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Kasawa Lanford:

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Don't worry, I will ;)


--- Quote ---Re-read your post...you gave the impression it was private school exclusive.

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read my corrections :)
I forgot to put that what I said was exclusive to Las Vegas, Nevada. I know several schools in Border City, Reno and a few other places that have uniforms for public schools

However to be honest, in the first five years, about half the public schools here in Vegas will have uniforms (due to the crime rate)


--- Quote ---last person you want to get into it with is me!!!
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HEY! Thats my line  :tongue3:
Oh wait.. this isn't a political thread... NEVERMIND!  :D

Hmmm, someone asked about japanese culture. I took the time to call up my martial arts instructor (Shotokan Japanese Martial Arts, the sensei lived in Japan for thirty years before moving to America) from what he told me MOST Public Schools have uniforms, and pretty much all Private Schools have them. The uniforms are used mainly for safety but there are other reasons

If you want me to I can have a more indepth talk with him and perhaps ask if he can write something up for me to post here.

Anyway, lets get back to the topic at hand.

Ok.. next subject. What about field trips?

For most public schools it's pretty straight forward: The district pays for those trips (some might be paid for by the place that they are headed to)

What about for Tomoeda though? Was there field trips paid for by the city or was it paid for by the parent's and other people who had there kids in that school?

Time-Machine:
The feild trips are the only thing that seemed more private school to me. Maybe it's different in Japan, but organizing a field trip tends to be expensive and difficult. There's a lot more paperwork involved when it's a public school rather than private, and these kids went on a lot of field trips. Expensive ones, too. I mean, these kids went skiing for goodness sake! And they went ice-skating, to the beach, strawberry picking, to the museum, the zoo, the aquarium...and for all of those they had special uniforms. That takes a lot of money and a lot of parental support. A publis school would have a hard time getting away with it.

moezychan:

--- Quote from: Kasawa Lanford on May 01 2006, 01:56 pm ---Hmmm, someone asked about japanese culture. I took the time to call up my martial arts instructor (Shotokan Japanese Martial Arts, the sensei lived in Japan for thirty years before moving to America) from what he told me MOST Public Schools have uniforms, and pretty much all Private Schools have them. The uniforms are used mainly for safety but there are other reasons

If you want me to I can have a more indepth talk with him and perhaps ask if he can write something up for me to post here.

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I was the one that asked. If possible, could you have your instructor explain the need for all the uniforms different activites; ex. gym, field trips...ect? It would be great if you did.


--- Quote from: Time-Machine on May 01 2006, 02:55 pm ---The feild trips are the only thing that seemed more private school to me. Maybe it's different in Japan, but organizing a field trip tends to be expensive and difficult. There's a lot more paperwork involved when it's a public school rather than private, and these kids went on a lot of field trips. Expensive ones, too. I mean, these kids went skiing for goodness sake! And they went ice-skating, to the beach, strawberry picking, to the museum, the zoo, the aquarium...and for all of those they had special uniforms. That takes a lot of money and a lot of parental support. A publis school would have a hard time getting away with it.

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So true. I did go on many field trips when I was in school but never anything as fancy as skiing. And don't forget, they all had to have matching outfits for skiing, the lodge, and for sleeping.

Cardcaptor Takato:
I think Tomoeada Elementary could be a private school because remember Tomoyo attends there and she's the rich daughter of the CEO of a large toy industry.  Since Tomoyo even has bodyguards, I'd imagine her mother would want to send her to a private school where she could be more protected than at a public school.  Also, didn't Tomoeada Elementary  have an indoor swimming pool in the manga?  And they have a nude statue in front of their school, too.  Is it really common for public Japanese elementary schools to have nude statues in front of them?  Also, remember that the nude statue was broken in episode two but it was quickly repaired in time for the next episode.  I can't imagine any public schools having the kind of money needed to repair a nude statue solely for decoration that quickly.  Tomoeada Elementary doesn't seem to have any problems at all with Terada-sensei's relationship with Rika, either.  I know Japan has a different culture than ours but I can't imagine any public school being ok with a teacher in his 30's dating his ten year old student.

Arcademan:
Talking with a friend of mine who lives in Japan and describing some of the stuff about Tomoeda, she told me that though all the schools have uniforms for classes and for extra activities, it sounds like Tomoeda Elementary School is more of a private school than a public one. Also some of the things Cardcaptor Takato said in the previous post about the school and its surroundings and activities make a lot of sense. I still would like definitive proof of it but I'm now leaning toward the 'private' school than the 'public' :wink:

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