Japan math class

This video was quite surprising.  I thought that I would have seen a classroom of little robots sitting quietly in their seats giving rote answers to the teacher.  I was amazed by the amount of activity in the room.  The noise level was really loud, with some students just yelling out.  One of the students actually tugged on the teacher's arm to get her attention. 

The atmosphere in the class was much more relaxed than I expected.  The class also seemed to be student directed.  Maybe we should be less regimented in our instruction especially if the teacher has a lot of Tylenol because it was definitely loud.