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| Fr. Mike | Feb 19 2005, 01:06 AM Post #16 |
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It is one thing to consider how many quality hour and days that our education system allocates towards a school year. but--what about the actual number of days the children go to school. Truancy seems to be the norm in our country. At any given time during the normal school day--take a trip to your local mall, parks, and youth hangouts and you will see a lot of children playing hooky. With the "no child left behind" federal requirements, some districts are actually getting the law involved because parents won't make a minimum effort to insure the children attend school. In fact --some parents are being jailed over this issue. My point is--regardless of 220 day verse 180 day --actually how many days on average are the children in front of a teacher learning? Fr. Mike |
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| pentax | Feb 19 2005, 01:43 AM Post #17 |
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Not just in the fields of things like education, but in social, business and other areas - I have NO wish to see North American culture emulate the modern Japanese society. As was just alluded to here, they are suffering great social "damage", for everything that is a product of their pursuit of continual perfection and achievement; a way that I can only describe as "obsessed". Life is too short - I think that many of that culture still remember that there must be time for contemplation, relaxation, family, and creativity - but the people who feel that are becoming fewer and fewer, in the urgent race to try to revive their Economy and material dominance that they enjoyed in the 70's and 80's. And that could simply NOT be maintained.... any scholar of Economics could (and DID) predict it's slow-down. |
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| cmoehle | Feb 19 2005, 08:21 AM Post #18 |
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To be fair to the Japanese, they had to do that following defeat in WWII to regain their place in the world. And they have been remarkably successful. The younger generation is rebelling against the old ways. My wife is sort of caught in the middle, constantly pushing our son, which is good to a point, but can be overdone. |
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