This video is wonderful, for many reasons.
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It shows Japanese schoolgirls visiting a Toyota production line.
They learn in detail exactly how a car is built, and also get hands-on experience working on the assembly line themselves.
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This kind of learning experience is special in many ways.
It lets students engage with the subject through their minds, hands, eyes, and ears all at once — what they learned there, they will never forget.
It builds the girls' self-confidence and makes them believe in their own ability to carry out tasks, even in the world of automotive mechanics.
It is also moving for the older generation of assembly-line workers, as the intergenerational encounter allows them to pass on their knowledge and love of the craft to the next generation.
And it carries a sense of national pride, too.
Toyota is not just a car company — it is an expression of the quality, reliability, and reputation that the Japanese take such great pride in.
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If there is one thing we can take from this, it is that learning is not just solving exercises and sitting in front of a teacher.
The world is fascinating, and to truly learn it we must go out into the field and touch it with our own hands.
That is true for our children — but no less true for ourselves.