tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post3060677937304157375..comments2009-07-10T16:39:52.400+09:00Comments on The Monster Flower: Rote Memorization and LiteracyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-32457793772111032152009-01-29T13:39:00.000+09:002009-01-29T13:39:00.000+09:00That's a really interesting piece. The Japanese s...That's a really interesting piece. The Japanese students insistance on memorizing and repeating drives me a little crazy and we work hard in our subject to break them out of it. It's interesing though to relate it back to how vital memorisation is to learn to read and write Japanese.Melanie Gray Augustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01531718674624846409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-6151518786370952212009-01-28T10:47:00.000+09:002009-01-28T10:47:00.000+09:00For instance, why don't the Japanese wear shoes in...For instance, why don't the Japanese wear shoes in their homes?--- I often asked myself this question, but always just assumed it was the same reason I followed. I got my first Apt when I was 18, and took them off on occasion, when I got to my early twenties (also mum yelling at us kids to remove our shoes) I began to take them off, for me I liked to read and lay on the carpet and felt repulsed just thinking about all the scum my shoes walked over.. so not to take them off for me was a personal choice and saved me time.<BR/><BR/>My husband mentioned to me once that it was because the floor is where one would sleep and then he added to why do we were slippers in the bathroom (I don't think this applies now to the modern way of living) because this place was considered "dirty" ???<BR/><BR/>What I can not understand culturally is why I we have to remove our shoes in schools which have desks and chairs (no one sleeps or lays on floors there)..<BR/><BR/>I liked your post in regard to memory-- I feel like I've lost my footing to rambling off correct spelling due to the Informational Age or the Internet Highway.. where it is easy to find answers not having to remember or right click the red underscore = )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com