A Conflict of Worldviews - (EDIT1)

[kolemath]

EDIT 1
Smart Asians

Classrooms in Japan,
students study math,
science, history, engineering,
any subject, teacher says.
"頑張る (Ganbaru)."
頑: Gan means stubborn, firm, and resolute.
張: Ba means claim, insist, and pull.
る: Ru, to make or do.
Fraction to a decimal?
頑張る (Ganbaru).
The bombs of WWII?
頑張る (Ganbaru).
If subject matter kicks their asses,
students must persist in thinking.
IQs are irrelevant.

Classrooms in America,
students study math,
science, history, engineering,
any subject matter, teacher says,
"Try your best." 
If the students fail?
Their brains are slow, IQs are low
and not cut out for school.
Drop out and find employment.
Back breaking, laboring fools.





A Conflict of Worldviews
 
“I’m stupid.”
 
Yes, you are, the teacher thinks back.
 
"Why
can’t you can’t spell or punctuate
still?" a student hears again
on the last day of school
before dropping out. 
 
The Japanese have a word
—頑張る: Ganbaru
頑 - stubborn, firm, resolute (Gan)
張 - insist, claim, pull (ba)
る - do, make (ru).
 
Pull yourself up firm and insist
on standing resolute! Claim it! Do it!
 
Yet, back home the message:
 
You’re not smart naturally. It’s not
your fault you can only break your back
for life.
 
If the student had heard
Ganbaru
from a voice that believed,
what might have been achieved?