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Answers to CULTURE SHOCK (textbook p.37)

7 Dirk, Dutch, professor, lives in Japan My son was a member of the soccer club in junior high school. He was pretty good at it, but in his final year it took up a lot of his time- about 17 hours per week! That’s almost half of the hours in a school week in Holland. I felt that it was excessive for a student his age, especially with his grades not being very good at all.

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→ Dirk felt that his son was being asked to give an unreasonable amount of time to his soccer club.

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8 Jakob , Japanese-Dutch, student, lives in Japan My father encouraged me to stay at home on Sundays and rest. I did from time to time, but the coach always punished me for sometimes not coming to practices. He said, “Since you are not really involved in the team, you won’t be playing!”. I was made to sit out matches and just watch my teammates play.

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→ Jakob wasn’t allowed to play in matches because he wasn’t good enough at soccer.

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9 Dirk, Dutch, professor, lives in Japan I went to speak with the coach. I told him that it was unfair that my son would be punished by being excluded from games. It obviously fell on deaf ears. He told me that the club was for “ gambaru hito ”, that is, students who were willing to give their all. I was quite indignant.

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→ After discussion, Jakob’s coach was able to see the situation from Jakob’s father’s point of view.

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10 Jakob , Japanese-Dutch, student, lives in Japan My father and my coach obviously had very different views on this. As for me, since I wasn’t included in games, I lost my desire to play and quit the club. I later joined one which was more relaxed, with only two practices per week.

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→ Jakob joined a different club after his time at the soccer club ended.

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UNIT 5 | CULTURE SHOCK