日本に「夜間中学」ができたとき、若くて、はたらきながら勉強したい人が行っていました。
When night junior high schools were established in Japan, young people who wanted to study while working attended them.
むかしは、お金がなくて、小さいときからはたらかなくてはいけないひとがたくさんいたからです。
Because, in the past, there were many people who had no money and had to work from a young age.
夜に学校で勉強するので、「夜間中学」と言います。
Because classes are held at night, they are called "night junior high schools."
今は、「夜間中学」にはいろいろな人がいます。
Nowadays, many different people attend night junior high schools.
はたらいているひとが少なくて、おじいさんやおばあさんや、外国人が勉強しています。
There are fewer people who are working, and instead elderly people and foreigners are studying.
このような人は、若いときに勉強できなかった人が多いです。
Many of these people were unable to study when they were young.
Q1:
今、「夜間中学」にどんな人が行っていますか。
Now, what kinds of people attend night junior high schools?
昼だけでなく、夜も勉強したい人
People who want to study not only during the day but also at night.
若いときに勉強する時間がなかった人
People who did not have time to study when they were young.
若いときも今もたくさん勉強したい人
People who wanted to study a lot both when they were young and now.
学校に行くお金がない人。
A person who doesn't have money to go to school.