Japanese Lessons
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Fri 2008/06/13 15:39
A survey carried out by Dai Ichi Life revealed that 39% of Japanese primary school girls take lessons outside school hours to learn how to play a musical instrument.
For primary school boys the most popular lesson was swimming. The list of other lessons that were most popular with primary school students were soccer, baseball, Budo (Kendo and Judo), drawing/painting, ballet and English language.
According to the research, only less than 10% of students dont take any lessons outside of school.
Would be interested to hear what its like in your region but I don't remember me or any of my buddies during primary school times back in the UK taking any lessons outside of school to learn anything apart from hanging around the streets saying "hey you see the walkman that man has - its mine" and "yea well that BMW is mine."
If I had the choice I would have loved to learn how to play the piano or guitar. Any of you play an instrument? Did you take any other lessons outside school to learn something?
I would have also loved to have been sent to Chinese school to learn how to read n write while I was young too - ended up learning Chinese using Japanese text books ^^;
For primary school boys the most popular lesson was swimming. The list of other lessons that were most popular with primary school students were soccer, baseball, Budo (Kendo and Judo), drawing/painting, ballet and English language.
According to the research, only less than 10% of students dont take any lessons outside of school.
Would be interested to hear what its like in your region but I don't remember me or any of my buddies during primary school times back in the UK taking any lessons outside of school to learn anything apart from hanging around the streets saying "hey you see the walkman that man has - its mine" and "yea well that BMW is mine."
If I had the choice I would have loved to learn how to play the piano or guitar. Any of you play an instrument? Did you take any other lessons outside school to learn something?
I would have also loved to have been sent to Chinese school to learn how to read n write while I was young too - ended up learning Chinese using Japanese text books ^^;
As for the pics in this post - well for some reason I have in my possession a guitar and for some reason its propped by my armor. Folks who read or subscribe to my news items will already know what this is all about ^^;
I thought I would look up how many Japanese youngsters learn how to play the guitar and came across that survey.
Might as well take a look at what my armor looks like on the inside.
I thought I would look up how many Japanese youngsters learn how to play the guitar and came across that survey.
Might as well take a look at what my armor looks like on the inside.
This is the utility belt and have stuffed it with bits n pieces to fix the armor in an emergency - some wires, cloth, studs, super glue etc.
The cod piece modified so that I dont need to take everything off for a number 1. Still have not worked out how to keep everything on when I go for a number 2 or 3.
The metal bits sticking out keep the utility belt locked down in place.
The metal bits sticking out keep the utility belt locked down in place.
Shoulders look rough with the studs but means that the shoulder armor stays on when dancing (prancing) around.
The inside of the shoulders look like this.
Dancho armband helps you identify me when you see stormtroopers walking around Tokyo.
Back of the cod looks terrible and has been through many mods which is why there are bits of old glue all over. The brown stuff is skid marks which were left from when I couldn't get the armor off quick enough when I wanted to go for a number 3.
Pocket for the iPod.
Inside back of armor. Is originally one piece and cut for extra articulation.
I think you've seen this before but the inside of the helmet looks like this.
Haruhi Bunny and her gorgeous eyes - t'was a prezzie from TheAnimeHouse.
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I think the only thing I took lessons for (outside school) was swimming lessons during primary school. Later on Middle school I took guitar lessons but that was part of school (you had to take a cultural course each year.. things like drawing, playing instruments, singing, acting, chess, etc).
(ID #212134) Posted on 2008/06/13 15:53
Stormtrooper outfit seems to come in handy!!!!! You can put so many stuff in it!!! Lots of room!!!!!
(ID #212135) Posted on 2008/06/13 15:53
Pharmacist, Accountant to be!
Unfortunately I was in a similar situation to you. Didn't get to take any lessons I could not afford to go. Was also not sent to chinese school because I actually refused to go back then since it was at a church. How I regret that now! Glad you learnt you mother language through self persistence and discipline. I don't think I can do that.
(ID #212136) Posted on 2008/06/13 15:55
Japanese School, Chinese School, piano, swimming, art, figure skating, yeah. But i quit every single one except for piano. Teacher charges over $200 per hour and i still take why? xD
(ID #212140) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:00
Director/代表取締役
200 USD an hour?! is that normal?
(ID #212142) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:03
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
I think this is the reason why a lot of chinese parents want their kids to learn piano to teach and earn big bucks
(ID #212155) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:24
Pianist, Writer, Teacher
It's fairly normal for an excellent teacher who is in demand. When in LA, my teachers charged 150-200. It depends on the teacher and the city. In a small town like where I am it is more difficult to charge that much. My rates vary incredibly, from FREE to 100 dollars an hour; but if I was in a bigger city I would charge 150.
(ID #212199) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:00
You're right. In NY, they can charge over $500 per hour. It's kind of crazy, but when they're that much in demand, they gotta do something to select out a few.
(ID #212664) Posted on 2008/06/14 05:12
Wibbling
And this is why I should not have so many qualms about charging more than 30€/hour after 5 years of experience... Besides, I need the money for figures. :3
(ID #213984) Posted on 2008/06/16 05:26
After school activities aren't big here. Most would rather just hang at the mall. I use to take piano, but I can't stand it now. Does playing guitar in Rockband count? The gf is more talented with piano, violin, and playing the skin flute. BTW... Yez guitar, missing a few strings... @.@
(ID #212141) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:01
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
very special kinda instrument your gf plays fatb
(ID #212158) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:25
Director/代表取締役
Those strings are black so they dont show up in the photo ^^
(ID #212310) Posted on 2008/06/13 19:26
Director/代表取締役
Actually they do show up http://www.dannychoo.com/slide/eng/stormtrooper/20150/photo/Japanese+Lessons/
(ID #212311) Posted on 2008/06/13 19:27
i took science class when i was a 3rd grader in high school. For now, want to take violin lessons so i can become kiva. lol
(ID #212144) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:05
Wannabe CG Artist/ Figure Collector/Deadman
I've taken lessons every summer during Primary till high school.. They are Art/Painting, Computer basics, Tennis, Swimming, Chinese Language and Math Tutorials(Which my parents sent me sometime during high school summer and during after regular classes), PMT(Physics,Math,Trigonometry). I can only say that the ART/Painting was the only activity that is/was useful for me... But they are not being attended altogether,BTW. I am a man without a talent..
(ID #212145) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:09
Software Developer
I remember having music lessons (solfège) mixed with normal class during primary school. Then I went to music school after class for instrument lessons (piano, trombone...). We were a bunch of friends doing this, but we were jealous from others who did not have anything to do and were playing soccer in the play-ground... well, we were just kids who wanted to have fun, no class ^^;
(ID #212151) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:17
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Tennis, swimming and badminton, all didn't last though. Took them all just because I was chubby. ^^ Ironically they didn't have much effect, strict diet instead was more effective for me.
(ID #212152) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:19
I took a Japanese Culture class during the summer between 7th and 8th grade. We were living in Misawa at the time, and my father signed me up and told me I was going. It ended up being pretty fun. ^_^
(ID #212153) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:20
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
I got to learn piano for free cos my aunty taught me.... I learnt to hate the piano :P
(ID #212154) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:23
Lesson learned.
(ID #212161) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:28
i think i speak on behalf of korean americans when i say that i have taken violin/piano lessons. others include tennis, golf, guitar, bass, japanese, and korean. good times~
(ID #212160) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:27
Student - Network Engineering - CCNA
i've been learning AMEB piano courses for the last 12 years and still going at it (i just wanna finish to 8th grade/level) Guitar came in around 2004, found little interest in it. dropped it in early 2006. language school (Chinese) for 6 years, when i was young. dropped out when my dad stopped being principal yes, so just like Danny, i learn my kanji characters through Japanese first......=_____=" on a sidenote, when i read your post, i thought #3 was dolphin waxing ..........my bad ^^"
(ID #212163) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:29
it's quite surprising that u learn chinese from Japanese. Lol
(ID #212165) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:30
Actually, some of the Chinese linguists, here, have been telling us (Japanese speakers) we should learn Chinese. They said as far as speaking goes, it's easier (grammatically) than Japanese. Also, our breadth of kanji knowledge would help with the reading. Maybe after hammering out my theses, I'll give it a shot. ^^
(ID #212191) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:53
student
I'm Chinese, but I don't know how to read/write Chinese words... Learning Japanese I've picked up quite a lot of Kanji... But of course if I knew Chinese, learning Japanese would be so much easier...
(ID #212291) Posted on 2008/06/13 18:45
Knowing Japanese gave me a head-start in Chinese school.. sorta. xD
(ID #212665) Posted on 2008/06/14 05:14
university film student
...I'm doing the opposite. I'm using my Chinese knowledge to help learn Japanese. x_x" Used to take swimming, art (painting) and supplemental Chinese and math classes. My parents wanted me to take piano and Mandarin too, but I protested everytime they raised the subject for years until they finally gave up. I don't regret that - the time I gained to play in my childhood is priceless and can't be replaced. Still, would be nice to know some sort of musical instrument. x_x
(ID #212709) Posted on 2008/06/14 06:28
Online Shop
I took tennis lessons on weekend and martial art class on daily basis. I realized the tennis lessons didn't do me good when I fail the trail out for high school tennis team ^^; Never got to test out the martial art skill on real situation so not sure I'm good or not...
(ID #212168) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:34
I've taken Violin when I was little, but stopped it like a year or two after I started it. I really regret stopping it, I keep thinking by now I could of been a master of violin.
(ID #212173) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:37
Kung Fu/awesome French cuisine/delicious cake decorating/delicious cake is delicious use to take Guitar/horrible teacher Swimming/a coach raped a girl Vietnamese/teacher wanted the kids to become Buddhist
(ID #212179) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:40
Oh my, did the swimming end once that happened? O.o
(ID #212189) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:50
Yeah. The owners were like, "Due to some internal problems, we need to close the club.We will be refunding all the money paid for this quarter."
(ID #212194) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:55
omg, never heard of something like that before. Luckily nothing happened to me when i took my swimming course.
(ID #212273) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:56
I took swimming and some art in the past. Now I'm taking Japanese outside of my school. Costs $400-500 for half a year because it's an intensive course. JLPT 4 coming up end of this year =/
(ID #212184) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:47
I made my parents pony up for piano lessons ^^ But they made me take Spanish lessons when they discovered I was forgetting how to speak it properly ^^;;;; Spanish has been a curse for me, my Secondary School forced me to do French GCSE as I already knew Spanish, bleh~
(ID #212186) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:49
lol. My mom, being the Mexican one, made me spend every other weekend With my Nino and Nina to improve my Spanish. I completely forgot all my Vietnamese, except for the food ;D
(ID #212198) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:59
IT, Programmer, ...
I did 2 years of drawing school but dropped out. Then I did 5.5 years of music school where I learned to play the piano. But stopped with that too because I was too busy with school. But I'm glad that I did that, I have a good knowledge how music works and how to read it. I'm also wanting to learn bass guitar at the moment, but I still need to get my bass ^^; Sometime this year maybe ^^;
(ID #212187) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:49
Jazz dance, ballet and Chinese school- quit dance because I wanted my weekends back, and Chinese school because it got too hard.. I guess as I grew older just wanted to hang out with friends, but when high school started, it was english/maths tutoring >_>
(ID #212192) Posted on 2008/06/13 16:54
study
i quit chinese school i juste getting bored there and i become lazy in home games and anime all day
(ID #212200) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:00
study
PRimay school i basket ball win 12 time gold medal our team was crazy me i am a shooter 100% in everytime !!
(ID #212206) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:02
Receptionist/ Accountant/ Junior Designer/ Illustrator
Wow, Japanese primary school kids really seem to have much opportunity. I was too lazy to do anything in primary school and even if I had the motivation, it'd be too expensive. Currently, teach myself art, music and a bit of programming. I learned piano for a while but, after my teahcer passed on, I stopped. Now I'm starting guitar :) I'm not sure if being 'self-taught' counts though.
(ID #212224) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:16
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
I got my numbers confused, which one is number 3 again? seriously. ^^; nice mod on the utility belt, never would have thought about the 'velcro'ed transparent back. about the question, I tried to learn the piano on my own back when I was a kid (no formal schooling for it). but I did have taekwondo class back then. wonder if I could still do those kick without breaking me hip. ^^;
(ID #212232) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:23
Writer.
I took swimming lessons long time ago when I was a wee tyke back in the 90's, at some beach resort club. Currently I take Japanese and guitar lessons at a nearby community center.
(ID #212234) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:26
Can't play any musical instrument to save my life. I wanted to learn the piano. I might do that someday. For now its just a dream.
(ID #212235) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:26
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
I quit weekend baseball, arnis and art instruction when i was in elementary. As for music, took no out of school classes. Had instruction from my dad and older brother on how to play the guitar when I was in highschool.
(ID #212242) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:34
Student Engineer
Sure did- I got my 1st degree black belt in Tae Kwan Do. Would have preferred kendo to supplement.
(ID #212244) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:36
Ah yes, i take time outside of school to learn Japanese ^_^ My tutor tutors me from home, so i don't even have to go anywhere xP
(ID #212254) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:43
Engineering research
Me learned Tae kwon do when I was still schooling. After I missed my grading for black belt due to illness I sorta lose steam and quited. Really a waste, now that I think about it.
(ID #212258) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:43
1st year Civil Engineering Student
I remembered taking drawing lessons during my primary school years, but would really love to learn the piano.
(ID #212261) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:46
When I was in elementary school I took lessons to learn how to play guitar. I've resisted around a week before getting bored... Well, at least my little brother learned drums and now he is singing with a band. ^__^
(ID #212263) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:46
Part human, part student, 100% loser
Nope, never did any lessons outside school but I'd love to try Kendo... I was inspired when I watched bamboo Blade and when Tama-chan shouted "Meeeeeeeeeeeeeen!"... I thought to myself, "That's cool!"
(ID #212264) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:47
Videogame Magazine Editor
When I was younger, my parents signed me up for Organ, Violin, and Harp (the huge ones you see in orchestra). Incidentally, I wanted to learn to play the guitar, but my mother signed me up for violin instead. Maybe she thought the violin was a miniature guitar. -_-; I also learned Music Theory, though I quit all music lessons when I entered high school. Although I don't really know how to play them anymore, my love for classical music probably stemmed from there (though I hated practicing). I also learned swimming and Mandarin, though my Mandarin is pretty crap.
(ID #212270) Posted on 2008/06/13 17:52
Secondary Student~
I only remembered I did take some drawing and swimming lessons before.. I use the kanji like chinese words when I really cant read anymore of the japanese words to roughly guess whats it about ^^;
(ID #212282) Posted on 2008/06/13 18:13
Took swimming lessons during elementary school for about three years till I got bored with it and quit... I've been going to kendo lessons for about two years now.
(ID #212292) Posted on 2008/06/13 18:47
Student, working hard to become IT Professional.
Yes, I do take... uhh.. self-taught lessons but not when I'm in primary school. I'm current learning Japanese (self-taught) and guitar (self-taught). Let's work hard!
(ID #212295) Posted on 2008/06/13 18:49
Receptionist/ Accountant/ Junior Designer/ Illustrator
Oh, same as me! Let's work hard! ^-^
(ID #212300) Posted on 2008/06/13 19:07
Illustrator & Designer
My parents never forced me to take extra curricular activities like music lessons or Chinese school. I kind of wish they did now though, as I'd love to be able to play the piano or guitar and also be able to read and write Chinese. Cool to get an insight inside all the nooks and cranny of your storm trooper armour, Danny (I'm sure you were joking about the skid marks, right?). I like all the mods you've done and at one point I was going to suggest you paint the gills / fake air vents of the helmet from blue to the dannychoo.com orange. Wow, so you see everything in a tinge of green when you're under that helmet!
(ID #212297) Posted on 2008/06/13 18:53
Director/代表取締役
Hey! I like the idea of orange gills! *starts thinking*
(ID #212342) Posted on 2008/06/13 21:11
lol, looked comfy inside
(ID #212301) Posted on 2008/06/13 19:07
I had piano lessons but not anymore. Nice suit. Can you sleep in it? :D
(ID #212304) Posted on 2008/06/13 19:11
primary school learn swimming before, until primary 6. At secondary school have join the chinese orchestra, and I learn the erhu(二胡) instrument, now totally forgotten how to play. After 2 year of the chinese orchestra then i join Karate until end of my secondary school.
(ID #212307) Posted on 2008/06/13 19:17
mon_han_FU-reek (Registered on 2008/05/24 19:23)
don't do any after school lesson recently want to go to cram school tho
(ID #212317) Posted on 2008/06/13 19:56
Outside school I had swimming, tennis, English and guitar (accustic). I never wanted to learn how to play the piano or violin 'coz I thought they were boring, and luckily my parents never made me do it. Now I'd like to learn how to play an electric guitar but I don't have much time.
(ID #212319) Posted on 2008/06/13 20:07
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
I did ballet, till my first Computer ever entered my room... then it was over. ^^; I didnt cut back on sports stuff though but it weren't "lessons". Private inline and ice skating. Though i wanted to take Japanese lessons, around the area where i did grow up there were none and driving 4h to get me to a lesson and back home would not have worked back then for my mom lol. Why did my parents build a house on the country side... i'm a city child at heart *grumble*.
(ID #212321) Posted on 2008/06/13 20:16
Recording Engineer, Musician, IT Technician
In my spare time I learned how to play the clarinet. I also did some sports like soccer, and basketball, but never at the same time. I actually work for a school district and the amount of after school activities parents make kids do is insane. Kids should just be kids.
(ID #212329) Posted on 2008/06/13 20:43
Physical Therapist
I had Swimming Lessons when i was a smahild but besides that...Nah never had any lessons.
(ID #212330) Posted on 2008/06/13 20:44
