01-28-2025, 10:55 PM
(01-28-2025, 09:48 PM)Kevtones wrote: The ‘make kids work at McDonald’s’ thread is interesting to me. While the lawmaker is making half-points and more conversational, there’s some truth to giving kids a sense of ownership.There are definitely free lunches served at school in Japan, if they're not free parents will pay for them but kids still get provided lunch.
I say this as my wife of Japanese and she informed me there are no free lunches and janitors in Japan. They make their own lunches AT school and clean up after themselves. Consequently, Japan has an exceptional (if sometimes unhealthy) work ethic, and a spotless society. There’s a collectivism there that helps the society function in a way we should be envious of.
A top down review on how we approach this topic is not a bad idea. ‘We have always done it this way’ is a terrible reason to continue something.