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> In some cases they even decide on the colour of pupils' underwear. Wow, Not to be judgmental, but maybe Japanese schools are a bit too strict... I've never

• malvosenior 7y ago
  I think Japan has been pretty strict for some time now and they have some of the lowest crime (and cleanest cities) in the world. Not saying it's directly related but I wouldn't rule it out.
• unsignedint 7y ago
  This is certainly more exception than norm. But overall, strict rules on where it would be considered more of personal choices elsewhere were governed by such rule. Back in where I was in middle school (close to 30 years ago, so certainly things have changed), I had: 1. Mandatory close clipped hair for male (repealed within first year I've attended -- I heard it took like 4 years of school council's effort do make this happen.) 2. Socks must be white 3. Shoes must be white There were somewhat implicit rules against hair dying, and eating lunch box early (latter being more universal norm) -- both actually caused big scandal when someone actually did those...
  • jopsen 7y ago
    > This is certainly more exception than norm. I certainly expected so, I should probably have picked a less exceptional example from the article.. Still regulating color of shoes and socks seems a bit unnecessary. Granted school uniforms are common in some parts of the world (personally, I would find it rather extreme).