Akita and Fukui had the best results, Okinawa had the lowest. The test was reintroduced into the curriculum after not having been used for 43 years. All of the students in the country took the test on the same day in April.
The reason I say easy big bucks in the title up there is because as the article “Cram School Caters to Kids Gunning for Harvard” because seriously… they are smart enough to accept only kids who are going to get in anyway, right? So they teach them some writing schools, maybe one of the teachers…
If you, like most of the major journalists in the U.S. (see my pop-Japanology posts), are under the mistaken impression that Japan is an unassuming, grin-and-bear-it type of society, here’s a great list of some of the things today’s Japanese parents are expecting from their kids’ preschools. “I’m busy in the mornings so the day…