Japanesestudentsworkveryhardbutmanyareveryunhappy.Theyfeelgreatpressurefromtheirparentstodowellinschoolandincollege.Moststudentsarealwaysbeingtoldbytheirparentstostudyhardersothattheycanhavesuccessfulfuture.Althoughthismaybegoodadviceforthosewhoareverybright,itcanhaveverybadresultsformanystudentswhoarenotquickenoughatlearning. Unfortunately,anumberofstudentsactuallykillthemselves.Othersareaftercomfortinusingdrugs.Somestudents,however,dobadthingswithgroupsofbadpeopleandturntocrime.Manyofthemhavetriedveryhardatschoolbut,inspiteofalltheirtries,havefailedincertainexaminationsandhavedisappointedtheirparents.Suchstudentsfeelthattheyarelessimportantthaneveryoneelsetheymeetandleaveschoolbeforetheyfinishtheirstudy. ItissurprisingthatalthoughmostJapaneseparentsareanxiousfortheirchildrentodowellatschool,theydonothelptheminanyway.Manyparentsfeelthattheyareunabletohelptheirchildrenwiththeirlessonsandthatitistheteachers’jobtohelptheirchildren. Tomakematterworse,alotofparentssendtheirchildrentospecialschoolscalledjuku-cramschools.Theseschoolsareopenduringtheeveningsandonweekends,andtheironlypurposeistopreparestudentstopassexams;theydonottrytoeducatestudentsinanyrealsenseoftheworld.Thuscomesashocktorealizethatalmostthreequartersofthejuniorhighschoolstudentsattendthesecramschools. OrdinaryJapaneseschoolsusuallyhaverulesabouteverythingfromthelengthofstudents’hairtotheirclothesandthingsintheirschoolbags.Childpsychologistsnowthinkthatsuchstrictrulesoftenleadtoafeelingofbeingunsafeandbeingunabletofitintosociety.Theybelievethatnosenseofmoral(道德)valuesisdevelopedandthatstudentsaregivenneitherguidancenortraininginbecominggoodcitizens. 小题1:ManyJapanesestudentsareunhappyatschoolbecause . |
A.theschoolworkistoomuch |
B.theirteachersaretoostrictwiththem |
C.theirparentsputmuchpressureonthem |
D.theycan’tgetonwellwiththeirfriends |