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Genturo Kawakami, professor of sociology at Shumei University and a critic of the education system, commented: “People have this illusion that if you go to a good school, a happy life is waiting for you. In Japan these days we are raising children as if we were training animals...
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The current education systems around the world (actually based on 19th century Western European education traditions) should definately be changed
radically. Welcome to the 21st century, everyone.
But still, it is true that the Japanese education system is more functional than South Korean (ironically the only true descendant of the Imperial Japanese education system).