Here our autumn has come. It was a hot sunny day. The laundry dried up quickly. Well done to the point where the towels turned out being hard like cardboard boxes.
I like this autumn sunny days. It is hot, but not that too hot as in May and June. It is just tolerable for me.
For this week my daughter does not have any school. She is enjoying her last week of summer vacation.
In the evening we went to the local library for the back to school fair. Japanese people never heard of this fair.
Here is the background of such traditions.
The school system is different from America and Japan.
In Japan, students prepare our necessary school supplies such as pencils, notebooks, erasers, and folders on their own, and use them personally on their own. Japanese schools (the government) provide teachers’ necessary school supplies such as chalks and black board erasers.
On the other hand, in America, students are required to purchase school supplies both for students’ needs and teachers’ needs. The parents are provided the school supply list, and we need to purchase according to the list. The list shows all the items such as pencils, erasers, glues, white board’s markers, facial tissue boxes, boxes of zip lock bags, and so on. On the first day of school, students bring these items. The school keep them at the classroom. I personally feel comfortable to purchase and use my stationary on my own, though.
Every local community asks people donations during summer in advance, so that they can give away school supplies to students. At our local community, they had plenty of donated items to give away. It is always very helpful.
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