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In article <IRIE.92Dec21012249@husc11.harvard.edu> irie@husc11.harvard.edu (Robert E. Irie) writes:

 >As for educational differences between the two countries, I ask you to
 >consider this: in the streets and subways of NY and Boston (those are
 >the two cities in which I have lived for extended periods of times) I
 >see juveniles/teenagers cursing, drinking and generally harassing
 >people.  Most of them, if they go to school at all, cut classes
 >frequently. In NY, I know of several highschools where it is unusual
 >to have a day without gunshots or stabbings. I wont even mention the
 >drug problem concerning kids in all major cities. From visiting Japan
 >and listenign to Japanese news, I have not encountered an equivalent
 >situation. (I will be interested if people living there now could
 >respond) To me, no matter how "bad" the Japanese educational system
 >is, (ie- doesnt make Japanese people as literate as they claim,
 >stifles creativity, etc etc) its ability to produce useful citizens
 > who work and contribute to society insead of ruin it, makes it
 >"better" than the US system.
 >
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 >Robert E. Irie                                         irie@husc.harvard.edu
 >Senior ES Major, Harvard College                       irie@husc.bitnet
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They DO produce useful citizens ready to work hard to their society.
BUT whom is society supposed to work well for? It's citizens.  What I
mean is: social sense - individuality. Two extreme points. Neither of
them are healthy. We shall find a balance... Japanese society works in
the left side (and their citizens pay a high price, in my opinion),
westerns (in general) in the right one.

Dirceu