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"Language is a tool that enables us to expand our chances of learning about the lives and values of people throughout the world as well as promoting heart-to-heart exchanges." "As one concrete measure, it is important to actively promote English education in elementary schools...[with] focus on learning conversation skills in an enjoyable environment that also deepens understanding of culture."

"The educational system has...been reduced to a mere mechanism that serves national objectives, be they political, military, economic, or ideological. A certain type of personality, not the full development of personality, has been sought, as if casting individuals from a uniform mold. Treating education as a means rather than an end reinforces a utilitarian view of human life itself."