Re: "Good Kid/Bad Kid" - Japan

["Gerald W. Bracey" <gbracey@EROLS.COM>]

The "hitting teacher" is interesting and i will look into it.  Anyone still
thinking that the Japanese secondary school has something to offer should
read Paul George's "The Japanese Secondary School: An Inside Look,"
published jointly by NASSP and NMSA.  Paul had a unique opportunity to
observe a group of Japanese students as 7th graders and as seniors.  He was
appalled by what he saw at the senior level.

At a more conrete level, Mary Jordan, former education writer for the
Washington Post, had this to report from her position with the foreign
bureau:

"When Tomuchi Jinnouchi died of brain injuries suffered at the hands of her
homeroom teacher, 75,000 Japanese signed a petition supporting the teacher.
People all over the country supported the teacher who said that "educational
motives" caused him to slam the girl headfirst into a stone pillar because
her skirt was shorter than school regulations permitted.

Teachers regularly slam students' heads on desk....etc.

Tomomi's father still receives phone calls saying "If your daughter had been
obedient, she wouldn't be dead.


----- Original Message -----
From: Claryce Evans <claryce_evans@GSE.HARVARD.EDU>
To: <ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 9:49 PM
Subject: 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
> >
>
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