Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Mad Dan wrote:
>>
>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<30kiiaF2vh04hU3@uni-berlin.de>...
>>>
>>>
>>>>mr.sumo.snr. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Japanese kids SHOULDN'T have to go
>>>>>to inferior schools.  They should be able to have their cake and eat it.
>>>>
>>>>IME, that is exactly what Japanese kids do with cake. What do you do
>>>>with cake?
>>>
>>>I eat it. But then I don't have it any more.
>>
>>Yes, that would be the case with most people. What good is having a cake
>>if you don't eat it?
> 
> 
> For show, just like the dust gathering plastic monstrosity commonly found at a Japanese wedding hall
> reception.
> 
> For show, just like the people who studied away much of their childhoods to enter famous schools or
> companies, only to become freeters or NEETs later. As a matter of fact, it could be related to the
> stress built up during the process that turned them off what should have been promising careers in the
> first place.

What is a NEET?

-- 
Kevin
"This is the best election night in history."--Democratic National
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