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I think it’s 45 minutes of cleaning if I remember correctly. the Japanese students do it directly after their lunch period
not only that, I have also witnessed second graders use a child-friendly saw during Art. while that might have been common for the Nordic countries, it would be a strict no-no in Singapore
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I was reading this, and was about to ask you @cryotosensei. It caught my attention, I'm so interested to know more.
In Japan, children clean their own schools.
Every day. After lunch.
About twenty minutes.
Classrooms.
Hallways.
Toilets.
Not because the schools are too poor
to hire someone.
Because in 1947, this country decided
that cleaning your own space
is part of becoming a person.
The cleaning rag
is on the school supply list.
Right next to the pencils.
Egypt teaches it now.
So does Indonesia.
So does Mongolia.
Think about the last time
you watched a seven-year-old
mop a floor without complaining