Learning Letter

A Quantitative Investigation of Globalization

In school, students normally have a decent amount of open and free space to basically go ham on whatever they want when they are writing. If given a topic in America, we do not necessarily need a particular structure and I admire that. In Japan, however, they crave structure. They need it. They need to know the word count, the structure, the spacing, everything. And although this is somewhat similar in America, it is more extreme in Japan. In Japan, everything is structured. Everything comes with a set amount of rules and requirements, where in America, students can normally write in a  more creative way, unless said so. This would be very difficult for a teacher in Japan because they would have to completely change up their routine and what they have been taught and given in order to let the kids write whatever they want, and how they want to. I feel like this could be so helpful for students in many different ways. I believe they would be truly excited about it. It would not be something that they would be forced to write about, but something where they can excite their own minds about the endless opportunities they have access to. It has a possibility to make students better writers, and could benefit the teacher as well. Not only will you personally see the students grow, but I believe that the teacher will see some growth in themselves as well. It can really help the teacher see where the class is in their writing and a bunch of other ways of learning as well. I found it so interesting. Another great possibility that this technique holds is that it could spark up some great conversation in the classroom. The students could talk to each other about why they chose to write about what they did, why did they choose that format, why was it set up in that way. They could teach each other, and I thought that could be helpful and pretty cool. a good mix of both I think is a good way to go about this topic.