Since it is close to the junior high school, I often see cars dropping off children in the morning.
That has been increasing every year.
And it causes traffic jams of cars on their way to work.
I can understand a little bit about driving children who are truant or being bullied to and from school.
But to pick up and drop off children because they oversleep or are lazy is just plain boring.
Why don't they just walk to school on their own feet, be late, and be scolded by the teacher?
Well, these days, teachers seldom scold students for being late for school.
I am sure the school counselor will analyze the reason for the constant tardiness and say,
"You don't have to be so hard on yourself.
The early morning teacher would greet the students with a crossed flag and a smile as they arrived at school.
And he always greets the mousy students with a "good morning.
Of course, students who are grumpy in the morning rarely reply.
Sometimes the principal himself takes the lead.
Is this an appeal to show that he is doing his best to take the initiative, after all, for his own sake?
Of course, the students do not return the greetings properly.
First of all, if the teacher repeatedly greets first, the students will come to think that it is natural, so they will never greet first.
If the teacher does not wait until the students themselves greet the teacher, it will not be educational.
In the past, the music played during school announcements was chosen by the teacher, mainly classical music.
There was no reason why classical music should be played, but only what was considered educational.
Nowadays, it is left to the children to choose whatever they want to listen to at home, including trendy pop music.
Having seen a little bit of school from such an outside perspective, I wonder if school education in this country is really functioning properly.
I am sorry, but I cannot be sure that the students are doing their best in school.
Will children raised in this way be able to support the backbone of Japan in the future?
The government has already given up and is trying to import young Indian AT engineers and other highly skilled foreign human resources.
In these days when AI can write reports for university students and even theses for professors, it is time to abandon the school system.
Why don't we abandon schools and start over with education like the terakoya schools of the Edo period?