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Vol.59
College Education |
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Nov. 19,2020 |
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I took a teaching course and acquired a teaching license when I was in college. I was interested in school education in remote rural areas but had to give up becoming a teacher because I was told to help my father start a business in the summer of my senior year, which brought me into the research industry.
When I was in my mid-thirties, I went to a junior high school reunion. A classmate who teaches at a public university started talking about his support of a specific political party.
Being hot-blooded in my youth, I had an argument with him, saying "How can you take responsibility for guiding students in a specific direction?" Most high school students spend their time at home and school except for doing some activities and going to cram school. That is why college freshmen are not immune to everything, so they can be easily influenced.
I was told by my admirable college professor not to just memorize words but to dig into their meanings or backgrounds. So, I ended up always questioning everything.
Before discussing the world and the nation, we need to learn about societies. Each society consists of municipalities, each municipality consists of families, each family consists of humans, and each human has their own life.
Entirely run on taxes paid by citizens, national or local universities must not promote specific political parties or ideologies. This is completely separated from freedom of learning and thought, and those who teach at national or public schools should focus on helping students build a foundation so that they can judge on their own when going out into society.
If you want to preach your ideas or principles, go to a private school such as Shokasonjuku Academy, which partly led to the Meiji Restoration.
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