Japan's school rules harass children
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- 24 Oct 2022
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Besshitsu touko is a form of discipline used in many Japanese schools where students who break a rule are required to complete their schoolwork for the day in a separate room, away from the rest of the class, essentially serving as an in-school suspension.
A recent case involved a 17-year-old girl who was forced to leave class because she had shaved her eyebrows. It happened again recently at a school in Fukuoka where a 14-year-old student was not allowed to participate in a soccer tournament for the same reason (his mother had shaved part of the boy’s eyebrows because he was ashamed of his bushy brows).
Parents have asked the media to talk more about such irrational policies, which make the schools that practice them burakku kosoku – “black schools.” Burakku is an adjective used to define places that practice terrible harassment. But can these rules be considered harassment?
Rules at the aforementioned Fukuoka public school include the following: students cannot dye, color or perm their hair. And no kibatsu na kamigata, or eccentric hair — which, of course, is a very subjective interpretation. They cannot shave their eyebrows or have any piercings. Read More...
