Great to see the school uniforms out
By Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
Japan
June 1, 2020 4:58am CST
Today was the first day back to class for public school students in the greater Tokyo area. Since I am still teaching online from home, and our school will continue online, I got to see our neighborhood kids heading off and coming back. They will have shortened days for the first week or so, with no lunch at school.
They all looked very cheerful walking to school with their friends. They had masks on but were not 6 feet apart for sure. I hope the masks will do the job.
Are schools back in your area?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
1 Jun 20
students wear uniforms here, too.
they are eager to go out and be with their friends so they forget to keep distance.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
2 Jun 20
@petatonicsca true, especially when they checking each other's stuff and playing
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
2 Jun 20
I can't even imagine trying to have kindergartners keep social distance!
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
2 Jun 20
One good thing is that many kids will be happy to go back to school.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
1 Jun 20
As far as I know no school have opened here around 
I think they have online classes too. It`s still not safe to have normal school for now when the virus cases still increasing
I think they have online classes too. It`s still not safe to have normal school for now when the virus cases still increasing @m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
2 Jun 20
@petatonicsca You mean not too much virus increase cases there in Japan now? 
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
2 Jun 20
I think so too, but Japan has brought down the cases. They are ready to close down again if necessary.
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@Cristi_Ichim (3663)
• Bucharest, Romania
1 Jun 20
No, in my area schools are not back yet but now they will enter summer holiday season so there would be no point in opening schools at this point. They will probably be re-opened in september when school education starts again. Do you have this thing called summer holiday for schools in Japan?
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
2 Jun 20
My international school goes till mid-June and then starts a new school year in mid-August like many other countries, but Japanese national schools start in April and have six weeks of summer break, then go till mid-March. I have heard that they might not get summer break this year.
@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Jun 20
Expecting small children to keep their distance from each other is pie in the sky thinking really.
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
1 Jun 20
many schools reopened today but lots of parents have kept their kids at home apparently.
