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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: "Good Kid/Bad Kid" - Japan
Hi Susan, A young woman I know has just returned from two years of teaching English in a Japanese school. Though she has not reported a "hitting teacher" she has talked extensively about the physical punishment in the school - and the response of Japanese teachers when she called it "abuse." It was not abuse in their minds - necessary discipline. Claryce On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 14:05:18 -0400 (EDT) Susan Ohanian <SOhan70241@AOL.COM> wrote: > As an add-on to George's description. When I visited schools in Japan, I ran > into an American who had taught at a h.s. where the reject kids were sent. > She told me to ask about "the hitting teacher." > Susan Ohanian > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L > to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. ---------------------------------------- Claryce Evans Email: Claryce_Evans@harvard.edu Harvard Graduate School of Education -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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