Burnseyy

Well, Japan's not TOO cruel.

Their entire economy is based around minor exports and business, so the pressure is on hard and heavy for kids to get the top of their class. And, honestly, they have some pretty good rules in place. They get 3 or 4(I forget) of those 3 week vacations, but spread over the year. And the kids in school are not allowed to have a part-time job. This lets them concentrate on school....and makes sure they don't get some snot-nosed punk working at the local McDonalds.....no offense Burnseyy(or HOP if ya see this). It's kind of cool to go to McDonalds, and see a 25+ year old person, in a clean uniform, working behind the counter because that's their job...not just something their scraping by with to earn a little extra money.

And...have you read my story yet?