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Article: A Japanese island in the Alps: right here in Switzerland is a tiny land of kimonos, tepanyaki and other things Oriental. Swiss News checks out the Japanese School in Uster, where every subject is taught in Japanese.(Education Special)
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- September 1, 2005
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On two floors of a not-so-new building close to Uster Stadthaus, is the Japanese primary school. Curious about its origins, I logged on to its website. "Sorry, Japanese only"--was the only sentence in English. And this statement held true of the teaching methods, syllabi and the general code of conduct within the school, too.
Swiss News wanted to cover this unique school for our readers. So a few interesting phone calls were made that lead from despair to hope.
Phone call number one: hurdle--no one spoke English! Phone call number two: hope--someone did speak a smattering of English and some German; hurdle--she wasn't available.
Phone call ...