Tuesday, February 27, 2007

this crazy lil island

i forget how strange japan is sometimes. at my girl's highschool, one of my students got caught at restaurant. what was she caught doing there? working a part-time job. in japan, students are not supposed to have jobs while they're in school, because they believe school should be number 1 priority. you're supposed to ask the principal for permission if you want to work part-time. which she didnt do. so now she has to spend a week in a classroom all by herself, doing self-study. that is so ridiculous!

these kids have every hour of their lives structured. they go to school for 8 hours everyday. then they spend an extra three after school doing some club activity, everyday. depending how academic a school is, these kids might even go to school on the weekend. i see students in their uniforms all year round, weekends, holidays, summer vacations...

i wonder what would happen if japan was ever deprived of uniforms. chaos i tell u. utter chaos.

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