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An ōendan cheerleader in gakuran. A cosplayer in gakuran. The gakuran (学ラン), also called the tsume-eri (詰襟), is the uniform for many middle-school and high-school boys in Japan. The colour is normally black, but some schools use navy blue. The top has a standing collar buttoning down from top-to-bottom.
When teased, Bridget, perhaps echoing the sentiments of many girls her age, defiantly noted that she is part of the "thong generation." [49] In the 2003 film Thirteen, Evie Zamora, played by actress Nikki Reed, is portrayed as a free-spirited but troubled middle school student. One key aspect of Evie's behavior is her tendency to expose her ...
Chūnibyō. Chūnibyō (中二病) is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe early teens who have grandiose delusions, who desperately want to stand out, and who have convinced themselves that they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. It translates to "middle-second syndrome" (i.e., middle-school second-year).
A typical Japanese high school classroom. Though upper-secondary school is not compulsory in Japan, 98.8% of all junior high school graduates enrolled as of 2020. [43] Upper secondary consists of three years. [44] Private upper-secondary schools account for about 55% of all upper-secondary schools.
Sacred Heart School in Tokyo (Junior high school division) St. Hilda's School ( Kōran Jogakkō Junior High and Senior High School [ ja]) St. Mary's International School (Junior high school division) Salesians of Don Bosco Salesian Primary and Junior High School ( サレジオ小学校・中学校) Seigakuin Junior & Senior High School.
The word kogal is a contraction of kōkōsei gyaru (高校生ギャル, "high school gal"). [6] It originated as a code used by disco bouncers to distinguish adults from minors. [6] The term is not used by the girls it refers to. They call themselves gyaru (ギャル), [7] a Japanese pronunciation of the English word "gal". [6]
Japanese high school students wearing the sailor fuku. Secondary education in Japan is split into junior high schools (中学校 chūgakkō ), which cover the seventh through ninth grade, and senior high schools (高等学校 kōtōgakkō, abbreviated to 高校 kōkō ), which mostly cover grades ten through twelve.
The Kobe child murders (Japanese: 神戸連続児童殺傷事件, Hepburn: Kōbe renzoku jidō sasshō jiken) occurred in Suma, Kobe, Japan, on March 16 and May 27, 1997.. Two victims, Ayaka Yamashita (山下 彩花, Yamashita Ayaka), aged 10, and Jun Hase (土師 淳, Hase Jun), aged 11, were murdered by a 14-year-old boy reportedly named Shinichiro Azuma (東 真一郎, Azuma Shin'ichirō ...