Japanesestudentsworkveryhardbutmanyareveryunhappy.Theyfeelgreatpressurefromtheirparentstodowellinschoolandincollege.Moststudentsarealwaysbeingtoldbytheirparentstostudyhardersothattheycanhavesuccessfulfuture.Althoughthismaybegoodadviceforthosewhoareverybrightitcanhaveverybadresultsformanystudentswhoarenotquickenoughatlearning.

Unfortunatelyanumberofstudentsactuallykillthemselves.Othersareaftercomfortinusingdrugs.Somestudentshoweverdobadthingswithgroupsofbadpeopleandturntocrime.Manyofthemhavetriedveryhardatschoolbutinspiteofalltheirtrieshavefailedincertainexaminationsandhavedisappointedtheirparents.Suchstudentsfeelthattheyarelessimportantthaneveryoneelsetheymeetandleaveschoolbeforetheyfinishtheirstudy.

ItissurprisingthatalthoughmostJapaneseparentsareanxiousfortheirchildrentodowellatschooltheydonothelptheminanyway.Manyparentsfeelthattheyareunabletohelptheirchildrenwiththeirlessonsandthatitistheteachers’jobtohelptheirchildren.

Tomakematterworsealotofparentssendtheirchildrentospecialschoolscalledjuku-cramschools.Theseschoolsareopenduringtheeveningsandonweekendsandtheironlypurposeistopreparestudentstopassexams;theydonottrytoeducatestudentsinanyrealsenseoftheworld.Thuscomesashocktorealizethatalmostthreequartersofthejuniorhighschoolstudentsattendthesecramschools.

OrdinaryJapaneseschoolsusuallyhaverulesabouteverythingfromthelengthofstudents’hairtotheirclothesandthingsintheirschoolbags.Childpsychologistsnowthinkthatsuchstrictrulesoftenleadtoafeelingofbeingunsafeandbeingunabletofitintosociety.Theybelievethatnosenseofmoral(道德)valuesisdevelopedandthatstudentsaregivenneitherguidancenortraininginbecominggoodcitizens.

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