I think Japanese people tend not to good at expressing their ideas, or opinions orally.
Because we weren't in such situation in school.
However from now on such ability may be necessary.
In the first lesson with a high school boy there was an interesting topic.
Do you think Japanese society treats men and women equally?
HIs mouth was closed, and his brain also seemed to shut down.
So I told him to see some situations at hand.
And I mentioned an example.
"Both of your father and mother work as a businessman equally, and they come back home almost at the same time. However your mother cook dinner for three of you. What is your father doing while she is cooking?"
Unfortunately, in his case, while she is cooking, his father is also organizing the rooms.
Then I also mentioned that this theme doesn't mean that women tend to be looked down on. Men sometimes are oppressed.
Then he said one phrase.
"Bathroom for women is nearer".
I didn't understand what he said.
The bathroom for women in the school is nearer than men's one from his classroom.
His brain started to work.
This opinion was interesting, but it depends on where each classroom is.
He continues.
When we (boy students) clown around (does it make sense?) in the classroom with girl students, our teacher often scold boy students hardily.
It is strange. He wanted to say "it is wrong," but he used the word strange instead of wrong.
Unfortunately we had no time to talk about this topic more.
We might talk about teacher's position like that.
Your teachers might think that boy student will have to take a leadership role in the future, so they discipline boy students more strictly than girl students.
Or your teachers might think that they are afraid of sexual harassment.
Anyway he expressed what he felt. It was good.
It is all right to express not so cool things. The first step is anyway to express what we feel orally.
