Japanesestudentsworkveryhardbutmanyareveryunhappy.Theyfeelgreatpressurefromtheirparentstodowellinschoolandincollege.Moststudentsarealwaysbeingtoldbytheirparentstostudyhardersothattheycanhavesuccessfulfuture.Althoughthismaybegoodadviceforthosewhoareverybright,itcanhaveverybadresultsformanystudentswhoarenotquickenoughatlearning.

Unfortunately,anumberofstudentsactuallykillthemselves.Othersareaftercomfortinusingdrugs.Somestudents,however,dobadthingswithgroupsofbadpeopleandturntocrime.Manyofthemhavetriedveryhardatschoolbut,inspiteofalltheirtries,havefailedincertainexaminationsandhavedisappointedtheirparents.Suchstudentsfeelthattheyarelessimportantthaneveryoneelsetheymeetandleaveschoolbeforetheyfinishtheirstudy.

ItissurprisingthatalthoughmostJapaneseparentsareanxiousfortheirchildrentodowellatschool,theydonothelptheminanyway.Manyparentsfeelthattheyareunabletohelptheirchildrenwiththeirlessonsandthatitistheteachers’jobtohelptheirchildren.

Tomakematterworse,alotofparentssendtheirchildrentospecialschoolscalledjuku-cramschools.Theseschoolsareopenduringtheeveningsandonweekends,andtheironlypurposeistopreparestudentstopassexams;theydonottrytoeducatestudentsinanyrealsenseoftheworld.Thuscomesashocktorealizethatalmostthreequartersofthejuniorhighschoolstudentsattendthesecramschools.

OrdinaryJapaneseschoolsusuallyhaverulesabouteverythingfromthelengthofstudents’hairtotheirclothesandthingsintheirschoolbags.Childpsychologistsnowthinkthatsuchstrictrulesoftenleadtoafeelingofbeingunsafeandbeingunabletofitintosociety.Theybelievethatnosenseofmoral(道德)valuesisdevelopedandthatstudentsaregivenneitherguidancenortraininginbecominggoodcitizens.

小题1:ManyJapanesestudentsareunhappyatschoolbecause .