Are You Bunkei? or Rikei? vol.1

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Are You Bunkei? or Rikei? vol.1

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Oct 09th 2009 00:07

We have to choose whether bunkei(literature-oriented) or rikei(sceinece-oriented) course when we are senior in high school prepareing for an entrance exam of the university.

I don't know there are same courses in the US and I'm not sure that the lebral arts or science course have the same meaning of bunkei or rikei in Japanese.

Bunkei means people who are good at Japanese and history. While rikei means people who are good at science and math.

Consequently, stereotypes tend to think that female opts for bunkei and male opts for rikei. Bunkei came from Venus and Rikei came from Mars, didn't they?

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Oct 09th 2009 03:38 Exis Night

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We have to choose whether bunkei(literature-oriented) or rikei(sceinece-oriented) course when we are senior in high school prepareing for an entrance exam of the university.
We have to choose between bunkei (literature-oriented) and rikei (science-oriented) curricula when we are seniors in high school preparing for university entrance exams. (I used "curricula" because a "course" can mean either an individual class or a series of related classes, which can lead to ambiguity.)

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I don't know there are same courses in the US and I'm not sure that the lebral arts or science course have the same meaning of bunkei or rikei in Japanese.
I don't know if the same course tracks exist in the US, and I'm not sure that the liberal arts or the science tracks have the same meaning as bunkei and rikei in Japanese.

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Bunkei means people who are good at Japanese and history.
Bunkei is meant for people who are good at Japanese and history,

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While rikei means people who are good at science and math.
while rikei is meant for people who are good at science and math.

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Consequently, stereotypes tend to think that female opts for bunkei and male opts for rikei.
Consequently, stereotypes tend to persist that say females opts for bunkei and males opts for rikei.

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The concept definitely exists here in U.S. secondary schools. Back when I was in high school, for example, I enrolled in a science-based curriculum since that was what I was most interested in at the time. My school called it a Vocational/Technical curriculum (or "VoTech" as we all called it). It was the track for people who wanted to get into skilled trades, and I guess it could be called "rikei" in a sense. Our "bunkei" curriculum was called "College Prep", and focused on a wide variety of "non-technical" subjects: languages (domestic and foreign), mathematics, sociology, ethics, etc.

In the end, though, I didn't go to a technical or trade school as I had planned and instead went to a traditional college.

Oct 09th 2009 05:01 mijokijo

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We have to choose whether bunkei(literature-oriented) or rikei(sceinece-oriented) course when we are senior in high school prepareing for an entrance exam of the university.
We have to choose between a bunkei(literature-oriented) or rikei(sceinece-oriented) course when we are seniors in high school preparing for an entrance exam into university.

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I don't know there are same courses in the US and I'm not sure that the lebral arts or science course have the same meaning of bunkei or rikei in Japanese.
I don't know if the same courses are used OR, MORE NATURALLY if the same distinction is made in the US and I'm not sure if the liberal arts or science courses have the same meanings of bunkei or rikei in English as in Japanese.

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Bunkei means people who are good at Japanese and history.
Bunkei means people who are good at Japanese and history. OK, BUT MORE NATURALLY To be 'bunkei' means to be good at Japanese and history. OR People that are bunkei are people that are good at Japanese and history.

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While rikei means people who are good at science and math.
While rikei means people who are good at science and math. Good, see above.

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Consequently, stereotypes tend to think that female opts for bunkei and male opts for rikei.
Consequently, people that follow stereotypes tend to think that females opts for bunkei and males opts for rikei. OR, MORE NATURALLY Consequently, females opting for bunkei and males opting for rikei is a common stereotype.

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Hey, Kyoko.

Let me explain some more about the corrections in the phrase "I don't know..."

It goes like this: "the same...as in..." or "the same...in...as in..."

Examples:
"I'm not sure if it is *the same in* the US *as in* Japan..." or
"I'm not sure if *the same* is true *in* the US *as in* Japan..." or
"I'm not sure if it has *the same* meaning *in* English *as in* Japanese..."

Oct 09th 2009 12:40 Digger

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We have to choose whether bunkei(literature-oriented) or rikei(sceinece-oriented) course when we are senior in high school prepareing for an entrance exam of the university.
We have to choose between bunkei (literature-oriented) or rikei (sceinece-oriented) courses when we are seniors in high school preparing for university entrance exams.

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I don't know there are same courses in the US and I'm not sure that the lebral arts or science course have the same meaning of bunkei or rikei in Japanese.
I don't know if there are the same courses in the US and I'm not sure that the lebral arts or science course have the same meaning of bunkei or rikei in Japanese.

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Bunkei means people who are good at Japanese and history.
Bunkei means people who are good at Japanese and history. (This is OK for casual speech. For standard English, you might say, "Bunkei refers to people who are good at Japanese and history.")

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While rikei means people who are good at science and math.
while rikei refers to people who are good at science and math.

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Consequently, stereotypes tend to think that female opts for bunkei and male opts for rikei.
Consequently, stereotypes tend to state that females opts for bunkei and males opts for rikei.

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Hmm. I studied plants, animals, and the environment in college. But chemistry was hard. And I'm terrible at chemistry, physics, and math. Languages and history are also cool. Am I Bunkei or Rikei? I don't know @_@.

Which are you?

Oct 09th 2009 21:38 Kyoko

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Thank you all for polite corrections.

>Exis Night

I didn't know the word; "VoTech", and "College Prep". ^^
I'll suck these vivid words.

>mijokijo

I'm not sure if I would write the phrase as you say in the right way. ^^;
Hehehe.

>Hi, Digger,

That sounds cool you chose plants, animals, and the environment. You're difinitly Rikei in Japan.

Kyoko

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