The Japanese government has graciously decided to tell schools that they can stop treating kids like inmates of a maximum security prison and instead treat them like inmates of a medium security prison. From the Mainichi. Japan's education ministry released a notification on Nov. 29 confirming that
Children catch healing from each other not disease. This is child abuse no doubt about it. They need to see each others faces, smiles and interact to develop properly
They are not lying. I am certain that the term “Mokushoku” did not originate from them. Thus, they can state that they are not the originators of the term and thus the policy.
Same old word play trick often used. I first learned of this game 25 years ago while in college. Japan does/did not have a school girl prostitution problem. It had “anjyokosai (spelling may not be correct)”, “compensated dating”. They have a long history playing this word game.
Regardless, I just asked my 3rd grader and he confirmed that his school still has “Mokushoku”. The dividers shown in one of the photos in the OP are used at least sometimes at his Gakudo, which is at his school. I know because I have seen them used during snack time when I pick him up from Gakudo.
In my substack I have provided photos of partitions used at a med school along with the rules they are to follow in their cafeteria. Madness.
I also have the misfortune of witnessing this insanity firsthand as i live here in perpetual covid-land. I have 2 kids who attend the local elementary school and it drives me crazy seeing kids walking home, even alone, tightly masked up. Have all parents been lobotomized? Fortunately my wife, although Japanese, has long since seen through this nonsense and went to the school to inform the principal that our kids will not be wearing muzzles. They are the only 2 out of 800 breathing unfiltered air
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Children catch healing from each other not disease. This is child abuse no doubt about it. They need to see each others faces, smiles and interact to develop properly
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American who stumbled on you ... holy shit this is crazy.
They are not lying. I am certain that the term “Mokushoku” did not originate from them. Thus, they can state that they are not the originators of the term and thus the policy.
Same old word play trick often used. I first learned of this game 25 years ago while in college. Japan does/did not have a school girl prostitution problem. It had “anjyokosai (spelling may not be correct)”, “compensated dating”. They have a long history playing this word game.
Regardless, I just asked my 3rd grader and he confirmed that his school still has “Mokushoku”. The dividers shown in one of the photos in the OP are used at least sometimes at his Gakudo, which is at his school. I know because I have seen them used during snack time when I pick him up from Gakudo.
In my substack I have provided photos of partitions used at a med school along with the rules they are to follow in their cafeteria. Madness.
this is so sad, children can't 'catch' any 'infection' from each other nor any illness or disease. Our health doesn't even work that way https://georgiedonny.substack.com/p/seeing-is-believing and no not even chickenpox, do Japanese children have so called chickenpox parties? https://georgiedonny.substack.com/p/i-was-wrong-about-chickenpox-parties
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I also have the misfortune of witnessing this insanity firsthand as i live here in perpetual covid-land. I have 2 kids who attend the local elementary school and it drives me crazy seeing kids walking home, even alone, tightly masked up. Have all parents been lobotomized? Fortunately my wife, although Japanese, has long since seen through this nonsense and went to the school to inform the principal that our kids will not be wearing muzzles. They are the only 2 out of 800 breathing unfiltered air
I fear Japan will be stuck like this for a good while yet.