Extracurricular activities for children and their educational cost(子どもの課外活動と教育費）
In Japan, junior high and high school students have club activities at their schools after classes. This isn't mandatory, but most students join these clubs. My son belongs to the baseball club of his junior high school and practices playing baseball every morning (7:30-8:10) and after lessons. (16:30-18:50)
It seems so hard for him to keep the mental strength to withstand the hard practice every day. Of course their coaches who are just ordinary teachers are required to join these practices and give them sports coaching. The teachers also must keep their mental strength to withstand the low allowances(salary) and their life without days off.
The average amount of the educational costs for children (even elementary school students) has been increasing to 25,000 yen a month.(the extracurricular activities cost is included.)
Many Japanese professional athletes have come from such a hard situation with their teacher's best efforts and students' hard practices.
日本では、中高生の多くが放課後に部活動をおこないます。強制ではありませんが、ほとんどの生徒たちが部活に入っています。私の息子も中学校の野球部に入っていて、毎日朝練（7:30～8:10）と放課後の夕練（16:30－18:50)に励んでいます。
毎日の厳しい練習に耐え抜く精神力を持つのは、並大抵なことではないようです。もちろん、顧問の先生（通常は各教科の先生方）も練習に参加し、指導をすることが求められます。先生方にとっても、安い部活手当（給与）と休みなしの生活に耐えうる精神力が求められます。
子どもにかかる教育費用の平均額（小学生の場合）は、課外活動やおけいこごとを含めた金額として月25,000円といわれています。（中学生、高校生の場合は30,000円を超えます）
日本のプロスポーツ選手は、このような過酷な状況のもと学校の先生たちの努力と生徒たちの練習のうえに育っているといえるでしょう。
Harumi Miyahara