{"id":32873,"date":"2018-12-22T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=32873"},"modified":"2020-09-26T21:55:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T19:55:24","slug":"japanese-catholic-schooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/japanese-catholic-schooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese “catholic” schooling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the things I love about my daughter’s school is their emphasis on created rounded individuals. Academic achievement is important but so is developing character and a moral foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article<\/a> about a Japanese school I saw many overlaps with how Danish schools operate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“..His Japanese elementary school spent as much time cultivating life skills, or \u201cseikatsuryoku,<\/strong>\u201d as it did on academics. The country takes a holistic approach to educating young children, packing in the scholastics but also instilling traits to be responsible members of society. <\/strong>Think World Cup soccer fans who clean the stadium after cheering a game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Here are the the non-academic things they emphasize: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Being part of a community.<\/strong> One of the key words at his school was \u201crentai,\u201d or solidarity. …\u201cAisatsu,\u201d or greetings, were stressed as a way to broach new relationships. Emphasis on teamwork encouraged children to accept one another and taught them to read the status quo and think of how to stay in good standing with the group. <\/p>

2. Getting around a new town.<\/strong> All Japanese children go to school on their own. <\/p>

3. Time management\/organization.<\/strong> Japanese children keep track of their assignments by copying into notebooks the list of homework written on the blackboard, etching a to-do list in their minds. Students must also remember what to take to school. <\/p>

4. Troubleshooting.<\/strong> Japanese schools have an \u201cintegrated studies\u201d period designed to improve problem-solving skills. <\/p>

5. Cleaning.<\/strong> Japanese students tidy up their own classrooms. <\/p>

6. Dining.<\/strong> Japanese students must eat everything that is served for lunch (unless they have allergies). Leaving food is regarded as wasteful and disrespectful to those who prepared the meal. <\/p>

7. Handling conflict.<\/strong> At the start of first grade, my son told me he ran from pillar to pillar when moving between classes, taking shelter to avoid a bigger bully boy. He had physical tussles with another boy, rolling around on the classroom floor. The teachers did not intervene unless physical injury or psychological trauma seemed imminent. The school philosophy was to let the kids sort out their own problems. <\/p>

8. Endurance.<\/strong>  …His school required either a one- or two-kilometer ocean swim before graduation. <\/p>

9. Setbacks….<\/strong>He learned that his only choice was to live with his shortcomings or aim higher. He accepted that reality and alternated between the two options. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is a lovely list of values to impart. The handling conflict (item 7) is a perfect antidote to the poison of victimhood culture<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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