Overseas training

アメリカと日本の学生の通学時のファッションの違いと、その違いから見た国民性を考察する。アメリカと日本の私立大学に通う学生にアンケートをとり、ファッションに対する意識を調査した。すると

 

Introduction

I introduce about the national traits judging from a fashion. The trigger when I thought want studying in is one day. I stayed in the U.S. for a month in last summer vacation. It was so fun! I could get a lot of nice memories. I had attending Bethel University in Minnesota. One day, when I go to school, my host mother says “Hey Minori!!!!!! DON’T wear the high heeled shoes!!!!!!!!!!!” I said “o……oh. OK, OK! wakatta!! ” I didn’t know why I was told so, but I changed my shoes. I observed American students from that day. American students often wear simple clothes. On the other hand, many Japanese are dressed with a decoration. I had a question then. Why American student’s plain clothes are simple? I thought there is a secret. So I took the statistics by a questionnaire in America and Japan. I asked four questions. I looked for the fashion conscious of students in America and Japan using the Internet and library also.

 

Questionnaire

Question 1: Are you conscious of other people?

Question 2: When do you choose your clothes, do you listen to your friend's advice?

Question 3: When do you choose your clothes, Are you conscious of other people?

Question 4: How did you know clothes that match you?

 

In Japan

Japanese students is attending to school and wearing a uniform. So when many Japanese people entered university, they have an interest in fashion and are released from the uniform. This is a theory that appears in the “Yumiko Hattori Author: Conscious and current status of college students fashion” Also, a look at Japanese fashion magazines, fashionable student who has been published in the corner of the fashion snap. They incorporated trendy fashion item, I think Japanese student’s fashion is very fashionable. And many Japanese are dressed with a decoration. Japanese students fashion does not change young people fashion to see in the city, I could see even epidemic there. Japanese students are fashionable in the same way as when you go to the city.

90% of Japanese students answered YES about Question 1, and almost Japanese answered YES about Question 2 and 3. In Question 4, "My friends says it match you." was the most frequent answer," My friends and family help me choose." answers were many second. I find to tend from this questionnaire that Japanese students think important himself from conscious of others. Japanese seems to tend be enjoying the fashionable to worry about the eyes of others.

I think that Japanese students tend to be slipped in the Japanese population because Japanese students are conscious of other people. In other words, Japanese students do not like "heresy" Japanese students might have found their identity by being in the group. Japanese students may have thus relieved. Japanese dressed trendy fashionable item, They are not strange when viewed from the others, because they do a thing like a fashion magazine's model. Japanese students will not be left out if the magazine to imitate. Japanese students are dressed to suit the surroundings along the epidemic. And Japanese students can get a sense of security and thus become familiar with the group. I think this is a sign of collective consciousness. In addition, there is that tend the Japanese are not good at self-assertion and a strong lock-step mentality.

 

In America

Most schools do not have uniforms in America. So American students not interested in a fashion. There are some students who interest in fashion, it is only a minority of the whole. American student’s basic style is denim pants, sneakers and t-shirts but when they go to the city, they are fashionable.

35% of American students answered YES and more than half of American students answered NO about Question 1, 60% of American students answered YES and 40% of American students answered NO about Question 2, 55% of American students answered YES and 45% of American students answered NO. In Question 4, "I like myself wearing it." was the most frequent answer," I feel confidence while wearing it" answers were many second. I find to tend from this questionnaire that American students think important himself from conscious of himself.

American students tend to emphasize their own thinking and feeling. Tend to be dressed that they are so easy to move at school. Because American students do not care about the eye around, they do not do fashion trendy. It is very simple clothes. However American students do not mean that it does not at all fashionable. When American students go to town or party on the weekend, they are very fashionable. They decide the fashion of that day voluntarily. I think Americans are very good at self-assertion.

 

Conclusion

     In these studies, I was able to grasp the trend and characteristics of each student.

Japanese students are conscious of other people, respect opinions of others and no good self-expression. In other hand, American students don't be conscious of other people and respect the opinion of their own　and good at self-expression.

Originally, Japan is said to be the country of the group mentality. It is that Japanese are humble and conscious population. On the other hand, America is said to be the country of individualism. Americans strongly Assertive, tend not to worry about the eyes of others.

 

In other words, American students are strongly Assertive, has established an identity. And Japanese students is easy to be brainwashed to　opinions of others because they don't has firm ego. And has cooperativeness and humble heart. American national trait is Individualism, Japanese national trait is Group mentality. I think tend to the national trait of the two countries has affected students fashion.

 

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