Comments on: How to Entertain the Kids? Make ‘em Work! http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Akoua Doffou http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15345 Akoua Doffou Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:27:22 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-15345 I would like to do this sort of thing. I would like to do this sort of thing.

]]> By: Dani http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15239 Dani Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:45:22 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-15239 I think that this is pretty cool. I think that this is pretty cool.

]]> By: wes http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15202 wes Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:12:05 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-15202 in an episode of hello! morning some of morning musume girls went there, haha in an episode of hello! morning some of morning musume girls went there, haha

]]> By: Claytonian http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15199 Claytonian Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:43:03 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-15199 that should be "YET, they are well behaved" that should be “YET, they are well behaved”

]]> By: Claytonian http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15198 Claytonian Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:42:06 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-15198 I think they aren't usually bright (sorry! ha ha) and well behaved, but only towards native nihonjin teachers. Gaijins bring crazy with em to class. Anyhoo, I am suprised by how young the choose careers and start doing Job training in this country. I think they aren’t usually bright (sorry! ha ha) and well behaved, but only towards native nihonjin teachers. Gaijins bring crazy with em to class.

Anyhoo, I am suprised by how young the choose careers and start doing Job training in this country.

]]> By: Turner http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-14697 Turner Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:35:53 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-14697 I'm going to have to side with Joel on this one. Look at the individual, not the group. Doing otherwise would be saying: "if a Japanese person trips, it means he had an accident; if a foreigner trips, he doesn't know how to walk." We can't make claims of foreigner discrimination and then act indifferently in our own writing, as is sometimes the case. Sounds like a great idea - the closest thing I had seen to this up until now was in the Ishiya factory in Sapporo; parents paid for their kids to work in the bakery making Shiroi Koibito and other cookies. Headed for Beppu this weekend, Joel. I’m going to have to side with Joel on this one. Look at the individual, not the group. Doing otherwise would be saying: “if a Japanese person trips, it means he had an accident; if a foreigner trips, he doesn’t know how to walk.” We can’t make claims of foreigner discrimination and then act indifferently in our own writing, as is sometimes the case.

Sounds like a great idea – the closest thing I had seen to this up until now was in the Ishiya factory in Sapporo; parents paid for their kids to work in the bakery making Shiroi Koibito and other cookies.

Headed for Beppu this weekend, Joel.

]]> By: Joel http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-14612 Joel Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:17:24 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-14612 "but it’s no surprise that in Japan, where children are insanely bright and well-behaved, it’s a smash hit." Can we stop with the fake stereotypes about Japan's kids being "brighter"? Smart kids are smart and it doesnt matter where you are. AND cramming like an idiot for all kinds of exams is not necessarily smart. It is merely what it takes to survive in this rigid country. And I'm sorry, but "well-behaved"? Kancho-ing the gaijin is not well-behaved and a lot talking in class too. That shit would get you a fuckin detention in the U.S., but in Japan students can't be denied the right to learn, or some MEXT B.S. As for the actual Kidzania, I think it's a great idea. Fuck! They should have this for kids of all ages. It 's like the precursor to internships in College. “but it’s no surprise that in Japan, where children are insanely bright and well-behaved, it’s a smash hit.”

Can we stop with the fake stereotypes about Japan’s kids being “brighter”? Smart kids are smart and it doesnt matter where you are. AND cramming like an idiot for all kinds of exams is not necessarily smart. It is merely what it takes to survive in this rigid country.

And I’m sorry, but “well-behaved”? Kancho-ing the gaijin is not well-behaved and a lot talking in class too. That shit would get you a fuckin detention in the U.S., but in Japan students can’t be denied the right to learn, or some MEXT B.S.

As for the actual Kidzania, I think it’s a great idea. Fuck! They should have this for kids of all ages. It ‘s like the precursor to internships in College.

]]> By: akatsukifan http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-14593 akatsukifan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:10:16 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-14593 Oh taht looks cool(especialy since I'm 12) Oh taht looks cool(especialy since I’m 12)

]]> By: Julián Ortega Martínez http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-14582 Julián Ortega Martínez Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:42:59 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-14582 Maybe as coincidence, the <em>Christian Science Monitor</em> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0221/p01s04-woam.html" rel="nofollow">is reporting</a> about a theme park on... crossing the border: <blockquote></em>Welcome to Mexico's take on adventure tourism, a five-hour trek that goes well past midnight. Residents pay to walk in mud past their ankles, balance on ledges – in pitch black – that drop steeply, and sprint across corn fields, kicking up dirt and rocks as they run from fake US border patrol officers dressed in camouflage.</em></blockquote> Maybe as coincidence, the Christian Science Monitor is reporting about a theme park on… crossing the border:

Welcome to Mexico’s take on adventure tourism, a five-hour trek that goes well past midnight. Residents pay to walk in mud past their ankles, balance on ledges – in pitch black – that drop steeply, and sprint across corn fields, kicking up dirt and rocks as they run from fake US border patrol officers dressed in camouflage.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-14552 Jenn Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:30:33 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-14552 Are you kidding? I bet kids would love this, at least for the first five professions. Are you kidding? I bet kids would love this, at least for the first five professions.

]]> By: Ken http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/02/21/how-to-entertain-the-kids-make-em-work/comment-page-1/#comment-14540 Ken Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:19:44 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1210#comment-14540 I know someone who was an angel investor on this project in Japan, giving the equivalent of $1 million to the guy who started the project (who is from Mexico). It is designed from the get go as a marketing tool, intended to give the next generation an early taste of the brands they will be expected to buy. It's not even that cynical, other than the fact that the business plan and PR are 180 degrees apart, but that's the norm these days anyway. I know someone who was an angel investor on this project in Japan, giving the equivalent of $1 million to the guy who started the project (who is from Mexico). It is designed from the get go as a marketing tool, intended to give the next generation an early taste of the brands they will be expected to buy. It’s not even that cynical, other than the fact that the business plan and PR are 180 degrees apart, but that’s the norm these days anyway.

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