A Japanese Student Sues Her School After She Was Told to Drop Out for Dating

Ah… love!

That beautiful and intoxicating feeling that promises to never give you up; to never let you down; to never run around and desert you… at least until things start to fall apart like what had happened to a poor private high school student in Japan.

And no, unlike most typical romantic dramas, the guy didn’t dump her in the rain. It’s juicer than that.

Punished for Love – High School-Style

The chemicals that make us go all giddy with joy turned particularly sour for a female student who attended Horikoshi High School in Nakano-ku, Tokyo.

Her relationship with a fellow male student was found out by her school teacher back in November of 2019.

When confronted, the couple admitted to the relationship.

As a result, the school advised her to “voluntarily drop out” and she did just that.

Nothing has been reported about the male student who was involved in all of this though.

Apparently, in Japan, dating between students is strictly prohibited in schools because according to the teachers and authorities, Japanese students are too young and not mature enough to think about the topic.

Not to mention, according to them, a student’s job is to study (and score As); not to date other students – a golden rule that many Asian parents, maybe including your own, would put their whole support behind.

What’s worse is that this apparent ban on dating applies to students’ personal lives beyond their time at school.

You Got Served

Being only a few months away from graduation, the female student ended up realising that maybe this is a sacrifice not worth taking.

Since then, she reportedly suffered from severe mental distress as a result of being forced to “voluntarily” drop out of school… understandably so especially when she was in her third and final year.

She’s currently suing the school – or specifically, Horikoshi Gakuen, the organization managing the school – for a whopping 3.7 million yen which translates to around S$46,800 as compensation for its “abuse of power”.

She believes that although she was rightly punished for breaking a school rule, the punishment she was meted was too severe.

The school management intends to fight the lawsuit, and whether or not the student will get her due, it’s now all up to the Japanese court to decide.

Who says high school in Japan isn’t exciting?

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