Sunday, January 18, 2009

Quick notes

1) AGE

Girls in their 20's still walk around with stuffed animals, adding to the already impossible task of figuring out how old girls are.  I honestly have difficulty differentiating 18 year olds from 32 year olds.  The only reason I know a girl is at least 18 is because she isn't wearing a school uniform.  

2) STUDENTS' PLIGHT

Up until college, kids go to school in the morning, more school at night, do homework after that, and they eat food somewhere in between.  They do this at least Mon-Fri and some of these kids go to school on Saturdays too.  What happens when these kids get to college?  The easy response is that they will be good students.  However, at what cost?  I feel like these kids are living in this world but not experiencing it and that this is pervasive throughout a large portion of Asian society.  In one family guy episode Stewie describes an Asian by singing "I work really hard, but I'm no fun," and after one week over here I realize its because fun has no value over here.  The opportunity cost of fun is too great.  They are like bankers without the perks.

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