Expressing what's in my head has improved my life even now
Martial Arts? - Aikido or Karate. I want her to be strong.
Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese it's Cathy Cat.
Do Japanese kids really study that much as we
hear it on the news or is that actually a lie?
We're gonna go and find out. Let's ask Japanese.
Have you studied something? - I had swimming
Tennis and English lessons.
That's all for now. - I was in a cram school
We both did it together.
Together, so your mum drove you both? - Yes.
Since you're sisters, weren't you rivals?
Yes we were.
I am the younger one. My older sis was good at studying
I was in the lower level class in cram school.
It was painful so I studied hard to
go up to a higher level after the next test.
I quietly worked on this rivalry. - Did you feel that?
I felt it. I tried not to get dragged behind either
and kept studying.
But I wasn't good at sports.
I learned tennis from my little sister
She helped me. We split into the sporty and studious one.
We did. - You learned a lot of things
what was the most useful out of all of them?
I think the cram school. - I am doing history at university
and what I leaned in cram school is still
helpful knowledge today. I will recognize the things the teacher says.
I think the cram school helped me a lot.
We did little knowledge tests too.
I am into work history
so things I learned in there
I will still remember and be able to answer
My tests and grades get good scores.
My grades got good and that was useful.
What did you benefit from? - Learning English.
I went to a private English class by an older lady.
My English didn't get better but
I learned that other cultures think differently
and that it's fun
I learned important live skills from her
That helped me talking with many people.
Your heart opened more? - I did. I used to be
very shy. We sisters were inseparable.
We only spoke with each other.
But since we started English school I started
talking with other kids and newcomers to our class.
I actually went up to them.
You got braver! - I am so glad I learned that
I learned something more important than just English. - Did you learn
something in your life? - Piano, swimming
When did you do that? - Piano from kindergarten to middle school
Swimming from primary to middle school.
I only did piano.
From primary school until High School.
You did that for long! - Yeah - All this piano
did you learn something for your life? - Rhythm
I didn't have a feeling for rhythm. This helped me get better at sports.
I think piano helped me with tennis.
I started hitting the balls better.
Is the tennis rhythm like boing, boing
Like that. I started getting the timing better.
And also at Karaoke I won't mistake
the pitch anymore. I understand that now.
Is he good at Karaoke? - He is.
So you both are good at karaoke because of piano lessons. - Maybe
I also learned something else.
I had painting lessons.
It help me visualize things an express ideas
that I had in my head on paper
and painting helped me even now.
How does it help you now? - At work
I work in IT. When making the IT system and such.
I got the skill to visualize it in my head first.
Have you learned something? - Swimming, cram school,
piano and softball and also cooking classes.
Oh you learned 5 things. Did you have any free time?
Well, not when I was a child. - piano
swimming, athletics,
artistic gymnastics and cram school
How does softball and athletics affect your life now?
Softball gave me energy and stamina!
You learned a lot
what was the most useful? - Softball
was done with many students.
I learned how to socialize with people
and how to try hard in tough times. Glad I did that.
I think so. - Nowadays I have my own kid
I used to learn piano
I want to sing and play along with my child
I am glad I learned it.
Kids love listening to music.
I want my kid to be happy.
Are you playing piano for your kid now? - I just push a button
Are you learning something now? - Now
I am not learning anything. I started liking flowers though.
I want to learn how to make Japanese traditional sweets
and more about Japanese culture.
Since you have a kid, what lessons will it have to take?
Swimming and piano are a must.
Why those two?
I want it have a sense for rhythm.
And if a kid can't swim it's dangerous
not being able to swim is scary
I don't want it to be afraid of water.
Did you have lessons as kid. - Baseball and Abacus
I did it for 3 months. Abacus calculus lessons
I did. - Why 3 months? - If you go you get a stamp on your card
I stole the stamp and filled mine up. It came out.
You pushed more than 3 months? I filled slots up until the next year.
Lol. That came out. - Then I stopped going.
How long did you do baseball? - Until I got 18
Is this still useful? - I am in good shape
And I learned about hierarchy
What have you learned? - Swimming. - Classical ballet and piano
Since you have kids, what shall they learn in the future?
I want them to be sporty. Soccer or baseball. Team sports
are good. - Why? - Learning to think of the others
and the team.
I want her to do ballet and martial arts.
Martial art? - Aikido or Karate. I want her to be a strong girl.
You'll be a strong girl! - Why ballet?
Ballet is good for the posture.
Those were our questions, thank you.
Now actually making their kids study a lot of things from a young age
that is a thing, that is true. We found that out this time
most of the people learned at least 2 or more things
in younger years and most of them dropped it. Some kept going.
Interesting to find out. I one knew a primary school student whose mother
had something lined up every day of the week. English lessons,
piano lesson, piano lessons, instrument lessons, extra lessons
and the only free time she got was in the car from one place to another.
She told me that and I thought wow that's really busy.
So guys were you that busy when you were kids? That is a lot
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