The Japan TimesIn South Korea, questions about cram schools, success and happiness https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/asia-pacific/south-korea-cram-schools-success-happiness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #education #mentalhealth #cramschools
It all starts with an entrance exam. In South Korea, as in Japan, the fixation on academic achievement as the basis for success has reduced people to a mere list of "specs." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/26/world/south-korea-university-entrance-exam-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #universities #highschools #cramschools #schools #education #children #mentalhealth
Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former teacher at a Tokyo cram school to two years in prison, suspended for five years, for taking upskirt photos of the elementary school girls attending the school. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/27/japan/crime-legal/cram-teacher-guilty-of-secret-filming/ #japan #crimelegal #cramschools #education #teachers #yotsuyaotsuka #tokyo #japanesecourts
bs2National #highStakesTesting in #japan presents the same pattern. People can see it is an #uneducational waste of time But then people will say, but what about all the people employed in the litte #Juku #cramschools, and then bigger schools that cram students fro a whole year after highschool if graduates want to try for better results a year later... Dams and Nukes too, Catch 22's Milo #Minderbinder has everyone afraid to rebel because so many are" benefiting" . #センターテスト #共通試験