阅读理解。

AimlessnesshashardlybeentypicalofthepostwarJapanwhoseproductivityandsocialharmonyare

theenvyoftheUnitedStatesandEurope.ButincreasinglytheJapaneseareseeingadeclineofthetraditional

work-moralvalues.Tenyearsagoyoungpeoplewerehardworkingandsawtheirjobsastheirprimary

reasonforbeingbutnowJapanhaslargelyfulfilleditseconomicneedsandyoungpeopledon'tknow

wheretheyshouldgonext.

Thecomingofageofthepostwarbabyboomandanentryofwomenintothemale-dominatedjobmarket

havelimitedtheopportunitiesofteenagerswhoarealreadyquestioningtheheavypersonalsacrificesinvolved

inclimbingJapansrigidsocialladdertogoodschoolsandjobs.Inarecentsurveyitwasfoundthatonly24.5

percentofJapanesestudentswerefullysatisfiedwithschoollifecomparedwith67.2percentofstudentsin

theUnitedStates.InadditionfarmoreJapaneseworkersexpresseddissatisfactionwiththeirjobsthantheir

counterpartsdidinthetenothercountriessurveyed.

WhileoftenpraisedbyforeignersforitsemphasisonthebasicsJapaneseeducationtendstostresstest

takingandmechanicallearningovercreativityandself-expression."Thosethingsthatdonotshowupinthe

testscorespersonalityabilitycourageorhumanityarecompletelyignored"saysToshikiKaifuchairman

oftherulingLiberalDemocraticParty'seducationcommittee."Frustrationagainstthiskindofthingleadskids

todropoutandrunwild."LastyearJapanexperienced2125incidentsofschoolviolenceincluding929

assaultsonteachers.Amidtheoutcrymanyconservativeleadersareseekingareturntotheprewaremphasis

onmoraleducation.LastyearMitsuoSetoyamawhowastheneducationministerraisedeyebrowswhenhe

arguedthatliberalreformsintroducedbytheAmericanoccupationauthoritiesafterWorldWarⅡhad

weakenedthe"Japanesemoralityofrespectforparents."

ButthatmayhavemoretodowithJapaneselife-styles."InJapan"sayseducatorYokoMuro"it'snever

aquestionofwhetheryouenjoyyourjobandyourlifebutonlyhowmu