As an individual develops through the stages of infancy to adulthood, a personality is created, shaped, and molded through whom an individual allows themselves to become influenced by Majority of this influence and building of character role is a important role that parents are responsible for. Not all people are going to take an influence from somebody and run with it, whether it is positive or negative. A big area where influence is needed and most times wanted is in the area of work ethic. A person’s work ethic will take them as far as the amount of work they apply, which means to go far you must work hard. This idea that I crystallized works in every area of work that one is involved in be it a job, school, sports team etc… In the classroom, which is where I want to focus on, many students receive the influence to work hard either by their parents, teachers, and friends or possibly all of the above. The students with the most influence about how to do things the right way is more likely to have a good work ethic than students with not as much guidance.
In my sociology class, we viewed a film on American education in comparison to Japanese 
education and the difference between the two in other terms is similar to the upper class status vices the lower class status. One major difference in the overall success in the Japanese education is the work ethic that these students learn to have. Work ethic is basically shoved down their throats so much that it initially became an instinct. The parents play an important role in their child’s education as well as the school. A classroom of students dressed professionally in uniforms at a young age, with majority of their time occupied in school and little or no time for freedom to enjoy the things that a kid would do. "Japanese students spend at least six weeks longer in school each year than their American counterparts, since summer vacations in Japan last only half the time of most summer breaks in the U.S. (Benjamin Japanese Lessons)" Starting this trend early in their lives had them ready to enter in the work field right out of High School with a yearly salary in white collar positions rather than a weekly wage from blue collar hard labor jobs.
education and the difference between the two in other terms is similar to the upper class status vices the lower class status. One major difference in the overall success in the Japanese education is the work ethic that these students learn to have. Work ethic is basically shoved down their throats so much that it initially became an instinct. The parents play an important role in their child’s education as well as the school. A classroom of students dressed professionally in uniforms at a young age, with majority of their time occupied in school and little or no time for freedom to enjoy the things that a kid would do. "Japanese students spend at least six weeks longer in school each year than their American counterparts, since summer vacations in Japan last only half the time of most summer breaks in the U.S. (Benjamin Japanese Lessons)" Starting this trend early in their lives had them ready to enter in the work field right out of High School with a yearly salary in white collar positions rather than a weekly wage from blue collar hard labor jobs.
In America, the focus on school is mostly on getting together with peers and having a social gathering. This however is enhanced by teachers and staff with many social events that take away from the curriculum atmosphere. Friday Night Lights, Homecoming game and dance, Prom Night, basketball games, Frat parties, and even school assemblies is like water to many seeds that grow up with thinking and accepting that school is a place to have fun and that learning is like thorns to their growth. One important factor in Japanese development that lead to success was the help aid of the parents enforcing the importance of an education with their child. Also establishing that this is a time for strictly business and no funny business. Well in America, the economy is so torn that the parents aren’t focused on the child as much as they are trying to find means necessary to provide for the child. It’s an expectation that if I, as a parent, send my child to class that it’s the responsibility of him or her and the teacher to make sure that they receive what they are sent for. Other factors like house-hold duties, after school jobs, peer pressure, and not enough self-esteem to step out on what is really right to achieve what they came for and ultimately to learn something. I as a student challenge myself to make sure that each day I come home from school learning something new to the extent that I can, in my own words, discuss and teach it to someone else. It’s a part of my work ethic that I am taught to have. As far as the country goes, is the mayhem of the society to blame for the outcome of our low-educational successes? Is it the families fault for not installing proper guidance into the matriculating brains of their children? What do you think? Work Cited
Benjamin, Gail. JAPANESE LESSONS: A YEAR IN A JAPANESE SCHOOL THROUGH THE EYES OF AN AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND HER CHILDREN. New York: New York University Press, 1998. ED 415 153. http://www.mext.go.jp/english/.
"Japanese education." The Asian Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Web. 28 Apr 2010.
"Pep rally." 1060 west. Web. 28 Apr 2010. http://1060west.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html.
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