I am writing to you today about the strangeness of Japanese scheduling. You might be thinking, "Oh she's talking about Japanese punctuality and how everything starts and ends on time."
Nope, it's something else.
I am actually writing to say that Japanese scheduling makes little sense to me. It's neither good nor bad, just different. But it really just don't make sense.
College classes in the States tend to meet Monday and Wednesday, Tuesday and Thursday, or one day a week. Occasionally, for language classes, there are instances of Monday-Wednesday-Friday. Of course, there are many variations across the country depending on how long the classes meet each time, etc.
When classes take place here seems to have little rhyme or reason. My lecture classes are all over the place--Tuesday at 1 and then Thursday at, say, 3:15. Another is Tuesday and Friday, and the classrooms are different depending on the day.
What is up with this?
With the States' scheduling, it's possible to choose a schedule where all your classes are earlier in the day and a student can have an evening job (or the other way around). It's easier to regulate one's day-to-day life. Does anyone know why Japanese scheduling is the way it is?
Oo-wee, what up with that. What up with that?
(Actually, in regards to "Japanese punctuality," it seems like Osaka might not be on the same page as the rest of Japan...)
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