After baseball, Yumiko had a burger and then took a 30-minute train journey to a special school called a juku. She stayed there for three hours, studying for her exams. Yumiko likes going to juku because she says it’s more fun than normal school, and more interesting. Her parents don’t mind paying because they hope it will help her to get into a good university. About 60% of Japanese high school students take these extra classes. Finally, Yumiko went home and did another hour’s homework before she went to bed – at midnight. And you thought you had a hard life!