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Now the American Humane Association is training “hearing dogs” to help the deaf The training program is said to be less extensive and, hence, less expensive than that for Seeing Eye dogs “The first priority is to train dogs to respond to alarm clocks and smoke alarms,” says an AHA official They also respond to most other sounds to which a hearing person reacts. One example: Thirty students, most of second graders, five of girls, beat six teachers with wooden bars and bamboo poles and smashed school windows and glass doors But the outstanding element in Japanese schools is examinations Public schools require students to take stiff ones to enter high schools and universities—and the quality school you get into depends on your grade To get into quality private schools, examinations start with entering kindergarten.