The Fall trimester

The first few English classes at Sano Junior High in the fall trimester were the teacher inviting me to talk to the kids about America. When I tried to talk to them in English, they acted like if they did what I asked, they would be doing something wrong. Since I mentioned the students, I should mention what they are like. They are always attentive, never looking off the teacher. They memorize long speeches as homework. And then there's their uniform. The boy's uniform consists of a black blazer with brass buttons and a high neck, black pants and a pure white shirt with no wrinkles, no decoration, and no buttons on the collar. The girl's uniform consists of matching navy blue skirt and blazer, and the same white shirt. After my tryings to teach the Japanese students in the short amount of time I had, I went to my enkai. An enkai is like an acceptance/introduction where people drink heavily. I'm not allowed to talk about what happened at my enkai or after, because it would break my morals.
Then the sports festival happened. After the sports festival, I learned that women are a lot like children. Women are kept in order by somebody, and generally not allowed to wander without somebody to watch over them. In Japan, women are generally only good for cooking and cleaning, which would probably make them upset, but they don't voice their opinions, just like I realized at the sports festival. Girls were unhappy because they didn't get to do the pyramids, and boy's were unhappy because they DID get to do the pyramids. They didn't speak up, and when I did, the principal gave me some wild excuse about gaman, which means to persevere.
Then came leave watching which was uneventful and boring, so I will not talk about like I did with the enkai. I will say, however, that I questioned the relationship between Cho and Chieko.
I only reason I believe that these students are kept in such order is because adults are afraid. Afraid that some child might disappoint them. Afraid that some girl will not become a good wife, or that some boy will not turn out like his father. Adults are afraid that children will leave their homes in Japan and go west. Parents are afraid that their children will be like a westerner, and not be able to eat sushi because it's made of Japanese eel, or not be able to use chop sticks. America is not a very good example of what happens when you have children being free in schools, because half turn out to be high ranking officials, and some turn out to be workers in a candy making factory. But take that good half. These people did fine in a free school. With that said, what other reason is there to have a strict school?