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Re:Many Japanese children refuse to go to school by EGreg on Monday December 23, 2019 @01:39AM (#21861893)
That’s because school is just a glorified daycare for parents who both work for corporations. The school in turn trains kids to work for corporations someday — and in the meantime stay out of trouble until the parents can finish their workday.

Many schools are unable to teach kids anything and try to just contain the troublemakers long enough for their parents to pick them up.

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Re:Many Japanese children refuse to go to school by watwut on Monday December 23, 2019 @08:06AM (#21863351)
In Japan, mothers are expected to stay at home and their careers are pretty much impossible after kids are born.

American school system does not exactly make it super easy for working parents either. I know schools that basically assume that one parent works part time maximum.

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