American Education vs Japanese Education
... But is Japanese education really as good as it is made out to be? How would it compare to the American educational system? ... There are some little things that will point out what is wrong with Japanese education. The Japanese education system can be dated from the beginning of Chinese writing, which was in the early fifth century AD. During the 1860s, education in Japan was more popular than in many of the western countries. Japan’s society has an extremely high value on their education, especially for boys. Today the education system has been thought to be the main reason to the economic growth and political stableness. ... Ninety percent of Japanese students’ graduate from high school while forty percent goes on to a higher education. ... The education system motivates students to succeed in school, teaches effective study habits, to use time wisely, to sustain an effective learning environment, and to work on character development. Before WWII, the government ran Japanese schools. ... The Educational Reforms of 1947 took away the power of the government over education and motivated the development of community education. ... American education differs from other systems in that Americans were more likely to use education as a solution to various social problems. Americans had the confidence in the power of education and had more years of schooling for a larger percentage of the population than other countries. ... For many elementary students, education is more focused on developing the child’s attitude and personality other than on teaching. ... Although Japan has many good aspects to its education system, there are flaws that have negative effects on its students. ... One of the major goals of Japanese education is to criticize students regularly. ... One of the biggest problems with Japanese education is the amount of time students need to study. ... Japanese education already takes away the students’ youth, why would anyone want another year of their life taken away also? This system of education is said to be excessively rigid. ... Japanese education is also going for social reformity. ... It doesn’t matter if a student learns better one way than the other because each student is going to get taught the same way (Encyclopedia American, 731). Japanese education does have many things that is wrong with it, but that doesn’t mean that American education is perfect. It is estimated that more then one million American students use prescribed drugs to help increase grades and to improve behavior in class.