Excuse me, but what can you see in Manga's Mrs. Nantokokantoka

[Dutch Baka]

I found this article, and I find this very hypocrite (is that the right word?) because they are complaining about sexual text in their children their summer homework. I mean have the never read Manga's or something? What can you see in those? what can you see on eye sight in the conbini's yes that's right... porn magazines... and then they are complaining about some text in their homework...

Aaa well, welcome to Japan:relief:

High school teacher hands students obscene material for English homework
SAPPORO -- A teacher at a prefectural high school here gave students reference material containing obscene expressions for their English homework for summer vacation, it emerged Friday.


The teacher in his 40s, whose name was not immediately disclosed, was unaware of the obscene wording. "The teacher did not notice that it contained inappropriate expressions. We are extremely sorry," the vice principal said.


On Tuesday, the day before summer vacation began, the teacher at Hokkaido Prefectural Sapporo Okadama High School assigned English conversation homework to first-year students for their summer vacation on how men and women get acquainted with each other. He attached a photocopy of part of a book on English conversation to the homework as reference material.


The parents of one of the students later pointed out that the reference material contained obscene expressions such as "favorite sexual positions."
The school sent another reference book to students by mail with a letter of apology from the principal. (Mainichi) (http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070727p2a00m0na029000c.html)

[Half-n-Half]

Haha! I like how they put "Favorite sexual positions" as a topic that men and women discuss when getting acquainted. Wouldn't that be a little complicated for first-year english students?
Maybe since it is through the school the Japanese public sees it as the school saying it is right to, what's the word, "observe" this material. As if the school was backing this material. Whereas if it is in a "conbini" then it is more of a free-will issue or at the parents fault. Does any of this make sense? Sorry but I'm having trouble trying to get what I want to "say" into words.

[EmperorHirohito]

Wow, dont know exactly where you found that article D.B, but its brilliant. What got me was a parents reaction to the phrase 'favourite sexual position'. That phrase is not pornographic at all, its just a statement of human behaviour. And the word you were looking for was hypocritical. And from what Ive seen, Manga is filled with subliminal sexual images, most comics/cartoons are.

[Glenski]

No, it is not hypocritical. (Yes, that's the right word, though.)

Manga are not made for educational purposes. They are for private use.
The teacher gave material for educational purposes. He/She was foolish not to have looked at it carefully enough (or even more foolish if he had read it and thought he could slip it by).