Today my students had someone come into the school and teach them about drugs. Actually they got to watch a really over-dramatic film for 30 minutes (a lonely girl takes one pill, goes crazy and kills somebody) and then they had to listen to a lecture for another 30 minutes. The whole school was together in the gym. There was no interaction and no time for questions.
Do they really think kids will just listen if you tell them not to do it? Japan is a very anti-drugs country and even marijuana could get a foreigner deported and land a Japanese national in jail. Despite these harsh punishments, the number of drug incidents is increasing and, over the last few months, many universities have had drug problems.
Before the lecture I told my kids that when I was a student we had our drug talks in our homeroom class and in science class. I told them a policeman came and showed us the drugs so we would know what they looked like. This really surprised everyone especially my teachers. I told them we were encouraged to ask questions and find out exactly what happen when you take drugs. This seemed just too alien for some of them and they couldn’t understand why we would be given the chance to ask questions. Surely “DON’T DO DRUGS” is all we needed to know?!?
After the lecture I watched the kids file out of the gym and wondered if they had taken anything in, I wondered if they had questions and worst of all I wondered if they had already tried drugs. Japanese kids seem so innocent compared to western kids but in reality they aren’t any different at all. I just hope they all have the sense to say no!
Do they really think kids will just listen if you tell them not to do it? Japan is a very anti-drugs country and even marijuana could get a foreigner deported and land a Japanese national in jail. Despite these harsh punishments, the number of drug incidents is increasing and, over the last few months, many universities have had drug problems.
Before the lecture I told my kids that when I was a student we had our drug talks in our homeroom class and in science class. I told them a policeman came and showed us the drugs so we would know what they looked like. This really surprised everyone especially my teachers. I told them we were encouraged to ask questions and find out exactly what happen when you take drugs. This seemed just too alien for some of them and they couldn’t understand why we would be given the chance to ask questions. Surely “DON’T DO DRUGS” is all we needed to know?!?
After the lecture I watched the kids file out of the gym and wondered if they had taken anything in, I wondered if they had questions and worst of all I wondered if they had already tried drugs. Japanese kids seem so innocent compared to western kids but in reality they aren’t any different at all. I just hope they all have the sense to say no!
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