""we got $$$$ from company so and so, maybe we should help them out.""
actually ya. when i went to high school (canada) coke sponsored the sports teams and gave them some stuff like uniforms, scoreboards etc. so they got their names printed all over the place. The really atrocious thing was that in a school photo (basketball team) a kid wore a pepsi shirt and the principle told him to change or he could not be in the photo. This is also a school that did not allow unhealthy foods in the cafeteria, except coca cola things liek sprite and crap....its pathetic really.
i also think that if more people went to Asia and saw the true style kids are taught in many "first class" countries, i would say it is far worse than even the states. sure the kids here are smarter than north america in the sense they can remember things and score high on IQ tests....but get them to hang a picture and you'll be there fixing the house for a week.
i am starting to think that in asian countries there is not the freedom and social aspects to school, at least not as much, and students tend to "know" a lot of things from books but lack the common sense and ability to actually use things outside of the books context. in north america i found that common sense was at least more so there (definitely not always lol) and the social end of life as a student was the top priority. but we dont know as much things and tend to look a little more stupid on test day.....but we can hang that damn picture!
strangely i find the depression/mental state, stress level to be not so different between the 2 areas, at least in my own little worlds. asia they worry about getting good tests to get good jobs, in NA they worry about getting laid and having a date on dance day. neat world
