Comments on: No discipline in Japanese schools? http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/ Nick Ramsay, blogging from Japan. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:27:52 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Robin http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-8015 Robin Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:06:57 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/#comment-8015 Oh, hello by the way! Oh, hello by the way!

]]> By: Robin http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-8014 Robin Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:04:42 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/#comment-8014 I work as an ALT in a the worst junior high school in my city, there is no significant discipline whatsoever. A maths teacher was assaulted by 2 boys a few months back, they were given a warning by the police and allowed back to school, for assaulting a teacher! Another teacher was hospitalised with neck injuries after being punched in the forehead, the boy's mother was called into school and was witness to her son being "critisized" by the principle. He is still at the school and has recently made aggressive gestures towards me, as well as telling me to "die" everytime he sees me. Somehow telling your teachers to die is just normal in Japan, as he does it to all the Japanese teachers too. I'm stumped! I don't know why they allow these kids to get so out of control! I work as an ALT in a the worst junior high school in my city, there is no significant discipline whatsoever. A maths teacher was assaulted by 2 boys a few months back, they were given a warning by the police and allowed back to school, for assaulting a teacher! Another teacher was hospitalised with neck injuries after being punched in the forehead, the boy’s mother was called into school and was witness to her son being “critisized” by the principle. He is still at the school and has recently made aggressive gestures towards me, as well as telling me to “die” everytime he sees me. Somehow telling your teachers to die is just normal in Japan, as he does it to all the Japanese teachers too.
I’m stumped! I don’t know why they allow these kids to get so out of control!

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-7656 Nick Ramsay Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:35:25 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/#comment-7656 Hi Jenna, you found something I wrote over two years ago! I'm afraid I can't comment on how rigorous teacher training is in Japan since my only experience was in ESL teaching. Interestingly, though, there was a scandal fairly recently involving people bribing their way to teaching licenses. Rikuto is just 14 months old and we have a steep wooden staircase. This morning he climbed right to the top! My wife has just got back from the store with a barrier to put at the bottom of the stairs to put our minds at rest. :) Hi Jenna, you found something I wrote over two years ago! I’m afraid I can’t comment on how rigorous teacher training is in Japan since my only experience was in ESL teaching. Interestingly, though, there was a scandal fairly recently involving people bribing their way to teaching licenses.

Rikuto is just 14 months old and we have a steep wooden staircase. This morning he climbed right to the top! My wife has just got back from the store with a barrier to put at the bottom of the stairs to put our minds at rest. :)

]]> By: Jenna Baylor http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-7653 Jenna Baylor Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:59:49 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/#comment-7653 Oooops sorry, what you actually wrote was "for his mum and I". I'm curious, does anyone know what kind of training people get in Japan when they want to become teachers? How rigorous is it? Oooops sorry, what you actually wrote was “for his mum and I”.

I’m curious, does anyone know what kind of training people get in Japan when they want to become teachers? How rigorous is it?

]]> By: Jenna Baylor http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-7652 Jenna Baylor Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:54:22 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2006/10/15/no-discipline-in-japanese-schools/#comment-7652 Interesting stuff as always. Discipline is a major problem in my school too. Being an almost six foot female, I have no trouble hauling kids outa class. The rest of the teachers seem content to let the kids walk all over them though. And this is a *private* school where the parents are presumably paying more...? Don't these teachers get any training on how to deal with poor behaviour? By the way, I was curious to hear that Rikuto climbing stairs was a potential problem "for his mother and I" ... Interesting stuff as always. Discipline is a major problem in my school too. Being an almost six foot female, I have no trouble hauling kids outa class. The rest of the teachers seem content to let the kids walk all over them though. And this is a *private* school where the parents are presumably paying more…? Don’t these teachers get any training on how to deal with poor behaviour?

By the way, I was curious to hear that Rikuto climbing stairs was a potential problem “for his mother and I” …

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