Word: crammers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...travel to school seven days a week, preparing for the ultimate test of adolescence: university entrance examinations. While President Clinton has proposed making the "13th and 14th years of education as universal as high school" in America, Japanese students are fighting their way to a college education--enrolling in "crammer colleges" if necessary to help them stay ahead of the academic pack. Those who do not perform up to par are destined to loiter in Fukuoka's famed street for delinquents, translated to me as "Failures's Avenue" or "Parents' Unhappiness...
...Fine Arts library is one possible destination for students looking for a peaceful atmosphere. Located in the Fogg Museum, the library remains a crammer's dream. As Darin N. Stephanov '98, a librarian in the Fine Arts library, said, "Few people so far have discovered...