Documenting the number of parasites in the various institutions on the taxpayers' dime is very important to understanding the dilemma we're in with their "democratic" system. It is entirely repugnant to our constitutional republic. If only they could all be categorized as having a conflict of interest, and somehow exclude them from voting -- haha...just a fantasy of mine.
Interesting article and one several commenters on VDC have brought forth many times regarding the largest employer in the state is the state or words to that effect.
In case anyone is interested:
"Average educational expenses per child until high school Japan FY 2021, by type
Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 31, 2023
As of the fiscal year 2021 in Japan, the average cost of education for a student from entering kindergarten up to graduation from high school was about 5.7 million Japanese in the case of public schools. For a student attending only private schools, the total education-related costs amounted to over 18 million yen during the 15 years of school years."
For those that don't know off the top of their heads, the exchange or equivalent USD of 5.7 million yen (public only schools) = $39,110.49 as of today. 18 million yen (private only schools) is $123,506.82 as of today... for about "15 years of school years". In Vermont, a student in public school costs the state/taxpayers-according to several websites, $21,000.00/year but I have read many places such as VDC as $30,000.00/year. If you add up K-12 (13 years) that is either $273,000.00 at the low end or $390,000.00/year at the high end. So, round up in Japan they pay 40 grand for a student's education and Vermont pays 273-390 grand for a student's education.
Let that sink in. Now, what I am having difficulty sussing out is the outcomes of Japanese public vs private schools and all Japanese schools vs all US schools and all Japanese public vs all Vermont public. If anyone has the access or expertise to get that information, I would dearly like to know. Cause if it is cheaper but their outcomes are as bad as ours, it makes no sense to find out what they are doing. Or maybe it still does, it would be cheaper and have the same less than optimal (ranked 49th in the country) outcomes. Any and all help would be welcomed.
Hey, if they did it with car manufacturing, and we followed suit all across the country, why can't we follow them education structure wise?
Thank you again for illuminating this self-perpetuating mess we've created.
Thanks for this article, Rob.
Documenting the number of parasites in the various institutions on the taxpayers' dime is very important to understanding the dilemma we're in with their "democratic" system. It is entirely repugnant to our constitutional republic. If only they could all be categorized as having a conflict of interest, and somehow exclude them from voting -- haha...just a fantasy of mine.
Very insightful Rob (much more so than the survey "expert"). Thank you!
Interesting article and one several commenters on VDC have brought forth many times regarding the largest employer in the state is the state or words to that effect.
In case anyone is interested:
"Average educational expenses per child until high school Japan FY 2021, by type
Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 31, 2023
As of the fiscal year 2021 in Japan, the average cost of education for a student from entering kindergarten up to graduation from high school was about 5.7 million Japanese in the case of public schools. For a student attending only private schools, the total education-related costs amounted to over 18 million yen during the 15 years of school years."
For those that don't know off the top of their heads, the exchange or equivalent USD of 5.7 million yen (public only schools) = $39,110.49 as of today. 18 million yen (private only schools) is $123,506.82 as of today... for about "15 years of school years". In Vermont, a student in public school costs the state/taxpayers-according to several websites, $21,000.00/year but I have read many places such as VDC as $30,000.00/year. If you add up K-12 (13 years) that is either $273,000.00 at the low end or $390,000.00/year at the high end. So, round up in Japan they pay 40 grand for a student's education and Vermont pays 273-390 grand for a student's education.
Let that sink in. Now, what I am having difficulty sussing out is the outcomes of Japanese public vs private schools and all Japanese schools vs all US schools and all Japanese public vs all Vermont public. If anyone has the access or expertise to get that information, I would dearly like to know. Cause if it is cheaper but their outcomes are as bad as ours, it makes no sense to find out what they are doing. Or maybe it still does, it would be cheaper and have the same less than optimal (ranked 49th in the country) outcomes. Any and all help would be welcomed.
Hey, if they did it with car manufacturing, and we followed suit all across the country, why can't we follow them education structure wise?
Another great piece of analysis.