Recently God is leading both my wife and I to do something new.
During our time of fervant prayer for this year, God confirmed to raise young leaders for Japan. My son, Samuel is now 15. We homeschooled him since he was 5th grade. We are following ACE curriculum for the teaching. He will be in his 9th grade this year.
Young people in Japan go through many difficult challenges. Their 1st big challenge is to pass the entrance exam for thier high school. Each high school has rank of its own. Each area has the best high school that people are aware of. The second best school, and down the line, the worst school. People identify themselves with the rank. That is one of the reason why the parents were very anxious about their children’s future. However, better school does not make them happy. Yes it will boost thier pride. But prideful students are not the happiest bums.
Japanese society is structured around labeling sub-sections of social structure. Believe it or not, this is true to every part of society. They are hopeless in the way it presents. They do not agree with this system. But they can not escape from the pressures from the society. They can not be an outsider alone. So, they decide to follow the way just the society proceeds.
However, our challenge is to present the alternatives for living. 1st alternative is to create their own job or being self-employeed. Some of our neighbors said that Japanese education only produces good employees, but never entreprenures. I think that statement says the truth. They are good people, but without initiatives. They tend to go with the flow. Never wanting to be someone outstanding.
