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Post by Otaku on Nov 27, 2007 7:55:46 GMT 8
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Post by junkdna on Nov 27, 2007 13:41:50 GMT 8
Japanese universities are a joke. And anyone who works at the level of education that we do can understand that. Japanese don't go to school to be educated, they go to school to learn how to be good Japanese.
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Post by Otaku on Nov 27, 2007 14:55:07 GMT 8
I was asking my teacher today about what happens if a student doesn't pass a class. She gave me a weird look. She told me that doesn't happen. I asked what the point of having a point system if there is no consequences of getting bad grades. Personally, if there is no consequences for getting bad grades, there is no reason to make school mandatory. She responded by asking me how it is done back home. I told her if a student fails, they have the option of taking summer school to pass that class or they have to take the entire grade again. Just like me not understanding a system with NO consequences, she couldn't understand a system WITH consequences. Kinda like the madatory TV money that has no repercussions if not paid....
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Post by junkdna on Nov 28, 2007 8:23:53 GMT 8
I have had this conversation with my teachers, and many of them agree that there should be consequences. I often tell my students that test scores with less than 70% are unacceptable in the US and that they would have to repeat a school grade if they didn't properly study and pass tests in school. They are often shocked and very interested in the subject. I get many questions on the subject. I don't try to be smug about it, I simply tell them, that's the way it is, and that I am sometimes disappointed to see my students (aka them) get scores lower than 70%. I tell them I wonder if I am a bad teacher. It gets some shamed looks sometimes. But I usually end by saying, well this is Japan and you have different rules. Many of them nod, but I can see that they are thinking, which is good.
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