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A Hikikomori is a person who refuses to go to school. Popular reasons are failing their entrance exams, teasing in school, or fearing the pressure of society. Since education is very important in Japan Hikikomori's are not spoken of and looked down upon. Hikikomori's are to hide themselves in their room and are a secret. Parent's are not to speak of them to neighboors or anyone. Their parents bring their food to their rooms and Hikikomori's are not allowed to look at them in the eye.
If any of you guys have seen the ring 2 doesn't this remind you of the scene where that girl walks into her neighboor's creepy room and there's a girl crouched in the corner viciously cutting her hair? I'm pretty sure that's a Hikikomori and that's what i'm going to picture in my head from now on.
That’s kind of creepy but I'm sure every culture has a name for someone who refuses to go to school. I wonder if America has many of those kinds of people, it must be a disease to be afraid of failure. It's kind of harsh to treat them as if they don’t exist though. If it were my child I would try finding a therapy to help the kid not be afraid to fail and try getting them into school.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone not want to go to school?
ReplyDeleteespecially if the only other alternative is the one you described here