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Preview??? All roads lead to Rome. This expression means that there are many different ways to achieve the same goal. The three passages in this unit look at different approaches to education and business in Japan and the West. The first passage examines one schools new approach to education in the USA. The second passage compares Western and Japanese approaches to decision-making in business. The third passage looks at the pressure on Japanese children to succeed at an early age. Read the three essays and learn about how different countries and organizations approach the same problems in different ways. Where Principles Come First ? ? The Hyde School operates on the principle that if you teach students the merit of such values as truth, courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and concern, then academic achievement naturally follows. Hyde School founder Joseph Gauld claims success with the program at the $18,000-a-year high school in Bath, Maine, which has received considerable publicity for its work with troubled youngsters. ? ? We dont see ourselves as a school for a type of kid, says Malcolm Gauld, Josephs son, who graduated from Hyde and is now headmaster. We see ourselves as preparing kids for a way of life — by cultivating a comprehensive set of principles that can affect all kids. ? ? Now, Joe Gauld is trying to spread his controversial Character First idea to public, inner-city schools willing to use the tax dollars spent on the traditional program for the new approach. The first Hyde public school program opened in September 1992. Within months the program was suspended. Teachers protested the programs demands and the strain associated with more intense work. ? ? This fall, the Hyde Foundation is scheduled to begin a preliminary public school program in Baltimore. Teachers will be trained to later work throughout the entire Baltimore system. Other US school managers are eyeing the program, too. Last fall, the Hyde Foundation opened a magnet program wi