This post is more about what to do if things go wrong, because when they do you are going to be angry and afraid and upset, and that is not a good combination when dealing with unsympathetic bureaucrats. Until 1992 school refusal - then called tokokyohi, meaning resistance - was considered a type of mental illness. "I couldn't speak outside my home or away from my family," she says. Good luck with everything! I hope the educators and officals invovled one day understand why they are in the wrong, not insincerely just bow it away like so many wrong doings in Japan. can also be a good way to head off problems. His father was a doctor, and like him, he wanted to serve his community, so he became a social worker and foster father. The homeroom teacher also gave our address to the families of the boys so that they could ‘apologise’ (they didn’t apologise). It was hard to get through and I am not even a parent. Apart from students attending club activities in the morning and after school, most of them also go to “juku”, or cram schools where they can study certain subjects harder or learn to speak other languages. I feel that way too, but there comes a point as a parent that children have to stand or fall for themselves. For Prof Uchida, not developing students' diversity is a violation of their human rights - and many agree. The true cause of the ineffectiveness of English education in Japan is lack of vocabulary. The un-quenching need in Japanese society to put the reputation and face of a group over an individual can be so utterly frustrating. They don't feel comfortable in overcrowded classrooms where they have to do everything together with their classmates in a small space. 3. What's more, in Japan, children stay in the same class from year to year, so if problems occur, going to school can become painful. When my stepdaughter was in the first grade, two older girls (2nd or 3rd grade) demanded money from her, then beat her up when she refused. Examination wars prevent children from growing up with sound minds, which makes their future of Japan gloomy. Have a question? Now Tomoe, like Yuta, attends Tamagawa Free School in Tokyo where students don't need to wear a uniform and are free to choose their own activities, according to a plan agreed between the school, parents and pupils. I am older now, my Japanese is better, and I probably have more gravitas than I did during these incidents. His own journey into education was unusual. This not only applies to schools, but also to public transport and other public spaces, all of which are overcrowded. Use the form below to submit it. Osaka Prefecture ordered all of its high schools to review their rules, with about 40% of schools making changes. Education in Japan is compulsory at the elementary and lower secondary levels. I think this situation was handled more or less appropriately. Seriously, get your act together, Japan.” He apologised for upsetting us and wasting our time. The basic education system was modeled on a mixture of the British, French and US systems, with the latter influence perhaps being the largest. First I would go and talk to the homeroom teacher. It might be useful to remind readers of that. "Tights must not be coloured, hair must not be dyed, the colour of hair elastics is fixed, and they must not be worn on the wrist," she says. There are rooms with computers for Japanese and maths classes and a library with books and mangas (Japanese comic books). If the homeroom teacher was unsupportive or if the problem did not improve I would then go and talk to the head of year. Being very involved with the school by being active in the PTA, etc. He quit his job as a "salary man" in a Japanese company in his early 40s, when he decided he wasn't interested in climbing the career ladder. The changes outlined in this summary represent substantive changes in the structure of a Japanese students’ school day – with obvious effects on learning. They're known as hikikomori. "School life was painful.". I am the person you reference in Debitos blog. "I didn't feel comfortable with many people," says the 12-year-old. Parents MATTER! Thousands of the jailed opposition leader's supporters defy a protest ban to attend nationwide rallies. Next would be the vice principal and maybe the principal. Jeeze. Here is what I would do if my granddaughter had a problem at school: At each stage it is important to reinforce that you want to work with the school to make things better for everyone. … Sadly the school did not really excel in their pastoral care and our daughter ended up picked on by some of her classmates. 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The number exceeded 320,000 in the 2016 school year ending in March, up nearly 100,000 from 2015. She became a shut-in and missed at least two years of school. I know everyone who reads your story sympathizes and stands with you. But for many students this need to conform is a problem. 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Die, Japan!! I shook hands with the boys and told them I would ruin their lives if anything else happened. Money should support your lifestyle and goals. I know several children through my wife’s school that came back from similar experiences so there is a bright future for her despite the terrible way her school failed her. The post was titled “My child wasn’t accepted for nursery school. So why are so many children avoiding school in Japan? Meanwhile, high school kids interviewed about bullying see it as a necessary tool … When she was in the third year, some boys in her year stole her tracksuit, cut it up with scissors, and threw it away. School difficulties range from minor to severe, might be very short-lived or last for longer. And she found it hard to obey the rigid set of rules that govern Japanese schools. One young girl was the happiest most cheerful girl you could meet and then in sixth grade the bullying started and she became a shell of a girl. Many schools in Japan control every aspect of their pupils' appearance, forcing pupils to dye their brown hair black, or not allowing pupils to wear tights or coats, even in cold weather. Teaching methods in Japan have also changed in recent years, but the changes have tended to be more gradual. How did you say, “I will ruin your life if anything further happens.” in Japanese? The purse had been a gift from my grandmother and had sentimental value. Now Yuta spends his school days doing whatever he wants - and he's much happier. Smartphone as a new gateway to cyberbullying and related problems: Collaborative views on problems and interventions by experts in Japan. Japan has the ninth highest suicide rate in the world, only beaten by countries like Lithuania and Kazakhstan. People tend to pay more attention that way . "I expected students over 15 years old, but actually those who came were only seven or eight years old," he says. !” In it, the irate mother wrote, “I will now have to quit my job. Most students attend public schools through the lower secondary level, but private education is popular at the upper secondary and university levels. My wife and I refused, and filed a police report, which really annoyed the school. We ended up sending her to a private high school because we believed the school would take better care of her. Joint Conference COST Action IS0801 on Cyberbullying, Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, Vienna, Austria, 19 October, 2012. Thank you for sharing this. Her smile had returned, she had a job and she had somehow recovered her joy for life. The high school drop out rate is about 2% and has been increasing. This is one of the social issues I believe Japan should reconsider. Strict school rules were introduced in the 1970s and 1980s in response to violence and bullying. Sadly, it seems to me that Japanese people also are very Westernized because they accept this movement as a trend or part of Japanese culture. Students in Japan actually feel happy in school (85 percent of them). The school recently moved to a larger space, and about 10 children attend every day. September 1 is the most popular day for suicide in Japan, because it's the day that school starts. What's tougher is just asking kids what they think. I just don’t have the temperament to deal with such selfish bakka-ness if it was effecting my children. This was very stressful, and I was forced to get fairly confrontational with the school. Probably involved 「ダメにする」or 「つぶす」. Last year, in Japan, a strongly worded blog post written by an anonymous mother went viral. Prof Uchida says the education ministry now appears to accept absenteeism not as an anomaly, but a trend. It was entrance test season, and they didn’t want the boys’ test scores to be affected.]. I found this worrying because of the symbolic violence involved, as well as the bullying aspect. But as Japanese society changes, its schools are changing too. Attitudes to futoko have changed over the decades. I heard late last year that she is now married and is expecting her first child. My daughter is sporadically attending high school now in a completely different environment. One example is the so- Although not seeing anywhere near the level of violence American schools see, Japanese schools face problems ranging from students not attending school through bullying. It broke my heart to see what the bullies had done to her – she lost all personality, all confidence and became bloated and completely anti-social. Students in Japan have a strong sense of belonging in school, they don’t feel like outsiders, nor do they feel left out. I know of children who have done well and enjoyed school here, and I know of others with PTSD. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It was entrance test season, and they didn’t want the boys’ test scores to be affected. Family circumstances, personal issues with friends, and bullying are among the main causes, according to a survey by the ministry of education. While not completely recovered, she is doing somewhat better. I shook hands with the boys and told them I would ruin their lives if anything else happened. "Feeling uncomfortable in such a situation is normal," says Prof Uchida. Problems in the Japanese Educational System. Thank you. I, personally, don’t want to take any chances, but I cannot force my children to do something they do not want to do. I ended up having a shouting match with the principal over this, and what I saw as his desire to protect the school’s reputation and test results over protecting the victim of bullying and crime. The school again wanted to deal with it internally. On 17 October, the government announced that absenteeism among elementary and junior high school students had hit a record high, with 164,528 children absent for 30 days or more during 2018, up from 144,031 in 2017. What I am curious to know is what the best way to find out of any incident, particularly if your kid keeps the bullying to himself and does not let the parent s or teachers find out about it. Glad things worked out well for your family. I’m sorry your daughters had to experience these things, but you and your wife handled each incident perfectly. Japan is experiencing a great era, but problems are still ongoing. What a notion! The atmosphere is very informal, like a big family. The number of students attending free or alternative schools instead of regular schools has shot up over the years, from 7,424 in 1992 to 20,346 in 2017. That is why we are at the point we are. In August, the campaign group "Black kosoku o nakuso! My wife was not notified what happened to the girls afterwards, either from the school or the police, but there were no further incidents. I guess the best solution is to build a relationship with your children where they know you will listen to them and back them up no matter what. While some may scoff at such a notion, who can deny the role it plays in having a good life. My wife and I refused, and filed a police report, which really annoyed the school. I don’t think using yakuza style Japanese works for me, so I prefer to speak slowly, softly, use regular polite language, and articulate very clearly. One interesting thing about investing in Japan is that many companies give special gifts to their shareholders. Let’s take a look at what the schools here are doing well and at what we can do to supplement our children’s learning to foster their non-Japanese skills. He realised how many students suffered because they were poor, or victims of domestic abuse, and how much this affected their performance at school. I have many friends with kids here in the public school system and have also been a teacher in Japan for 11 years. I am older now, my Japanese is better, and I probably have more gravitas than I did during these incidents. submitted an online petition to the education ministry signed by more than 60,000 people, asking for an investigation into unreasonable school rules. We had a nice chat, he agreed the teacher hadn’t behaved properly, my daughter’s grade was changed, and all was well with the world. Yuta is one of Japan's many futoko, defined by Japan's education ministry as children who don't go to school for more than 30 days, for reasons unrelated to health or finances. The girl was 23 by then and came out to see us when we visited. His parents then had three choices: get Yuta to attend school counselling in the hope things would improve, home-school him, or send him to a free school. Universities have 4 … These kind of things are (even) more important than money. Of course I would take notes and possibly record all of these meetings. There are lots of choices for clubs too. So there is an incentive in keeping bullying problems secret, though that always means more backlash than handling things competently. It should not be a source of worry and stress. I’d just like to emphasise that I don’t think we were monster parents. My wife was very unimpressed with this, and said we would both be there shortly to discuss it. While we didn’t personally have any such unpleasant incidents as you described, some of my friends (Japanese and foreign) have experience of bullying directed at their child or a classmate. 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A child suffering in silence. Japan has a persistent problem with suicides, although the number has been declining over all. I thanked them for their time and said before discussing the content of the accusations, we’d like to talk to the person that made them. It is exactly yochi-en where studying of hiragana, a Japanese syllabic script, starts. Part of the challenge pupils face is the big class sizes, says Prof Ryo Uchida, an education expert at Nagoya University. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}In Japan, more and more children are refusing to go to school, a phenomenon called "futoko". In all these incidents, I noticed it was brought to your attention by the school or by your step-daughters. Ever wondered about how difficult it […], Goals for this year? I hope she finds peace soon. We let the school deal with this, but were firm that it was to be the last incident and we would react badly if anything else happened. More worrying still is the number of pupils who take their own lives. To sum it up, Japan follows the 6-3-3 system, while America has a 5-3-4 organizational structure. Japanese schools have long been criticized for excessive use of rote learning and cookie-cutter output of students. "In classrooms with about 40 students who have to spend a year together, many things can happen," he says. With homework and assignments during the vacation, school clubs and activities even on the weekend, and cleaning the whole school, studying in Japan means a lot of hard work and determination. He sees this as a tacit admission that futoko children are not the problem but that they are reacting to an education system that is failing to provide a welcoming environment. She ended up with visible injuries so the school advised my (now) wife to file a report with the police. I think it is good I don’t have kids. These regulations are known as "black school rules", reflecting a popular term used to describe companies that exploit their workers. It has become popular and spread around Japan, just as McDonald’s has. It seems to fit pretty well with my impression of how things can end up being handled in Japanese schools though so perhaps a good place to start. She wasn’t particularly academic at the time and wasn’t very socially outgoing. Education in Japan is based on 6 years of primary school, 3 years of junior high school and 3 years of senior high school. Mr Yoshikawa opened his first free school in 2010, in a three-storey apartment in Tokyo's residential neighbourhood of Fuchu. Mark Pendleton, a lecturer at Sheffield’s School of East Asian Studies who also studied in Japan, emphasises that support for disabilities and mental health problems, and acceptance of LGBT and ethnic minority students, varies across institutions. Japan has one of the world's best-educated populations, with 100% enrollment in compulsory grades and zero illiteracy. Having a lawyer is the difference between a tired educational consultant half-heartedly listening to you, and the entire BOE staying up all night trying to figure out how to make your problem go away. It was so heart-warming to know that she was back on the right track. The first one is created for children from two months of age. These can... I believe everyone should have control of their financial life. Sexual assault in Japan: ‘Every girl was a victim’ Sexual assault of schoolgirls is commonplace on Japan’s public transportation, but now more girls are speaking out. One of the main factors hobbling the poor from getting ahead is the cost of education. Students meet in common spaces to chat and play together. School exchanges during Japan Educational Travel are mainly implemented in junior high and high schools. Not at all! Recorded incidents of bullying in private and public schools across Japan, from elementary school through senior high schools, were as high as 414,378 in the academic year to March 31, 2018. As an English school owner, I too, have seen several kids drop out of their regular school due to bullies. Being very involved with the school by being active in the PTA, etc. They're alternative schools that operate on principles of freedom and individuality. This happened just before our youngest daughter finished high school, so was the last incident I had to deal with. The school also declined to give me the boys’ home addresses, or the teachers’ . Easier said than done though, particularly during the difficult/rebellious teenage years. School problems can show up as poor academic performance, lack of motivation for school, loss of interest in school work, or poor relationships with peers or teachers. 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