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48 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Dec \ on: 7 things I like about Japan’s educational system Education
They actually don’t come out of school as mindless bots, because they have been exposed to a lot of different competitive activities. They are also channeled into after school “school” (juku) where they either sharpen a skill that school teaches or learn something different from everyday classes, like abacus or flower arranging or a traditional sport. This does differentiate the students so they don’t come out as bots. Also high school is not compulsory, so there are different kinds of high schools; academic, agricultural, business and industrial schools. Everyone comes out different but very conforming to the template the state gives to the schools.
Sorry, I didn’t read the complete blurb under the title and zapped you anyway! Silly me!! :)
Yes, the real 勝負 is at the cram schools. Even though the Singapore educational system pays a lot of focus on academics, most parents still send their kids to tuition centres, fearing that their offspring will lose out to their peers if they don’t spend their entire waking hours cramming. I guess that’s Asian societies for you. Singapore is reputed to be a meritocratic society, but in recent years, the rich-poor divide has widened, making it hard for poor kids to get perfect grades and break out of the poverty cycle.
Although I believe in the value of an all-rounded education, I still think both the Japanese and Singapore systems don’t do full justice to their charges because we don’t succeed in realising their full academic potential.
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Does anybody ever reach their full academic potential without serious individual study and effort? I don’t really think so. People have to take their own destiny in hand to fulfill anything they are doing.
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