tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post1253203912920554626..comments2024-02-16T06:29:33.587-08:00Comments on Welcome to " The Math UnderGround " -- Seattle & Washington State: Trends in Japan: Japan Continues Search for Academic Triumphdan dempseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-70551432097074880202008-05-12T03:31:00.000-07:002008-05-12T03:31:00.000-07:00Reform protestants (TULIPS) consider poverty to be...Reform protestants (TULIPS) consider poverty to be sinful - they are more prone to say that poverty is a result of laziness and they will usually behave indifferently when confronted with a situation involving poverty - they are also more likely to take advantage of such people, for instance, compensate them for less than they are entitled, simply because those people are poor and therefore sinners...they will frequently confuse ethnicity with poverty. So its correct to look at our reform efforts through the eyes of other cultures, especially Japan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-57641395889210963052008-05-12T03:20:00.000-07:002008-05-12T03:20:00.000-07:00Juvenile Delinquency in Japan: Reconsidering the "...Juvenile Delinquency in Japan: Reconsidering the "Crisis" - <BR/><BR/>I think this provides a satisfactory criticism of the current and past efforts to reform education in the US. It is a moral solution to poverty in general from fringe religious groups (like church of scientology, maharishi, and Moodys, etc) attempting to integrate christian values into academic programs. This book clearly shows why programs like this eventually fail not just structurally, but never actually integrate themselves into school culture, primarily for the reasons cults are rejected by most people (narrow focus and questionable methods - eg. bull baiting.)<BR/><BR/>The Rainbow Plan was a reform project that among other things, focused on teaching morals to students that were perceived as potential juvenile delinquents. In fact, it was shown that the problem with delinquency in Japanese schools was blown out of proportion and students were considered much less violent and socially adjusted than students in the US or Germany. So the program was deemed unnecessary. Sounds very familiar.<BR/><BR/>http://books.google.com/books?id=cGu5_OcsR18C&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=rainbow+plan+japan+education&source=web&ots=XsSGwjcmoF&sig=ajwO6lBo_6_ICkIk9pRNF6Hc3Jk&hl=en#PPP1,M1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com