Hey guys, it’s Fernando again and i’ve been in Japan for around 3 weeks now. So far Japan has been a blast to be in with everyone enjoying their time here and spending my spring here has been a blast so far. I’ve been going everywhere from Enoshima, Kamakura, and all around Tokyo! My legs get tired everyday from walking everywhere but that doesn’t stop me. I’ve got some more of my research done since the last blog post which i think will shed a little bit more light into what i’ve been researching. I’ve been going around, asking people about their thoughts on club, while also looking on the web for good sources talking about japanese clubs and how is it compared to the ones back at UofC.
The first thing that I realized is different is how clubs are started. Back in Calgary, it depends on the level of school you’re in. In High School, clubs are ran by teachers and the teachers act as the supervisors and the mentors for their clubs; though there were some clubs that the teacher is just there to supervise. For example, There was a robotics club and an anime club in my high school and the supervisor for robotics had to teach the students how to build the robot and how to program its functions in there to make it work. Meanwhile, the teacher for the anime club is just a supervisor since that club is just about watching anime for an hour or so. In post secondary, or at least in UofC, most of the clubs are under the Student Union and ran only by students. Compared to Japan, clubs always need a teacher to supervise the club but only in high school do they need to be there as a mentor. In university, they can be just there for supervision duties and just that. They don’t have to anything else.
In terms of how clubs are created, in calgary, you would need to register with the school to make sure that that club is official. You would need to get a couple of your friends who share a similar passion to which you want to form the basis of the club on, and make sure to keep it going so it doesn’t go away for future students who share a same passion. For UofC specifically, get 10-20 of your friends, make sure that the club you want to start up is not already formed by someone else, and if not, go to the student union site and form one there. In Japan, you would need to get a teacher to act as a supervisor and submit the club form to make it official.
So far, from what I have found with regards to how clubs operate here in Japan compared to Canada is that they have some similarities and some slight differences and so far those differences have only been in how they operate and how they are created. This is what I have so far and i’ll be posting once more later.
The first thing that I realized is different is how clubs are started. Back in Calgary, it depends on the level of school you’re in. In High School, clubs are ran by teachers and the teachers act as the supervisors and the mentors for their clubs; though there were some clubs that the teacher is just there to supervise. For example, There was a robotics club and an anime club in my high school and the supervisor for robotics had to teach the students how to build the robot and how to program its functions in there to make it work. Meanwhile, the teacher for the anime club is just a supervisor since that club is just about watching anime for an hour or so. In post secondary, or at least in UofC, most of the clubs are under the Student Union and ran only by students. Compared to Japan, clubs always need a teacher to supervise the club but only in high school do they need to be there as a mentor. In university, they can be just there for supervision duties and just that. They don’t have to anything else.
In terms of how clubs are created, in calgary, you would need to register with the school to make sure that that club is official. You would need to get a couple of your friends who share a similar passion to which you want to form the basis of the club on, and make sure to keep it going so it doesn’t go away for future students who share a same passion. For UofC specifically, get 10-20 of your friends, make sure that the club you want to start up is not already formed by someone else, and if not, go to the student union site and form one there. In Japan, you would need to get a teacher to act as a supervisor and submit the club form to make it official.
So far, from what I have found with regards to how clubs operate here in Japan compared to Canada is that they have some similarities and some slight differences and so far those differences have only been in how they operate and how they are created. This is what I have so far and i’ll be posting once more later.
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