A fascinating essay on Japanese elementary schools: The Japanese know that kids are antifragile, and they make kids master life skills beyond academics. By Kumiko Makihara.https://wapo.st/2uR48HU?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.2e7caab026bd …
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Replying to @JonHaidt
Maybe not so anti-fragile. According to Wikipedia, Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the World. Higher than the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan …
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Replying to @MichaelBDonner @JonHaidt
Japan has a suicide rate of 14.3 ranked number 30, meaning thirty more countries in the world have higher suicide rates. The United States has a suicide rate of 13.7, ranked at 34. There is barely a difference. The "Japan suicide" is just a meme. You obviously don't know much.
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Oh yes! And if we look at just men committing suicide, more men in the USA commit suicide than in Japan. You know the boy in the article was... a boy right? Clearly it works out better for men over than here based on your own logic.
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Last but not least, the suicide rate in the United States is increasing, while it is decreasing in Japan. Just a few more years at this rate and the US will have higher rates.
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It is also highly disingenuous to arbitrarily tie suicide rates to anything regarding Japan.Can you actually establish a relation between the suicide rates and how children are raised in school? Do you know anything about Japan at all beyond memes?
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