About two weeks ago, I was tutoring Haruna, a third year student and member of the ESS club, for a college entrance examination. Nobody from my school had taken the exam before, and the sample examination looked extremely difficult. I wasn’t sure that she could make it, but I found out this morning that she passed the exam.<\/p>\n
She came and told me herself, and I was so proud of her. She worked so hard on preparation, and it paid off – I was bracing myself for disappointment, but I was really glad that she’s in.<\/p>\n
College works a little differently here – once you pass an entrance exam, you are automatically going to that school. You can’t shop around and see what other colleges have to offer – you pick which one to try for, and then you take the exam. If you fail, you try somewhere else, and if you pass, you’re in.<\/p>\n
The college that she is entering is in Kobe, and it’s a school that focuses on international skills. The students of English in that school are in demand for international businesses all over Japan. Things are looking good for Haruna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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