Teaching kids useless stuff to score political points
From the Japan Times:
Takeshima Japanese, schools to be told The education ministry plans to clearly state in a supplement of the government's new educational guideline for junior high school students that a Seoul-controlled islet in the Sea of Japan is an "integral part of Japan," officials said Monday.Ask yourself this, how does learning this facilitate any given student's education? Not a bit. It's clear that the goal is not education ... Sadly this can be said for a lot of the stuff they teach in school. This just happens to be a particularly odious example. This is why education curriculum should be handled more locally.
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I agree with you on your
I agree with you on your conclusion that "education curriculum should be handled more locally" but I don't think it is entirely useless to include the article about Takeshima in the school textbook;Students need to be made aware of the issues hotly debated around the world, in particular the issues related to Japan.
By the way, I am glad you've started blogging frequently.
Ponta, It's nice to hear
Ponta,
It's nice to hear from you. Glad to see you have your own blog, but I hope you blog more of your own thoughts, as opposed to just reaction to Debito's blog.
"By the way, I am glad you’ve started blogging frequently."
Thank you for saying this, but I am still too preoccupied to be blogging much. So I'm just throwing stuff out there when I have a little extra time. I really, really enjoy blogging, but am trying to discipline myself not to, because I've got to many other things I have to work on at present. :-(
Thank you, Matt. Well my blog
Thank you, Matt. Well my blog is about my own thought and it is also about reaction to Debito's blog. And I write it because I think it is important. https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6030909470450917211&postID=3254...
I think it is also a matter of concern to NJ.
I think I should keep away from keyboard too, but I just can' resist it.
I hope you start blogging as frequently as before.