【Japanese Podcast】なんで？？（Ryusei Poddo Casto）

Hello, I want to talk to you about the problems of the Japanese school. Of course there is no perfect system or perfect country so I think that every country has many problems. This time I'm going to talk about the problems of Japanese schools. Do you ever think that your education system is a failure? If anything happens, I'll be glad to let you know in the comments with the country of origin that I know about the education system of other countries. I'm just going to ask my students or Google teachers, so we need more raw data, right? I think the Internet data is correct, but I think the opinions of individuals are not easily heard. I'm glad you told me. First of all, I think most of those people are just studying. So you want to go to a good college or get a good job. Are there many people like that? Before I came to work abroad, In Japan there is a group consciousness and everyone is somehow good. Many people study to go to university but in other countries Especially in Western countries there are more people who study for their own goals than in Japan. That's the difference between the Asian and Western school systems, but there are many countries that don't have jump classes. Jump class means, for example, that you can go to the senior year regardless of your age if you're smart in elementary school or high school. I've heard that in Asia, in China, there are schools where you can fly this class, but in Japan you can't do it? No matter how smart you are, you have to study the same. You have to be 18 to get into college. You have to wait until it's over. There are those little exceptions. And in Japan, many people have a university as their final goal. There's a feeling that getting into a good college makes it easier to get into a good company. But I think the idea of getting into a good college is really strong. For example, if you were at an American university, you would have majored in that major before you entered college and decided on your major. Do you have a little time? There are times when you want to explore what you want to do, right? I think there are quite a few universities and countries with these systems. Japan has to choose the school of its students. Business school or whatever. It's like passing a tough test and getting in. Japanese universities are hard to get into but easy to get out of. American universities are easy to get into but hard to get out of. There's this comparison, right? I've never been to an American university, so I don't know if it's true. I see news and articles, it seems true, that means that college students must study hard for their future. You know that in Japan, you have to study before college. There are some English and history and mathematics, but they're not really special subjects. It's just general content, right? General content, but it's pretty difficult. I don't know about other countries, but I took a course in literature, but I also did microanalysis. Everyone in that class had to study microanalysis, and I'd seen a rough curriculum for American high schools before. You don't have a fraction or a sentence? There may be situations where everyone in the class has to do it, but it wasn't in the general curriculum, was it? On the contrary, the Japanese high school literature curriculum had a micro-analysis text. But for those who don't go to school for math, they don't really use the word "differential". Of course, there may be ways to predict speed or use it, but you don't think about that in normal life, do you? So you feel like the general education level is a little higher and on the contrary you feel like you spend less time studying professional things? You have to work hard for the Japanese standard of study. I'm not that smart, but I knew this situation in middle school or high school. So I decided to study a little more specialized than Japanese studies. I even worked to buy that book. This is one of the problems with education in Japan, of course, but I've had a lot of memories of high school recently. I was thinking about this in high school. I'm thinking about what I want to do in the future. I'm thinking about it in class. So to get back to my story, I'm in the Western world, and when people go to college for these reasons, they have very strong goals. I thought there might be a lot of people studying but I talk to Japanese but other Asian countries or African people You have the chance to talk to people from the West, South America, and really many other countries. I really appreciate it, but I've been able to talk and communicate with you. I mean, there's a lot of people who are studying anyway, right? I see so many people like this and I think that even though the culture is different, they are all similar. Those high school students and college students talk about it a lot, but what do you want to do in the future? When you hear about what you want to focus on and study for, you don't have very strong goals. At least now I need to study and I want to study to have as many options as possible or focus on one thing I feel like I'm missing him. Of course not just high school or college students. I talk to scientists, doctors, athletes and so on. There are cases where people focus on sports only to become athletes. I guess most people have a tendency to study. I was told by my family to study when I was in high school. I mean, I've been going back and forth, but one of the problems with the Japanese education system is that we can do something innovative. You think it's possible that a genius like you is born with a system that's so hard to break? But I don't think that's a problem for people, thankfully for Japan. There is plenty of food and I can buy high-quality clothes. There are many people who have a place to live and all the cards for being happy are already dealt, right? Of course, in some countries, we don't even get food every day, so we have to help each other. I'm so happy in this situation that I'm wondering if we need innovative technology. You're also strong. There's already what's needed so as to increase the chances of a genius being born. It's more important to me to reduce the chance of unlucky people being born, right? I'm excited about flying cars and future ideas, but I think there are a lot of problems that need to be solved first. I think there is a good point in this Japanese education system. I said it at first, but there is no perfect system. I think it's a long one, so I'll do my best to make it really short. Thank you so much for listening so far.