Comments on: Teacher Shows Fifth Graders Home Videos of Wife Having Birth http://newzjapan.com/japanese-education/teacher-shows-fifth-graders-home-videos-of-wife-having-birth Alternative News and Insider Commentary from Japan Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jay http://newzjapan.com/japanese-education/teacher-shows-fifth-graders-home-videos-of-wife-having-birth/comment-page-1#comment-1104 jay Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:01:48 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=895#comment-1104 GD, at first I though you were joking about my bad sentence structure! The schools in Japan, and the level to which many parents rely on the schools make NCLB seem like nothing. The system currently in place means parents don't have to do any real parenting. Kids are in clobe from dawn til dusk, then home in time for dinner, tv, bed, and the next day. Many kids spend their weekends and summers in clubs all day as well. If my kids went to Japanese schools we would have to keep them from joining clubs just so we could have some family time together. GD, at first I though you were joking about my bad sentence structure!

The schools in Japan, and the level to which many parents rely on the schools make NCLB seem like nothing. The system currently in place means parents don’t have to do any real parenting. Kids are in clobe from dawn til dusk, then home in time for dinner, tv, bed, and the next day. Many kids spend their weekends and summers in clubs all day as well. If my kids went to Japanese schools we would have to keep them from joining clubs just so we could have some family time together.

]]> By: George Donnelly http://newzjapan.com/japanese-education/teacher-shows-fifth-graders-home-videos-of-wife-having-birth/comment-page-1#comment-1103 George Donnelly Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:09:43 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=895#comment-1103 If it wasn't for compulsory government schooling, this would not be an issue at all. If it wasn’t for compulsory government schooling, this would not be an issue at all.

]]> By: jay http://newzjapan.com/japanese-education/teacher-shows-fifth-graders-home-videos-of-wife-having-birth/comment-page-1#comment-1102 jay Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:24:27 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=895#comment-1102 Wow... BL, thanks for making me reread my first sentence. I will leave it unedited for the fun of it, and to keep the relevance of your keen comment, but for the record, I would like to rewrite as: "A science teacher at Hiraoka Elementary School in Sakai City, Osaka showed fifth graders ten minutes of a home video of his wife giving birth." Still not satisfied with that one, but I'm happy to have good readers to keep me on my toes. Wow… BL, thanks for making me reread my first sentence. I will leave it unedited for the fun of it, and to keep the relevance of your keen comment, but for the record, I would like to rewrite as:

“A science teacher at Hiraoka Elementary School in Sakai City, Osaka showed fifth graders ten minutes of a home video of his wife giving birth.”

Still not satisfied with that one, but I’m happy to have good readers to keep me on my toes.

]]> By: BL http://newzjapan.com/japanese-education/teacher-shows-fifth-graders-home-videos-of-wife-having-birth/comment-page-1#comment-1101 BL Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:00:58 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=895#comment-1101 How many fifth graders did she give birth to? How many fifth graders did she give birth to?

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