The Japanese government wants to to designate JHS sport “clubs” an official part of education, potentially putting even more work and overtime on teachers
The Japanese government wants to to designate JHS sport “clubs” an official part of education, potentially putting even more work and overtime on teachers
Clubs are detrimental to many students behavior in school. Some only care about clubs and don’t care about study and they get rewarded if their club activity is going well.
AssociationMore242 on
The Japanese govt seems to carefully and thoughtfully craft the single most damaging and inneffecive policy it can when it comes to education. Young teachers are quitting at record rates, retiring early at record rates, taking mental health leave at record rates and the numbers of teachers entering the profession is falling like a rock. There are record numbers of students dropping out of school due to the stress of school life, tons of it due to club life.
So NATURALLY make the job even more stressful and personal-life destroying and remove even more of the students’ free time. GodDAMN these people are stupid.
All so they can train kids to avoid independent thought at all costs.
Far_Government_9782 on
This is nuts. At the local level, school districts are increasingly going the other way and cutting down on the club crap, because they are already struggling to get and keep enough teachers. Parents don’t have the time or help out either these days, mums are all going back to work.
Im guessing that this is all part of attempts to appeal to nostalgic conservatives who have fond memories of the bukatsu culture in the 70s and 80s.
Punchinballz on
Im married to a JHS teacher, dealing with this crap ALL THE TIME, she will just quit if it happens
LeRobber on
Maybe they won’t fuck it up and will hire coaches and aids to help? Maybe they’ll time limit some very excessive clubs?
Just kidding!
Kijukko on
Daughter, let’s go to a museum this weekend!
Sorry dad, I have club activities.
Daughter, let’s take a trip to northern Japan this summer!
Sorry dad, I have club activities.
Daughter, let’s have a BBQ, feel free to invite your friends like you used to in elementary school!
Sorry dad, we ALL have club activities.
Daughter, let’s…. ahhh never freaken mind.
Afraid_Management332 on
This sounds like the perfect time to form a union and fight back.
The bureaucrats at top are not stupid, they are actively malicious.
A strong union and strike will solve most issues associated with exploitation of labour.
Vivid_Extension2833 on
If we’re looking at this from a sports only perspective, they do all this compulsory sports stuff and still can’t compete per capita to smaller nations like Australia, NZ Nederlands and Scandinavian countries, etc, etc.
No-Jackfruit3211 on
The government makes sure you dont have enough time to spend your salary.
BigPapaSlut on
Didn’t we just see what happens during overtime « sports clubs »…
MagazineKey4532 on
The article is about Japan Sports Agency and the Agency for Cultural Affairs trying to keep their controls. In other words, they want more budgets from tax payers to waste. Should definitely cut their funding instead unless they are able to come up with better use of tax payers’ money.
Expensive-Claim-6082 on
Me when I was a teacher talking to a three year in already burned out Japanese coworker.
Her : “I’m the bukatsu swim coach this year.” 🏊♀️
Me : “Oh that’s nice right?”
Her : “I don’t know how to swim.”
😳
thetruelu on
Friend is a JHS teacher who is part of the basketball club and he practically has to work for free during all this weekends and holidays to attend games and practices and stuff. I don’t blame him for wanting his team to lose early in tournaments so he can go home
J-W-L on
Japan has no idea what to do or where to start doing it.
It seems it’s just doing things because..
For a few years it even started to feel like Japan was on the right course now not so much.
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Clubs are detrimental to many students behavior in school. Some only care about clubs and don’t care about study and they get rewarded if their club activity is going well.
The Japanese govt seems to carefully and thoughtfully craft the single most damaging and inneffecive policy it can when it comes to education. Young teachers are quitting at record rates, retiring early at record rates, taking mental health leave at record rates and the numbers of teachers entering the profession is falling like a rock. There are record numbers of students dropping out of school due to the stress of school life, tons of it due to club life.
So NATURALLY make the job even more stressful and personal-life destroying and remove even more of the students’ free time. GodDAMN these people are stupid.
All so they can train kids to avoid independent thought at all costs.
This is nuts. At the local level, school districts are increasingly going the other way and cutting down on the club crap, because they are already struggling to get and keep enough teachers. Parents don’t have the time or help out either these days, mums are all going back to work.
Im guessing that this is all part of attempts to appeal to nostalgic conservatives who have fond memories of the bukatsu culture in the 70s and 80s.
Im married to a JHS teacher, dealing with this crap ALL THE TIME, she will just quit if it happens
Maybe they won’t fuck it up and will hire coaches and aids to help? Maybe they’ll time limit some very excessive clubs?
Just kidding!
Daughter, let’s go to a museum this weekend!
Sorry dad, I have club activities.
Daughter, let’s take a trip to northern Japan this summer!
Sorry dad, I have club activities.
Daughter, let’s have a BBQ, feel free to invite your friends like you used to in elementary school!
Sorry dad, we ALL have club activities.
Daughter, let’s…. ahhh never freaken mind.
This sounds like the perfect time to form a union and fight back.
The bureaucrats at top are not stupid, they are actively malicious.
A strong union and strike will solve most issues associated with exploitation of labour.
If we’re looking at this from a sports only perspective, they do all this compulsory sports stuff and still can’t compete per capita to smaller nations like Australia, NZ Nederlands and Scandinavian countries, etc, etc.
The government makes sure you dont have enough time to spend your salary.
Didn’t we just see what happens during overtime « sports clubs »…
The article is about Japan Sports Agency and the Agency for Cultural Affairs trying to keep their controls. In other words, they want more budgets from tax payers to waste. Should definitely cut their funding instead unless they are able to come up with better use of tax payers’ money.
Me when I was a teacher talking to a three year in already burned out Japanese coworker.
Her : “I’m the bukatsu swim coach this year.” 🏊♀️
Me : “Oh that’s nice right?”
Her : “I don’t know how to swim.”
😳
Friend is a JHS teacher who is part of the basketball club and he practically has to work for free during all this weekends and holidays to attend games and practices and stuff. I don’t blame him for wanting his team to lose early in tournaments so he can go home
Japan has no idea what to do or where to start doing it.
It seems it’s just doing things because..
For a few years it even started to feel like Japan was on the right course now not so much.