Vertical Diversity and Horizontal Diversity
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Vertical for rural areas
Horizontal for urban areas
Top of Top (similar to the concept of meeting other great people when you excel in a certain field) N High School is a school that I think has "vertical diversity and horizontal diversity" compared to other schools. Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with a friend who graduated from Nada High School and went on to Tokyo University, and we had a conversation like "seniors are Ph.Ds from overseas." They have a network of graduates and current students, as well as a wide range of choices based on their family environment. However, I think that in rural schools, you may not see university students (≒ you don't know what they are doing) as often.
(I was like that too) Of course, I think that in such an environment, the university enrollment rate would also decrease in rural areas. In public schools in rural areas, there is "vertical diversity (from the top to the bottom of the social hierarchy)," and in private schools in urban areas, there is "horizontal diversity (from those aiming for the Olympics to researchers)," I think.
However, I think that N High School is a special school with three-dimensional (vertical diversity and horizontal diversity). You can decide everything yourself, but you are responsible for all of them.
/emoji/twitter.icon Elementary school was public, so there is a wide range of people from those who have become antisocial to those who have become doctors, but in the consistent school from junior high school to private university, most of them were children of wealthy people or elite businessmen in Kyoto, so the homogeneity within the organization is high. But actually, it's easier and more fun to gather in such homogeneous groups.
/emoji/twitter.icon When you look at the recent "diversity" in two dimensions, such as "horizontal diversity" such as national, regional, racial, and religious diversity, and "vertical diversity" such as social and economic class and cultural capital, the latter is seriously ignored as you become more accustomed to elite education. It's like the ultimate NIMBY.