THE BAR CHART COMPARES THREE NATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW SCHOOLCHILDREN SPEND THEIR NORMAL DAYS OF THE WEEK ON THREE ACTIVITIES.
OVERALL, IT IS CLEAR THAT STUDENTS IN JAPAN AND GERMANY ALLOCATE MOST OF THEIR TIME TO STUDYING, WHILE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE UK PREFER TO SLEEP THE MOST HOURS. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE NUMBER OF HOURS FOR RELAXING IS THE LOWEST COMPARED TO OTHER ACTIVITES IN ALL THE GIVEN COUNTRIES.
WITH REGARD TO STUDYING, JAPANESE STUDENTS DEVOTE 13 HOURS OF THEIR TYPICAL WEEKDAYS TO THIS, WHICH IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST AMONG THE NATIONS. THE FIGURES FOR GERMANY AND THE UK ARE 9 AND 8 HOURS, RESPECTIVELY.
THE OPPOSITE TREND CAN BE SEEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF HOURS SPENT ON SLEEPING IN THESE COUNTRIES. TO BE EXACT, THE REGION WHERE SCHOOL STUDENTS SLEEP THE MOST IS THE UK (8.5 HOURS), WHILE THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS IN GERMANY AND JAPAN ARE SLIGHTLY LOWER, AT 8 AND 7 HOURS A DAY.
AS FOR THE TIME DEDICATED TO RELAXING, THE NUMBERS ARE NOTICEABLY LOWER FOR THIS CATEGORY THAN THE OTHERS. THE AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH GOES TO RELAXING IN THE UK AND GERMANY IS EXACTLY THE SAME – 7 HOURS. BY CONTRAST, RELAXING TAKES UP MERE 4 HOURS OF THE WHOLE STUDENT’S DAY IN JAPAN.