Educating Andy: The Experiences of a Foreign Family in the Japanese Elementary School System [Paperback]

Anne Conduit (Author), Andy Conduit (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1996

Both insightful and humorous, this insider's view of the Japanese school system from the perspective a blond, blue-eyed, twelve-year-old paints a revealing portrait of the Japanese character.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4770019211
• ISBN-13: 978-4770019219
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,378,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Young Foreign Students/Parents in Japan, September 23, 2003

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This review is from: Educating Andy: The Experiences of a Foreign Family in the Japanese Elementary School System (Paperback)

I don't understand why it's so difficult to get a copy of this book because I thought it was terrific and relevant for any non-Japanese interested in the Japanese elementary school experience. It was full of pithy, real-life accounts of the ups and downs of an Australian boy and his mother in the fifth and sixth grade in a public school in Tokyo. I couldn't give it five stars because it seemed like a lot of the details were recalled long after they had occurred and so I occasionally wanted more details. A daily diary would have been more reliable. However, the mother had a lot of different schools to compare this one to because they had traveled to several countries together and also been in a private international school in Japan. I felt her insights had true global perspective for comparing and contrasting the Japanese public school.