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In Japan shodo, or, calligraphy class, begins as early as elementary school.
Often children will be asked to learn, practice, and write down their favorite word in class. Generally speaking , “Future” or “Dream” are common words for students to choose for calligraphy classes.
Japanese Twitter user Yukiko Kumano (@kumagoya) has a daughter in elementary school, they recently shared an episode of their daughter's humorous selection of a favorite kanji for class.
One day, Kumano heard from her daughter that she had a calligraphy class at school.
According to her daughter, the theme word for calligraphy was not specified in this class, but the students were free to choose their favorite word to write.
Apparently, her daughter's chosen word was the opposite of what many others were writing.
休日, "Day Off"
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"My daughter in elementary school was asked to write her favorite word in calligraphy class today. Because everyone else wrote things like "future" or "hard work", I thought it would be something like that...when I asked her what she wrote she said "day off."
Kumano's daughter chose the word kyujitsu, the Japanese word for "holiday" or "day off". Many parents were delighted and amused by the decision, and left comments confirming that it's quite a common occurrence in calligraphy class!
"My kid wrote “Nap” for calligraphy class. He loved it so much it was on the bedroom wall for a while."
"One day the calligraphy theme was “favorite school lunch menu”. There were rows of school menus on the classroom wall that day."
"My kid drew pictures instead of words in his first calligraphy class."
"This is so honest and cute! You can tell that the home is evidently her safe space and loves her days off at home. It is heart-warming."