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Attorney Mariko Mashimo, who also has a junior high school teacher's license and is an expert in education issues. A movement against irrational, school rules, such as what color hear and underwear is OK for students, is gaining traction across Japan.
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The procedure for considering school rule changes is the same as thinking about how to reach a consensus position on any issue, based on a process of listening to everyone's opinions.
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kohakuebisu
My kids naturally have non-black hair. Why should a school "listen to everyone's opinions" before coming to a judgement on this, if indeed any judgement is necessary at all? Doesn't the human right to have non-black hair trump anyone's opinion on it?
Ricky Kaminski13
Remember this is still a highly collectivist society, for better or for worse. Nothing trumps the will of the 'Group', and that will is incredibly hard to move or change, especially in japan where 'not doing' is the preferred option. It is what it is. Just have to work around it.
zurcronium
JC. Who is checking girls underwear? Crazy loony rules like that need to be changed top down.