Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.japan Subject: Re: Question about japanese college students Date: 13 Jul 2003 15:17:44 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 23 Message-ID: <73fde4f0.0307131249.249b5fe3@posting.google.com> References: <52210046.0307052211.6f48971e@posting.google.com> <365fcc52.0307070226.40da669b@posting.google.com> <365fcc52.0307070456.2821f184@posting.google.com> <365fcc52.0307082128.533ad78e@posting.google.com> <0NZOa.16399$sY2.8303@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> <365fcc52.0307091917.64212e27@posting.google.com> <73fde4f0.0307101837.1672d6e4@posting.google.com> <365fcc52.0307120703.6357892c@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.191.250.22 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1058134665 10032 127.0.0.1 (13 Jul 2003 22:17:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Jul 2003 22:17:45 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:2784 kaz@ivebeenframed.com (Kaz) wrote in message news:<365fcc52.0307120703.6357892c@posting.google.com>... > worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) wrote in message news:<73fde4f0.0307101837.1672d6e4@posting.google.com>... > > kaz@ivebeenframed.com (Kaz) wrote in message news:<365fcc52.0307091917.64212e27@posting.google.com>... > > > > > As a matter of fact, honestly, I rather envy to being an expat. Living > > > in one's own home city, or even in his own country for his whole > > > lifetime is often too stressful. Same faces, homogeneous culture, same > > > kind of people that he has to belong to all his life. It's too boring. > > > It often urges me to take off to someplace new to me. > > > > I'm a firm believer that everyone should spend at least a year of > > their life away from home, ideally in another country. They should > > live so far away that it's nearly impossible to come home within a > > day, regardless of whether or not they have the means to do so. > > > What about joining the service? That works. Actually, I think the Bush administration proposed a program of mandatory civil service for people (young adults), either military, Peace Corps, or something along those lines. Great idea, IMHO. John W.