Strange?

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Oct 19th 2011 23:14
This is a picture of the opening ceremony in junior high school in Japan.

All of the opening ceremonies in Japan are like this.


We wear a uniform and assemble at their gym, and listen to a principal's talking.



It's usual in Japan.



One day, a ELT teacher came to our school from the US.

He attended the opening ceremony and did a introduction of himself.

If I remember correctly, he said that he was surprized because all of us had a black and short hair.

It is a rule that students must not dye their hairs other colors.

Japanese society tends to regard students who are dying their hairs bad.

And all of Japanese have a black hair in nature.



The ELT's country, say, the US, however, probably don't exist such a rule.

Actually his hair is golden, although it is in his nature.


I didn't think it is strange when I heard his comment about our hairs.


I thought it is usual having a black hair.


But now, I wonder why we cannot permit dying our hairs.


I don't think our hairs cause a big problem to our schools.


Is it a culture problem?

Or riligious one?


I don't know though I am Japanese.