JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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yamecha
I live in the countryside in Japan and don't see problems like prostitution, drugs, and indiscriminate sex. However, I have met a lots of Japanese people who just don't seem to have much self-esteem or self-confidence. I think this comes primarily from being unconditionally loved as children. They seek out love for the rest of their lives in destructive ways: getting together with people who aren't good for them, unhealthy addictions, and getting used by people as emotional punching bags. Also, in these unconditionally loved people the "scarcity mentality" is strong. They get jealous easily for the happiness of others thus unable to have good relationships with others. People who are unconditionally loved become a product of their environment. They easily get involved into drugs, gambling, prostitution, etc. The same holds true for people in the city I think. With a lacking inside, people do strange things to compensate for it.
So what is the solution to this problem? It would be nice to just go back in to a time machine and install unconditional love in their families but this is not possible. Yes, I think self-awareness is a start. As human beings we all have this. In addition we all have conscience ~ knowing what is right and wrong. And yes, these "bad" teenagers inherently know and feel what they are doing is wrong. They need to realize that their short-term pleasures and leading to long-term destruction. The key to the 99 is the one. Everyone of the 99 is a one. So start education and helping one person at a time. In fact, start by helping yourself first. No one is perfect. We all have room for improvement. Spend too much time watching TV? Overweight? Relationships not going so well? Not exercising regularly?
In reply to morals... a moral is defined as : relating to the principles of what is right and wrong.
Principles such as honesty, trustworthiness, diligence, etc. These are here forever to stay. The consequences of every thing you do are based on them. Know them. Understand them. But most importantly, value them and align yourself with them. If you don't you will break yourself on them every time.
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