Law in Contemporary Society

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 Sometime later, seeking advice about expunging that attitude from my students, I related my exchange with the boy to another teacher. He responded, “That student can’t write. He has trouble reading and writing even in Japanese. He’s dyslexic.” He laughed, and I, awkwardly, laughed with him. Oh, of course.
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<		Although disturbing cases like this exist, I submit that the Japanese system isn’t broken. Japanese students do consistently perform near the top on worldwide academic achievement tests(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/26/world/main530872.shtml --Note: they’ve fallen a few ticks in recent years). More importantly, however, I think the system better socializes students than our own. It does this at least partially by promoting community among students with different capabilities.
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>		Although seemingly disturbing cases like this exist, I submit that the Japanese system isn’t broken. Japanese students do consistently perform near the top on worldwide academic achievement tests(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/26/world/main530872.shtml --Note: they’ve fallen a few ticks in recent years). More importantly, however, I think the system better socializes students than our own. It does this at least partially by better promoting community among students.
 

The Structure of Japanese Education

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 I like a good story, but the wind-up is too long
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>		Too much description; not enough substance? I feel constrained by the fact that I can't point to a source that just summarizes the system so I can spend my time dealing with other issues. Feels stuck between story and essay.
 The significance of the following is not lost on me, but I couldn't fit them into this initial draft (on second thought, not sure I even want to go down this road. Probably expands topic when I need to be narrowing it:

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