Re: children in japan: difficulty with school system, culture, and language
Declan Murphy wrote:
> documents. I have US citizens writing "Japanese-American" or "white,
> non-hispanic" into the nationality section of their applications to
> Yamasa because some of them are so damn confused about the clear
> difference between ethnicity and nationality.
I had a なつかしい moment a few weeks ago when signing up Sprog 1.5 for
first grade at the American school. Not a single question about blood type
or ages of the parents, but half a page dedicated to sussing out my kid's
race. FWIW, they told me to mark down "Asian."
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