Children Full of Life (3 of 5)
“In a award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth-grade category in a first propagandize in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, sense lessons about care from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori. He instructs any to write their loyal middle feelings in a letter, as well as review it aloud in front of a class. By pity their lives, a young kids proceed to comprehend a significance of caring for their classmates.”
so beautiful. why can’t the whole world be like this?
@Mikkedev doubt it
Ugh. I wish everyone could learn with a teacher like this…
I hate it.
I’m going to admit it, I’m one of those that wouldn’t speak out about things, I am afraid to cry or be who I am, I will go along and make fun of people, I have no true friend like Yo.
I am a coward.
This is so precious…
but really.
In my class (u.s., high school)
someone cries and tries to share feelings or whatever like this,
bell rings,
lunch:
“hah did you see that kid?
What a loser, crying!?”
…I feel empty.
the kids’ feelings seem to be genuine but it still looks like the show is staged
why do they always have to cry argghhhh its sooo contagious!!!!
I love how he teaches them to question authority when it’s the right thing to do.
@dizkneeboy I did too. I wondered when I last cried. But this teacher, and this class acting as a family were like a 100% cry.
Everyone stands up against the teacher for a single kid… Would be nice if the real world was like this. Ppl in their hearts, are cowards and conformists. Normal scenario would have everyone quietly accept the teacher’s decision and ditch their classmate.
wow. Leadership, Teamwork, self-confident and courage was displayed in this part. wow. i am shocked and …. WOW
in my school you wold have been kicked out and given detention for being ‘disruptive’ if u spoke up like that, not listened to and for it to go like it did…
The lesson here, as I learned, is to let natural consequences be the result of “talking too much in class”. As Kanemori rightly expressed at the end, ” the crime didn’t merit the punishment”….totally unrelated.
i wish people was this helpful and kind in real life.. everyone in America that ive met was mean, and taught me to trust just myself.
I like how the children’s emotions are uninhibited and raw. Just pure honest emotion.
“It should’ve been me crying all those tears.” …That did it for me. Why? Unsure. Oh, and the last boy at the end of this clip. Truly an Amazing Teacher as he has Amazing students. n_n
i like how the teacher plays the bad guy to teach them a lesson in sticking up for your friends. This guys awesome, unfortunately in america the parents would complain to the school board.
@arby22207 Then I guess it depends on the school you go to? Most exchange students tell me they like how they can voice their opinions in American schools. I never witnessed a class debate during my year abroad.. and my host sister told me her college class was having difficulties debating because the students in her class had never been exposed to debating prior college.
@CatGirlNat I went to Japanese school and there were plenty of discussions and debates in the class starting at about 4th or 5th grade. It is also very typical of Japanese school to place the students in groups and work as a team in many events.
This documentary is so touching/great that even the narrator is crying at 7:30
YO reminds me of myself as a kid… this documentary is wonderful wonder if i could fin the dvd or video
Well they are all good children for the most part at this early age, its life and no one to aid them that they grow up twisted. I wish there was this much care to the future of our nations. They feed a cycle that could end disastrously or benefit greatly.
If I stood up for my friend in elementary school the teacher would be like ” Ok you can stay behind to” it made me tear up to how the students supported him and the teacher actually accepted it.
I’d have been petrified to talk back to my teacher (Western schools or eastern school).
I really do remember situations like that, and I said nothing even though I knew it was unfair… It just ruined the moment for me, the person effected, and everyone else who said nothing.
本当ですね
Anyone notice how the teacher has his eyes closed when the student’s are challenging his decision? In Japanese (and other asian) culture, the closing of the eyes is a means to better concentrate… by not focusing on anything else except the words that are being heard. Very interesting.
@chi81216
I have a Japanese friend and her experiance of school was vastly differant from this. It was very strict. I think these children are lucky. Not only to have a teacher of this calibre but also to be attending an institution that allows him to teach in such a fanshion.