July 18 exam
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Licensing Background Information
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The Juku is the least expensive and most extensive option available!
Education is very important in Japan and students are often sent to special schools after regular school to cram for entrance exams to the next level. These schools are called ‘Juku’. Thus, this is a Juku, a cram school, for your Small Vessel Operator’s Permit.
One of the many reasons an item is the cheapest on the shelf is that it is the shoddiest of the lot. Another is that the need for profit is a minor part of the product. The Juku falls into the latter category. In fact, the lack of need for profit allows the Juku to advertise the lowest rate in the field. We are, without question, the least expensive.
But our product, you will find, is different from the lot. Here is the Juku philosophy: If you are going to test someone about Tokyo don’t take them to Osaka. There is no such a thing as transfer of learning for a test. So the Juku, unlike other schools, works backwards from the exams to the study materials. I study each exam and track the content. This approach developed out of my 1977 Ph.d. dissertation titled “The Effects of Maturation and Achievement upon Passage Independent Test Performance.” * I subtitle it “How to pass a reading test without reading it.” So, my goal is to develop your knowledge base to the point where you will be able to identify the answers to exam questions quickly and accurately. This requires extensive analysis. For me it is a game, how can I package this information so you can develop your knowledge base with the minimum effort. Care to Join?
