HW for Adam
#4 how has your education affected your intelligence?
Most of the Japanese students have to choose if they’re going to learn liberal arts or science in college, at the begging of the second grade of high school. Then, the students who isn’t good at math or science tend to stop study them at that time. On the other hand, those who hate English of classical Japanese don’t have to learn more, and they apt to devote to scientific subjects.
I was one of the former so I gave up mastering math after the first grade of high school. But now, I really want to study math and physics, and regret having chosen the literal side. Although it was my fault to have decided not to learn more math, this Japanese educational system cannot be welcomed when I think of it now. I think this method fix our capacity to broaden the view of world. Only high school students are not able to conclude which subject suits them.
Most of the Japanese students have to choose if they’re going to learn liberal arts or science in college, at the begging of the second grade of high school. Then, the students who isn’t good at math or science tend to stop study them at that time. On the other hand, those who hate English of classical Japanese don’t have to learn more, and they apt to devote to scientific subjects.
I was one of the former so I gave up mastering math after the first grade of high school. But now, I really want to study math and physics, and regret having chosen the literal side. Although it was my fault to have decided not to learn more math, this Japanese educational system cannot be welcomed when I think of it now. I think this method fix our capacity to broaden the view of world. Only high school students are not able to conclude which subject suits them.
posted by nozomi at 4:41 PM
2 Comments:
i also disliked math...i don't think now i wanted to study math, but i should have studied math earnestly!!!
Nozomi, I enjoyed all of your answers, but this one struck me the most. You hit upon an important question, and a topic that is very much in debate... should school serve to make you a well-rounded person (a person who knows something about everything) or a specialized person (a person who is an expert in one field)? Everyone has a different view about this, and of course ideally we can be both -- knowledgeable about everything, specialized in one thing.
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