High School Shoplifters At Tokyo Disneyland

[Mulboyne]

[floatl][/floatl]An Osaka high school is thinking of banning school trips after a number of pupils shoplifted goods on a visit to Tokyo Disneyland. Around 150 third year students were on a three day excursion to the theme park at the end of May. Security guards caught two students red-handed and reported the matter to school officials at their hotel. A further 8 students then confessed that they had stolen goods and, by the following day, it was established that another 5 had also been shoplifting. Three separate groups had visited around 10 shops and taken badges, mobile phone straps, hats and sweets. The school returned all the swag to Tokyo Disneyland who agreed not to take the matter to police. The pupils were asked to reflect on their behaviour.

Sankei Kansai story here. (Japanese)

[omae mona]

I think I might resort to shoplifting, purely out of boredom, after 3 days at Tokyo Disneyland.

Gosh, what on earth are high school students doing there for 3 days in the middle of the school term? Is this part of their foreign cultures educational curriculum?

[AssKissinger]

A further 8 students then confessed that they had stolen goods

It's baffling to think their consciences got the better of them. Why the fuck would anybody feel bad about ripping off some cheap bullshit from a trilliongabillion dollar c.c. ?

The pupils were asked to reflect on their behaviour.

I'd like to just scoff at that but a lot of people are brainwashed enough to really believe that that kind of thing is actually wrong.

[Tengu Kid]

[floatl][/floatl] The pupils were asked to reflect on their behaviour.

Sankei Kansai story here. (Japanese)

I remember staying over in Rusustsu resort in Hokkaido boarding one time and seeing a couple of Japanese school kids getting utterly bollocked for smoking. I cant even describe how loud the teacher was shouting. some stiff arsed chump with a kakugari haircut bawling away. Bet they were also being asked to `reflect on their behaviour`.

[omae mona]

PS: remember that Minihux dude? I think his name was Luke. he was a fucking pro at fucking up his own posts with grammatical and spelling errors.

I normally don't whine about bad spelling and grammar on the internet. That would be like whining about the high concentration of Japanese people in my neighborhood. But I think it's hilarious when people show they don't understand elementary school grammar right as they're calling somebody else stupid.

Getting back on track here, should we compile the list of Japanese High School Hijinks we've heard about recently? Domestically we have this Disney story, and overseas there's the Duty-Free shoplifting plus the Italian cathedral grafitti. I think I'm forgetting a few.

[amdg]

Yeah, I think it's strange too.

It used to be the case that ensokku destinations for schoolkids would be at historic places or climbing some mountain somewhere. But I hear that some teachers felt sorry for kids whose parents would never take them on "fun" or "popular" vacations, so they started doing trips to places like disney sea etc.

It's total crap, in my opinion, kids should be spending school trips either at places where they can learn a bit of history, or wrangle with nature a bit.

And get off my lawn!

[Bucky]

An Osakahigh school is thinking of banning school trips after a number of pupils shoplifted goods on a visit to Tokyo Disneyland. Around 150 third year students were on a three day excursion to the theme park at the end of May. Security guards caught two students red-handed and reported the matter to school officials at their hotel. A further 8 students then confessed that they had stolen goods and, by the following day, it was established that another 5 had also been shoplifting. Three separate groups had visited around 10 shops and taken badges, mobile phone straps, hats and sweets. The school returned all the swag to Tokyo Disneyland who agreed not to take the matter to police. The pupils were asked to reflect on their behaviour.

Meanwhile, back to the ORIGINAL subject of this thread:

I recall when I was an exchange student in high school in Hokkaido in the mid 70's my class took a school excursion by train to Kyoto. (Yeah it was a long way and we road the sleeping car from Aomori to Ueno.) On the way back we had about 6 hours in Tokyo. Being a bumpkin from Hokkaido and not knowing anything about the Big Mikan I went around with a bunch of classmates as we explored Okachimachi. I was later surprised to learn that several of them (HS ni-nensei's at the time) had shoplifted several items. I do not think the Osaka/Disneyland incident is anything new. I think it is teenagers looking for a quick thrill.

[Bucky]

Shoplifting epidemic.

21 high school students from Hokkaido disciplined for shoplifting in LA

SHIRAOI, Hokkaido -- Over 20 students of a private high school here were punished for shoplifting in Los Angeles while they were visiting the United States on a school trip, it has been learned.
Disciplined over the incident were 21 second-year students from Hokkaido Sakae High School in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, including several members of the school's baseball team. As punishment, they were all suspended from school for five days.
According to school officials, 108 second-grade students from the school were visiting the West Coast from Nov. 7 to 12 on a school trip. While they were at Los Angeles International Airport, at least eight male students stole brand-name wallets and other items from a duty free shop at around 10 a.m. on Nov. 11.
They were spotted by shopkeepers, and their teacher had them return the items and apologize over the incident.
After all the students came back to Japan, it emerged that 13 other students had also shoplifted goods during the trip.
The 21 offending students included several members of the school's baseball team. The school will further investigate the case and will file a report to the Hokkaido High School Baseball Federation.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20081126p2a00m0na004000c.html

[Bucky]

Meanwhile in the U.S. of A. . . .

American teenagers lie, steal and cheat more at "alarming rates," a study of nearly 30,000 high school students concluded Monday.

The attitudes and conduct of some 29,760 high school students across the United States "doesn't bode well for the future when these youngsters become the next generation's politicians and parents, cops and corporate executives, and journalists and generals," the non-profit Josephson Institute said.

In its 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, the Los Angeles-based organization said the teenagers' responses to questions about lying, stealing and cheating "reveals entrenched habits of dishonesty for the workforce of the future."

Boys were found to lie and steal more than girls.

Overall, 30 percent of students admitted to stealing from a store within the past year, a two percent rise from 2006. More than one third of boys (35 percent) said they had stolen goods, compared to 26 percent of girls.

An overwhelming majority, 83 percent, of public school and private religious school students admitted to lying to their parents about something significant, compared to 78 percent for those attending independent non-religious schools.

"Cheating in school continues to be rampant and it's getting worse," the study found. Amongst those surveyed, 64 percent said they had cheated on a test, compared to 60 percent in 2006. And 38 percent said they had done so two or more times.

Despite no significant gender differences on exam cheating, students from non-religious independent schools had the lowest cheating rate, 47 percent, compared to 63 percent of students attending religious schools.

"As bad as these numbers are, it appears they understate the level of dishonesty exhibited by America's youth," the study warned, noting than more than a fourth of the students (26 percent) admitted they had lied on at least one or two of the survey questions.

"Despite these high levels of dishonesty, these same kids have a high self-image when it comes to ethics."

Some 93 percent of students indicated satisfaction with their own character and ethics, with 77 percent saying that "when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081201214432.rjut4n2u&show_article=1