. The students are totally unaware that this has happened. The computer then logs the time they enter and leave ye school. A security guard monitors the process. The parents receive confirmation by e-mail. Many find the pricess reassuring, especially for their younger children.
Radio Frequency Identification technology has thus moved from the grocery sjelves where it first appeared to Japan's schoolyards. The schoo sees the whole process as an early warning system for children who go missing. The school decided to implement the electronic security system after high-profile child murders shocked Japan--a country with a very low crime rate. Tere ae systemns which can provide even more information about students' whereabouts.
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