Japanese students are in school for 240 days a year. They even go to school on Saturdays. The school starts in April and ends next March.

In Japanese schools, some students wear school uniforms, and others wear everyday clothes. Many students wear yellow hats when they walk to and from school, because yellow hats make it easy for the divers to see them. The hats can stop accidents（事故）.

They learn math, reading science and social studies. They also learn to use computers and speak English. The teachers are very strict with them and students there work very hard. But they still have fun spending time with their friends during the lunchtime at school.

Japanese students do many activities. They go on field trip（实地考察）. They learn music and art. School clubs are part of their life. They not only study hard, but also do lots of other things, such as cleaning the school and helping others.

When the bell rings, every student takes out an iPad. The light from the screens makes their young faces pretty and lively. That’s what happens every day at my school in the US. We use iPads in class.

I felt surprised and exited when I got an iPad the first day I arrived at the school.

But it was not free. I paid about $100 to rent (租) it for three years.

Every iPad at my school has a special learning system (系统) called Focus. Teachers put their teaching materials (材料) like textbooks and PPTs on it. When we have classes, we enter the system and download (下载) materials with our iPads.

It makes the classes interesting and efficient (高效的). For example, a few weeks ago, we learned about London in the UK. Our teacher prepares a video. Through the video, we saw many places of interest in London. We could not only watch the video, but also see the words at the same time. Because of the video, I know more about the city.

We also do our homework with iPads. We can know how well we do our homework right after we hand in our homework.

However, there are still some bad points about learning with iPads. Some of my classmates play games or surf the Internet in class.

I believe the key to using iPads well is to have good self-control (自制力), isn’t it?

On September 1st, 2022, as a member of the Sunshine student reporter group, I went to Sunshine Park to have some street interviews（采访）.

I asked some parents and kids about their ideas on the “Double Reduction” Policy（双减政策）. Here’s what they said.

	I agree with the policy. My kids have more free time on weekends. My daughter, Xiao Wen, goes to learn ballet and my son, Xiao Tian, learns to play the piano. And we can have more family activities together. We often go hiking on weekends.
	Now I can do some reading or take up new hobbies in my free time. I really like the policy, because doing these things can make us feel happy and relaxed.
	My son, Li Xiang is in a middle school. He often finishes his homework at school, so he can read different books he likes at home. And he often helps us do some housework.
	We students have enough sleep every night. Good sleep keeps us active during the day. And on weekends we have more time to learn new skills and to do some volunteer（志愿者）activities. Also, we can’t see the rankings（排名）after each test. I feel more relaxed without knowing them. But at the same time, I don’t know whether（是否）I’m good or not.