Ridiculous School Rules in Japan Reveal a Lack of Common Sense

The temperature is at the freezing point, possibly well below, as a seventeen-year-old boy walks to school.

No big deal. I grew up in the mountains and did the same. The difference? I was allowed to wear a jacket. This boy in Kagoshima City could only wear his thin school uniform. Something barely suitable for fall.

The Mainichi Shimbun interviewed this boy. The reporters also noticed other boys taking off their winter coats before entering the school grounds or being in sight of a teacher.

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