alt Hacker NewsHow do you think it compares to various European countries?
Say, Germany, Spain, Italy (or any that you're familiar with).
Northern Europeans seem to be fantastic at learning languages. It's surprising the rest of the world doesn't copy what they do.
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minebreaker • 11/07/2024
To be fair, it's much easier to learn English if your mother tongue is a variant of Indo-European.
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Germany has very similar problems.
But unlike Japan, the education system is the antithesis of fair - as, if I understood correctly, your 4th grade teacher will decide which of the 3 tracks you will follow at 10(!) years of age. This obliterates the possibility of social elevator through education.
I wonder how it is in Japan? Is it common to have class movement between generations?