I want civil engineering to be taught in compulsory education to protect the Earth

I am a person who loves civil engineering.

Or maybe 'love' isn't the right word, it's more like it's just natural to me.
This has been the case since I was a child. After all, my hobby in elementary school was 'limestone caves.' Things like Famicom games or manga didn't really matter to me.

I believe it was around this time that I learned about the history of pollution in Japan, and it was such a shock.

By the time I was 14, I was thinking, 'I want to go into the construction industry.' Since my family wasn't very focused on education, I wanted to learn a trade in high school and be useful to society.

A realistic, good kid, right?
And yet, in the Showa era, people still said it wasn't a place for a young lady to go.

Because of that, even though I was an honor student, I was treated somewhat like a problem child. Give me a break, Saitama! My teacher told me to go to a public girls' high school. Impossible! Not with my personality. I'm not LGBT, but I'm a person in a delicate position! Lol

This is how it is... in Japan. Because they only think about entrance exams.
When I told my American husband that in Saitama, the only good public schools were girls' high schools with skirt uniforms, and that the boys' schools had strong science programs but didn't admit girls, he was shocked.

But it's reasonably free now, right? Isn't it?
Even so, seeing that Japanese women don't go into this kind of industry at all...

Honestly, aren't women rejecting it?

Hey you guys! Do it! Why not?!
Or are you being brainwashed by society and the media?
Is it because we live in a society that allows the irresponsibility of thinking that being pale and skinny is cute?

So, that's why.

If you want to save the Earth, you should include civil engineering in school lessons. Even for elementary school girls. If they realize it like I did, it's a subject they can naturally relate to. It's useful even if you become a housewife.

For example, contractors related to housing usually talk to the husband first. Even in America. (I'm used to this kind of thing.)
But a few minutes later, they realize that I am the brains behind this matter, and they start to get flustered.

Naturally, I treat them politely with a look that says, 'I wouldn't hire a guy like you!' How many Japanese women can pull off this attitude? Lol

Decent contractors make equal eye contact with both the husband and wife and explain things equally. Women also act as a good filter in these situations.

Also, unfortunately, when you say 'civil engineering' in Japan, it tends to have an image that isn't very intellectual, like 'construction worker' or 'manual laborer,' doesn't it?

However, the actual work is mainly environmental conservation, infrastructure maintenance, disaster prevention, and restoration. It's about racking your brains to survive the unknown in nature.

Don't you think this is a very important job in today's world?

In fact, a young person recently came to my company saying, 'I actually wanted to work in space-related fields, but I chose this instead.'

Exactly. First, we have to start with the Earth, right? You're right.

If you don't know the world of civil engineering, you only think about the weather, and you don't think about choosing safer places to live a simple life, do you? As a result, you end up making yourselves suffer. Look at California or Florida.

Also, there is a lot of overlap between defense and civil engineering.

Naturally, it involves politics, economics, law, and everything else. I wonder if Japan is the only country where there's this attitude of 'Civil engineering equals low academic ability, and the exam-oriented society hates that, because Suneo's mom hates that kind of dirty stuff'?

Also, I often see people confusing 'architecture' and 'civil engineering,' but the jobs are separate. For example, when building high-rise structures or buildings in urban areas that are integrated with infrastructure, the foundation part becomes large-scale civil engineering work.

Even when I hear about hippie-wannabes talking about addressing environmental issues, it ends up being, 'Isn't that just luxury consumption for people with economic means, choosing things advertised as being good for the environment?'

The same goes for EVs.

Learning civil engineering and agriculture means learning about civilization.
Please teach it together with mud and sandbox play in elementary school, or rather, in kindergarten.