Most young Japanese girls will stay with their parenst right on up until they find a guy to marry.

As for Japanese kids, they work hard, but it’s all just so they get into the right university. It’s not fair to say that American schools are like so-and-so and Japanese schools are like so-and-so because the educational system is completely different. Japanese high school students have to work their butt off to get into university, but once you’re in, it’s easy livin’- with the exception of senior year, when everybody is running around looking for a job (but that’s anywhere)
In the US, I tend to think that maybe things are a little bit more balanced. Our educational system is built so that you do you need to go to university to learn some things too, unlike Japan, where it’s a non-stop party@ uni, but kids are killing jumping off of buildings if they don’t get into the ‘right school’, sealing their fate forever at 18.

Having graduated from a public high school in New York 5 years ago, I can say first hand my writing skills were atrocious before college, and the educational standards they beset were downright insulting to mine and many other students intelligence.

Getting back to the main point here, Japanese youth can be parasites or what have you, consumer whores or other labels, but they have to survive brutal schooling which American educational systems can’t hold a candle to first.

Could be a fake of course. Mind you, there are plenty of tales of salarymen who buy a Ferrari and live off cup ramen to pay back the loan.
And yes, the imvu ads are annoying, wear too many clothes, and I will never ever click on them so they’re not even generating revenue.

That’s an interesting quote Ponta, I’d like to read the full article it was in.

It is in the article linked on this post.

I feel I must point out that your massively off topic, when did this become a US Military discussion?

Sorry I thought this post was about the interview with Indians in Japan Times linked to this post, their perspective on living in Japan.
Sorry, was it massively off topic?

As for the article itself, the reason the Indians worked so hard is because they came from a country with, at the time and place they were in, far fewer opportunities. When you come from that to a first world country, the difference is staggering in a way that’s difficult to fully understand. I’m half Indian and my mother experienced something similar when she came to the U.S., its like getting a sip of water after running a few miles in the heat. You notice it, but the people who didn’t run don’t even care.

P: The silent majority needs to speak up and make some noise. In Okinawa — especially in our city, where many Americans live — everyone loves the U.S. military. Americans are fun and spend money, so Okinawans have it really easy. N: Those who complain about the U.S. military live in Okinawa’s capital, Naha City, and have nothing to do with Americans. Yet because of these few, the security of Japan is threatened and the economy of Okinawa is going down.

Journalists should pay close attention to this remark and check it themselves and take it into consideration when they write about the protests against the U.S. military in Okinawa.

Am I the only one annoyed with the imvu ads?