School in Japan
Regarding the Feb. 16 article about cram schools for Japanese preschoolers: Sure, the Japanese culture can be viewed as being a trifle extreme, especially to our Western mind-set. On the one hand, they have a culture that takes education and manners very seriously--perhaps too much so. On the other hand, we have an American culture where teenagers can’t speak even one sentence without using the words “you know” or “like” at least five times.
I’ve seen our future politicians, lawyers and business leaders and frankly, I’m worried. It’s from Japan, with its serious approach to education, that the future scientists, astronauts and innovators will come. America, wake up!
MIKE MENDIOLA, Santa Ana
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