On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:34:57 +0900, "mr.sumo.snr."
<llanelli14@SPAMSUCKBANANAS.yahoo.com> wrote:

>Well that's the real tragedy isn't it.  Japanese kids SHOULDN'T have to go 
>to inferior schools.  They should be able to have their cake and eat it.  If 
>there's enough money available to build unnecessary highways, then there's 
>enough to build new, more compact schools with smaller catchment areas so 
>poor little Takeshi-kun doesn't have to walk 5km to get home.

Certainly in the cities and suburbs, isn't the long commute due to
parents choosing a "good" school rather than due to any lack of local
schools? I'd bet that would outweigh any forced commutes in country
areas.

Ken