Education. (Part 1)

Education is extremely expensive in Japan.

Tokyo University is one of the most well-known public university in Japan,
but it has a tuition fee of about 5,000 US Dollars per annum.
when it comes to private universities or colleges,
20,000 US Dollars to 30,000 US Dollars per annum is still "cheap".

Unbelievable. o_O

Japan's compulsory education is 9 years (from 6 years old to 15 years old).
Still, tuition fees are expensive.

By younger brother's public junior high school takes a tuition fee of about 1,000 US Dollars per annum,
The redeeming feature is that the people who can't afford it can ask for a financial aid to Education Committee in every local government.

No, not everyone can do that.
The people must have passed the qualification of household's annual income of less than 20,000 US Dollars or something.
hehehe...

It's amazing that although schools take so much tuition fees,
children's parents pay that expensive tuition fee with or without wondering.

Yeah, the schools which take expensive tuition fees EXISTS,
because there are people who pay it.

Nevertheless,
education is a compulsory for children,
but not for adults.

Disregard the price,
Higher education have a right to take a tuition fee.

And as long as they provide a "high-quality" education,
the "expensive" tuition fee is reasonable.

Question:
What should a student without much money do?
Well, there are some general answers here:

1. Stop studying and work.
2. Work while studying.
3. Study extremely hard, and go to a "cheap" public school.
4. Study extremely hard, win a scholarship, and pay back after graduation.
5. Student loan.

And many more...

And my choice is to "work first, save money and go to school". ^_^