2007年2月19日月曜日

Life of an average citizen in my contry

I was born in Japan. The economy has grown there. According to that, the life of people is getting rich. I was born and bred in the place called Okayama prefecture. As a consequence, I don't know the life of people who live in a city such as Tokyo.
In Japan, most of adults have their own work. I sometimes hear that Japanese work too much. I think it's true. Some of workers work overtime, at home after coming home and even on weekend. It doesn't mean they like working at all. They just have to do. Some people work for their family and others work for themselves. As a result, some of them are suffered from stress. In reality, people who die because of stress are increasing.
And most of children can go to school and study. Going to junior high school at least is compulsory education. It is said that there has been a decline in the levels of academic attainment in Japan. But I think they are studying a lot.173 Some of them go to cram and others study under a tutor. It also doesn't mean they like studying. They are suffered from stress in the same way as adults. A few years ago, our government adopted a new policy called "education free of pressure". They changed some parts in textbooks and decreased school hours. But in my opinion, it's totally meaningless. They cut important things we have to learn in textbooks. And we've had to take extra lectures on weekend because they decreased school hours. We had to study to pass a exam for entering to university anyway. Nothing changed, after all.
Also it's said most of children aren't interested in politics. It's true but it's not only for children. It's true that the voting rate for electing is decreasing. I often hear that it's said "Nothing change, whoever may be chosen". It might be true. But we shouldn't think the only politicians built up our country. Actually I, however, can understand why they say so. A lot of politicians did something dishonest and were arrested. That makes us feel difficult to trust them.
Japan is one of the developed countries now. Our lives has changed a lot in recent years. We got riches and can live in comfort. I feel that the more convenient their lives become, the more they want convenience. We can live with important people for us such as family and do whatever we want to do. We shouldn't forget these are great things.

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