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Hello. I'm President Yasui, running a solo business primarily focused on inspecting high-pressure gas equipment.
My second-year junior high school son recently ranked first in his grade on a proficiency test… He managed to surpass a classmate who had always been ahead of him by over 20 points. Truly impressive.
Interestingly, I heard that in his grade, about 40% of the students scored below 200 points in total.
I’ve often heard the phrase “giving up on studying,” but seeing it reflected in actual results made me realize it’s a real issue, and honestly, it made me feel a bit uneasy.
What exactly is studying?
It’s the accumulation of trust.
Just like building trust, it's something you steadily build up, bit by bit.
Whether or not someone can consistently work at something—that becomes evident in whether they’ve studied.
Some say test scores don’t matter, and that may be true or false depending on context.
Even if individuality is valued, what’s ultimately required in society is the ability to understand instructions and carry out tasks properly. That’s the skill ordinary people need.
Some workplaces require individuality, but society won’t function with only people prioritizing uniqueness.
It’s important to train the ability to understand what’s in front of you, think when you don’t understand, and apply wisdom—these are skills that school helps develop.
Not everyone can make a living doing what they love.
That’s something clear when we look at our own generation.
So what do I mean by “the age of personal responsibility”?
It’s about the fact that kids today are already living in a world where there are no strict club activities, teachers don’t push them, and school places little pressure.
In that world, what are the kids doing? That’s the issue.
We had video games too, but back then it wasn’t as easy to access videos or movies.
Nowadays, kids live in an environment where all of that is normal—so I find myself wondering: how are they using their free time?
Looking at how children spend their weekends, their time mostly revolves around games and TV.
Not just console games—likely also mobile games when adults aren’t watching.
In a modern world where attention is a marketplace and everyone competes to capture time, what we use our time for—and what we don’t let our time get used for—is critical.
Telling kids to “study” isn’t effective—I’ve experienced that firsthand.
The truth is, even if you say it, they won’t do it.
Still, I want my own child to be the kind of person who can study.
That’s why I try to encourage him in small ways, like reading books together.
Time spent playing with friends, being with classmates, doing sports, and studying—
All of these should be meaningful for children.
In an era of personal responsibility, if kids give up on studying, how are they spending the time they gain from that?
If it’s used for something purposeful, fine—but I suspect most are just being pulled along by distractions.
I totally understand not being able to see beyond the present—I was the same.
But in this advanced world full of information on how to succeed, I sincerely hope our children can live with at least the next 10 years in mind.
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