Schools in the Meiji

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Schools in the Meiji Heisei Periods

• A Critical Look at Their Differences
  Similarities
• By Alex Green

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The Heisei Period

• The Heisei period is the period that we are
  living in now. The year is Heisei twelve, or
  twelve years after the Heisei period started.
  This means that the Heisei period started in the
  year 1989. It is a time of crisis in Japan. Their
  economy is not doing that well, and they dont
  have that great of relations with other countries.

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Heisei Period Schools

• Education today is just as important as it was in
  the past. Although Japanese schools tend to be
  much more demanding now than in the past, the
  Japanese children are used to it.

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Heisei Period Schools

• The Heisei Period schools are very demanding, but
  they stress learning more than memorization,
  which I think is a very good thing.
• The stress of high school and middle school has
  made many people commit suicide. Japan has the
  highest suicide rate in the world.

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The Meiji Period

• The Meiji Period lasted from the year 1868 AD to
  1912 AD. It was a time of revolutionary change.
  Japan had just found out how great the
  government of the United States was, and started
  to completely westernize itself. I dont think
  that the idea of complete westernization was a
  very good one, but we cant change anything now.

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Meiji Period Schools

• The schools in the Meiji period were OK, but not
  that great. I think that Emperor Meiji tried to
  make the schools too harsh for the time. He
  should have introduced this harshness more
  gradually.

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Meiji Period Schools

• There were too many letters to learn in too short
  of a time, and that took the precious time that
  could have been used for more productive
  activities such as learning about Japans
  history, literature or language.
• Emperor Meiji tried to make a good education
  system, but I dont think that it worked out that
  well.

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Comparison

• Heisei period schools are very effective, but
  they cause a lot of stress in the teenage mind.
• Heisei period schools focus on learning the
  information more than memorizing it.

• Meiji period schools didnt work out that well,
  but it was a good step to what present days
  schools are like.
• Meiji period schools focused too much on writing
  and memorizing letters.

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