Schooling:
The student must attend high school assigned by your host Rotary Club. You are expected to take part in all school activities. Academic studies must be undertaken and are subject to regular reports by the school. School rules must be adhered to. Please be aware that it is not possible to obtain certification of credit for subjects studied. As a high school exchange student you have received a student visa from the Japanese Government to attend a senior high school. Your attendance at high school is a required condition for your stay in Japan. The Japanese high school is very different in many respects from the school in your home land. The curriculum varies with many more subjects being carried during scholastic year. From tradition the school is responsible for the students not only while the students are within the confines of the school building, but also at home or even during the holidays. The schools are therefore expected to give their students guidelines for behavior at all times and in all places. The school regulations cover an area that includes conduct outside of the school complex. These regulations vary from school to school in specific detail, but overall regulations are generally uniform. Senior high school in Japan is not compulsory, but about 95% of the junior high school graduates go on for senior high. All schools in Japan require a student to wear a school uniform. The uniforms vary from school to school. Although the uniforms are not designed to win any fashion contests, you must wear them. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. Each school has its own specific dress code, not only covering the school uniform proper, but foot wear, hosiery, hair style. For the girls, makeup, accessories, hair ornaments are TABOO. Some school May be more lenient than others on their enforcement of these regulations; anyway your job is to observe what you are told to. The curriculum you follow as a student in a Japanese high school will be determined by the school authorities. You will probably be given a good many study periods for the Japanese language. This May be with teaching help or on your own. Use this time wisely. Your success as an exchange student and your gain from the exchange year will depend to a great extent on the degree to which you can handle the language. It is very difficult to become close to people and gain their friendship without communication. The faster you pick up the rudiments of the language, the quicker you become a part of your host family and also the local society. Japanese is very difficult; that makes it all the more challenging. There is nothing as sweet as success, especially with a tough language. It can be done, it has been done, it is being done. It’s up to you. Smoking and drinking are forbidden by law until the age of twenty. Schools in Japan sponsor no social affairs such as dances for the students as dating in forbidden. Some of the regulations May seem forbidding to a western student, some May seem strange. But remember that a school is not made by the rules it has but by the people in it. You’ve come to Japan to become friends with your fellow students, as well as your Rotary contacts. It is hoped that many lasting friends will be made with your classmates as this is what Rotary is striving to accomplish by the exchange program towards WORLD UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE.
4D-Rules:
DRIVE:
Driving a motor vehicle of any kind and riding a motorcycle, even as a passenger is not permitted…
DRINK(ALCOHOL):
The drinking of alcoholic beverages in any place or at any function or activity is not permitted. Smoking and the consumption of other tobacco products are not permitted.
DRUG(SMOKING):
The student MUST obey the laws of JAPAN at all times.
ILLEGAL DRUGS,POSSESSION AND/OR USE ARE ILLEGAL
DATE(ROMANTIC ACTIVITY):
Romantic attachments are discouraged. Promiscuity is not permitted.
NOT APPROVED:
The following activities will not be approved under any circumstances.
(1) The use of Non Motorized and Motorized Gliders.
(2) Hang Gliding (all types inclusive).
(3) The use of Ultra light Airplanes (all types inclusive).
(4) Parachute Jumping, Skydiving, Bungee Jumping.
(5) Any other activities of a dangerous nature as determined by D.2700 YEC and as periodically advised.
OTHER NON APPROVED ACTIVITIES: BODY PIERCING AND TATTOOS:
In the interest of personal health and hygiene, students are not permitted to have any body piercing or tattoos done while on exchange.
TRAVEL:
The following guidelines which shall take the force of rules are applicable to all students being hosted by District 2700. Traveling with any Rotary-approval family is encouraged.
Travel should be confined to times when school is not in session. The local Committeeman should be informed of any travel that the student may take with this family group if it involves going outside the geographical limit of District 2700. For individual travel by the student the following procedures are to be followed:
The student must observe the travel rules as specified for students hosted in D.2700. These are:
STUDENTS ARE NOT TO INVITE OTHER STUDENTS IN DISTRICT 2700 OR OTHER DISTRICT IN JAPAN TO THEIR LOCAL AREA WITHOUT FIRST CLEARING THIS WITH YOUR HOST FAMILY, COUNSELOR AND LOCAL DISTRICT COMMITTEEMAN.
- TRAVEL WITHIN D.2700 (FUKUOKA PREF. & Tosu City, SAGA PREF. & Iki City and Tsushima City, NAGASAKI PREF.)
Day Trip:
Students are to obtain the permission of their host parents.
Stay Trip:
Students MUST obtain the permission of D.2700 YEC through your host Rotary Club international service chairperson in writing. Travel between students (inclusive of inbound students) without a chaperone is not permitted under any circumstances. - TRAVEL OUTSIDE D. 2700 (FUKUOKA PREF. & Tosu City, SAGA PREF. & Iki City and Tsushima City, NAGASAKI PREF.)
Students MUST obtain the permission of D.2700 YEC through your host Rotary Club, YEP chairperson in writing.
This is also required in the event that parents/guardians visit Japan. School approval MUST be given if travel will occur during the school term. Travel between students (inclusive of inbound students) without a chaperone is not permitted under any circumstances. A complete itinerary of the trip including contact telephone numbers is to be provided to your host RC and D.2700 YEC. - TRAVEL OUTSIDE D. 2700 (FUKUOKA PREF. & Tosu City, SAGA PREF. & Iki City and Tsushima City, NAGASAKI PREF.) – (personal trip)
The travel with inbound students from other clubs is not permitted, except if this travel is planned as a joint event by all concerned host-RC. All expenses for such personal trips will be paid by the student. - TRAVEL OUTSIDE JAPAN
Travel outside Japan is not be permitted. In the case of school trips, travel outside of Japan may be possible provided that the permission of parents/guardians, the Sponsor Rotary Club Chairperson, and the Sponsor District YEC Chairperson is obtained. All expenses for such school trips will be paid by the student.