Reflections on studying in Japan
Integrate into Japanese society
It is not easy to integrate into Japanese society. For international students, there is always a special feeling that they live in Japanese society and cannot integrate into it. This may be because although Japanese culture originated in China, it has its particularity, or that Japan's national character has its "island root". Some foreigners describe the Japanese as "shy intellectuals". Maybe he described it from the standpoint of Americans and from the perspective of Americans. From the Chinese point of view, the Japanese have a strong sense of collectivism. They like to form unity clubs, the same party, fellow villagers, classmates and the same series of companies. As long as they can find a word "same" and don't need more languages, they naturally have a tacit understanding and will soon be coordinated. It seems an unshirkable duty to take care of each other. Joining their tacit understanding is almost beyond the reach of foreigners. But they keep a certain distance from other people who are not "the same", and they are very polite and quite polite to each other. Almost from the politeness degree and politeness weight of both parties, we can see which party is the caregiver and which party is the cared for. Although they both said the same thing while bowing, "I have always owed you."
The Japanese make great efforts in the use of language, especially in business and social affairs. It is almost impossible to say honorific words.
Japanese people don't like to express themselves and don't talk much. In their own words, it is "heart to heart" and "silence is golden". They are not good at arguing and hate arguing, that is to say, they can't reason with their superiors, let alone argue. This is their virtue. It sounds like the feeling of the old society in China. In fact, the Japanese attach great importance to Confucius and Laozi. Books in this field can be found everywhere in bookstores, and many people are reading The Analects. Japanese people don't like to be exposed, and they are not good at verbal expression. They like to do practical things in obscurity. Therefore, they also lack a generous character. They can only rely on their own social treasure "trust relationship" in business socialization. Not only in business, but also among ordinary people. What the Japanese fear most is "trust relationship".
As an international student, if you want to integrate into Japanese society, you must first understand the characteristics of Japanese society and their national character, and then let yourself accept their characteristics and act according to their etiquette. In the idioms of both China and Japan, it is said that "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", and the most important thing is to maintain a "trust relationship" with them. To truly integrate into Japanese society, we should introduce our own culture and national character to the Japanese as much as possible, and let them know about our country and our folk customs, so as to achieve mutual understanding and play the role of an international bridge.
The environment gives people hints.
Just entering Tokyo Language School, Japanese teachers take good care of the faces of new foreign students. Wherever they are, don't be too strict. Maybe they are not good at preaching. A week after entering school, on a sunny day, the teacher and his classmates went for a picnic and started a picnic by a mountain stream. After dinner, we carefully packed the garbage and put it in the bag. Because the river is clean everywhere, there is no place to throw garbage, so we carefully throw it behind the invisible stones. At this time, the kindergarten children who had a picnic with us were picking up garbage everywhere, only to see them carry bags of garbage into their cars. I felt embarrassed, so I picked up the bag behind the stone with a classmate and felt a little ashamed. We are all people who educate children, but this matter has been educated by children. Now think about it carefully, the environment is protected by everyone's concrete actions, not by a few capable people. If everyone does not destroy the environment, there is no need for anyone to manage the environment. More specifically, everyone has a piece of garbage in his hand. If everyone throws it casually, it may be littered everywhere. If everyone doesn't give up casually, there will be no garbage. How simple it is for a person to choose between "giving up" and "not giving up". I deeply understand that human beings create the environment and the environment also creates human beings.
Academic performance is very important.
Generally speaking, you should study hard before entering the society. In Japan, things are different. Studying abroad at one's own expense requires self-reliance in economic life. The first problem you face is the cliche of "doing short-term work".
Work and study are a pair of contradictions, depending on whether you are against or unified. How to make use of one's own advantages, make work promote study, study promote work, and unify work and study is the key to ensure college grades. Teaching Japanese Chinese is a great job, that is, being a teacher and learning from others, not only teaching language and culture, but also making friends. Finally, I learned Japanese from the Japanese instead of teaching Chinese. Accepting the lecture notes of various subjects in the university with sufficient Japanese ability is the premise to ensure excellent grades. Excellent grades are the conditions for enjoying scholarships, and scholarships are the guarantee for study and life. There is a circular relationship among them. That is, the better your grades, the higher your scholarships, the less time you spend working and the more time you study, the better your grades will be. This is a virtuous circle.
A positive learning attitude leaves a good impression on professors, and it is also an aspect that can not be ignored in improving grades. As an international student, in class, the general psychology is to find a seat far away from the professor, for fear that the professor will nod his head to answer questions. When I first entered the university, I was naturally like everyone else. But once, in a classroom with hundreds of seats, the back seats were almost full, while the front seats were much empty. I sat helplessly under the nose of the professor in the first row. Unexpectedly, the professor misunderstood me and thought that I was particularly active in learning, so he took me as an example to stimulate Japanese students. "I didn't expect that the students sitting in front were international students, not all of you." I didn't know what it was like at that time, just like riding a tiger. I can't sit down anyway. Sure enough, you should always accept the questions from the previous professors, so you should read more books, check more materials, and even watch video handouts in advance before class. Even so, there will still be jokes. Legal terms in Japanese are quite difficult. Most of the six laws are written in classical Chinese, and even the general terms are difficult to understand. Especially in China, it is easy to guess, leading to a big mistake. For example, a professor of civil law asked me what "killing each other" meant in Japanese. I didn't know what it meant at that time, but I always wanted to analyze it at home, so I answered "killing each other" with a brainwave. I don't know how many Japanese students can't help laughing at this answer. But the professor said thoughtfully, "it turns out that it is like this according to Chinese." It is conceivable that most of the classical Chinese in the Complete Book of Six Laws are difficult topics for international students. In fact, "killing each other" in Japanese means "canceling each other out".
Japanese professors also pay more attention to learning attitude. No matter how much you know, no matter how you answer, as long as you are positive and serious, you will basically leave a good impression on the professor. Many subjects are not only comprehensively evaluated through test scores, but also refer to learning attitudes such as attendance. Needless to say, this is a factor that affects academic performance. For any company in Japan, when recruiting new employees, college grades are almost always a prerequisite. Not to mention when you take the postgraduate entrance examination.
Pay attention to the social effects of schools or tutors.
One day when I went to school, I saw on the bulletin board that "Yokohama University, which ranks first in Japan, took the lead in accepting the application of the Ministry of Education to set up a law department on June 13." The news rocked Japanese universities like an explosion. From the photos, I can see that my tutor, Professor Shancheng, the section chief of law, is surrounded by reporters. I am really happy from the bottom of my heart. After graduating from the Academy of Law, the passing rate of judicial examination is very high, and it is a special course for training judges and lawyers. Although it has little to do with foreign students, it will bring us good social effects because of the improvement of the social reputation of the school and the tutor.
After entering the doctoral program, it is generally not as monotonous as college students. In-depth social investigation is needed to help tutors do some work. Three years ago, because the president attached great importance to friendship with China, the school established a friendly relationship with Liaoning University in China, and trained law graduates for Liaoning University free of charge. Some of the personnel sent by Liaoning University are teachers, some are graduate students and some are undergraduate graduates. They all completed their studies under the guidance of mountain city tutors. By translating for them, I got a lot of learning and inspiration from them. All have graduated and returned to China to work in universities or courts. I believe that they will gain certain social effects when they study at Yokohama University in Tongyin.
For some reason, I was lucky enough to accept the guidance of another professor named Miyake. He has been a judge for forty years and is the legislative initiator of Japan's civil preservation law, civil execution law, bankruptcy law and civil regeneration law. After retirement, he became a professor and a part-time lawyer. Because the tutor attaches great importance to the human rights of foreigners, he is willing to help foreigners. In Japan, due to the lack of language skills or social relations, China people will really feel at a loss when there is a civil dispute. When you encounter some big civil cases, introduce them to your tutor for consultation and solve their problems. Of course, different schools and tutors have different majors, which will bring different social effects. As a graduate student of a university, it can also be said that it is a way to realize personal value to give full play to one's professional expertise and do something for the Japanese with the help of the social effects of the school and tutors.