School system in Totto Chan
The School system in Totto Chan (Source: Google Images) The following are some points I have copied verbatim from the original text that highlight the peculiarities of the school Tomoe Gakuen which was run by Sosaku Kobayashi. Please keep in mind that "I" is the author's voice. Questions from this text are usually about the unique schooling system that was followed in Totto Chan's school (Tomoe Gakuen). Unique Teaching Method →Schools normally schedule one subject, for example, Japanese, in the first period, when you just do Japanese; then, say, arithmetic in the second period, when you just do arithmetic. But here it was quite different. At the beginning of the first period, the teacher made a list of all the problems and questions in the subjects to be studied that day. Then she would say, "Now, start with any of these you like." So whether you started on Japanese or arithmetic or something else didn't matter at all. Someone who liked composition mig...