An English teacher who teaches in Japan shared on TikTok some surprising rules about schools in Japan. She says that some of these rules would make people “fall into a coma”. The teacher is from the United States and has a TikTok account – @hito.bito – where she shows the daily life of schools in Japan. Come and find out a little more.
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The first unusual rule that the teacher highlights is that, to enter the school, you must change your shoes, having one shoe for the inside and one for the outside of the place. This rule is part of the Japanese custom of keeping indoor environments as clean as possible, avoiding entering with street shoes and bringing dirt. And this rule applies to both students and teachers as well as other employees.
Serve your own lunch
At lunchtime, the students serve themselves, and are also responsible for cleaning the trays. This practice encourages self-sufficiency and independence from an early age.
walk in a coat
In fact, this is not a rule, but a necessity due to the lack of heaters in the corridors. In this way, thanks to the cold climate, it is almost mandatory to wear warm clothes to keep warm in schools.
Uniform
The teacher considers these rules to be the most differentiated. In schools in Japan, girls must wear their hair above shoulder length or in a ponytail, and they cannot have their hair dyed or dyed. It is also not allowed to wear makeup and piercings, although some employees deviate from this rule.
Positive impacts on education
The teacher, along with several other people, consider the practice of teaching children about cleaning and keeping clean what they use to be positive. She points out that this encourages them not to leave the responsibility to someone else and also promotes a sense of community.
extreme cases
Some rules can be extreme and some cases resonate. In 2018, an 18-year-old Japanese woman sued Osaka City Hall after her school forced her to dye her naturally brown hair black. Already in 2019, a private school faced a reprisal after forcing students to kneel to the teacher during an assembly.