I am a student at a school in Gunma. This school is weird about what they provide their students. Maybe this is normal in Japan, but it seems so strange to me. Many students drive to school, but the faculty refuse to allow any students to park in their parking lot (which is very big btw, with plenty of parking spaces for everyone). They say only school staff is allowed to park there. Instead, students have to either find their own parking at a monthly paid lot or pay about 400-600円 at an hourly lot. The school is owned by a hotel across the street that has a HUGE (nearly empty) parking lot. So, many students choose to park in the hotel lot as it is not a paid lot and is not monitored, but the staff said absolutely no parking in the hotel lot either. Is this normal? Can someone help me understand why the school refuses to provide parking accommodations even though there is plenty of space to allow for it?
They also refuse to give students a class schedule, saying that only staff is provided with a schedule. When I asked why students don’t get the schedule to help plan they said it was because it’s not necessary for students to have that information. But I have work to do outside of school and it is VERY necessary that I know when breaks are so I can plan accordingly. The staff is extremely arrogant and treat their students like little children, even though many students are older than the majority of the staff. I think they’re forgetting who pays their paychecks. Don’t schools and school staff exist for the students rather than vice versa? I’m getting fed up with their childish games and pointless rules.
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A school is owned by a hotel across the street? That’s the first I’ve heard of it in Japan.
Each school has their own rules I suppose. My university used to have free parking anywhere, but ever since a subway station opened up nearby, it’s become permit based parking.
Where I work anyone younger than 50+ cannot park on campus either (including staff I mean). Although we are provided with off-campus parking spaces. Students are not allowed to park in either. Doesn’t seem unusual.
Japanese universities overall have very limited accomodation options too.
Sounds like one of those schools that solely exist to make money and provide visas.
Are there enough parking spaces for every student that’s attending their classes? If not, I would imagine that it’s easier to not allow it at all than to deal with the extra work of handing out permits to some, and getting constant complaints from the ones not getting them.
I do think that it’s really not that common for schools to offer parking. There’s always public transportation. And it’s ofc better for the environment if more people use that instead of cars.
The schedules issue I really can’t understand though.
Don’t ask don’t tell. If everyone is parking theee just do it and don’t ask for permission. Things don’t become a problem here as long as you keep your mouth shut
What sort of “school” is this?
You’re coming off as pretty entitled in your post. Maybe just go with the flow and focus on studying.
Wait a minute, what kind of weird school is this, exactly?
Pretty normal for schools not to offer parking to students.
I don’t know if this is true or not, but the reason they gave me for not providing parking for bicycle or any other vehicles is that if you got into an accident on your way to school – crashing into somebody and or you got hurt, they, as your guarantor for your student visa, might be in trouble.
This is back in 2015 ish btw
It might be normal, my language school only offers parking for bikes and motorcycle/scooters. Not a huge problem since there’s a mall nearby, but annoying
Foreigner entitled to a parking spot.
Sounds perfectly normal.
>Don’t schools and school staff exist for the students rather than vice versa? I’m getting fed up with their childish games and pointless rules.
LMFAO oh child…
This is normal. I went to language school and å°‚é–€å¦æ ¡ and neither provide any sort of parking. Kinda confused by the amount of people confused by this.
In my previous company there was a small parking lot of about 12-15 cars for 150-200 employees. At the beginning the spaces were assigned by lottery, but some people complained. Then it was assigned using some weird rule system (eg: single mothers have priority), but others complained. Then they decided nobody can park there, so the parking lot is always empty, but nobody complains anymore.
Uh… My school in the US also didn’t provide free parking to students either…