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Affluent societies' kids take things for granted. No matter how much life experiences is imbibed upon the younger ones, it just cannot penetrate the skulls. It may just appear like bed time stories or Aesop's fables!
Asian mentality is do things fast and complete studies in the shortest time possible without flunking any papers, getting as many paper qualifications as early as possible and start earning and to pray eternally to the Money God! Who cares whether the kids earn enough life experience or enough professional qualifications with enough emotional maturity to match. Once the qualifications and money start rolling in, they believe everything will fall in place.
Now, Asians themselves are questioning this type of approach to life. Quite a vast of them are considering gap year in their year of studies especially in the late teen age. No, I am talking of people being hospitalized or incarcerated for delinquencies! I am talking about teenagers who go students' exchange programmes, to join the work force for a year or even go traveling to appreciate the splendor of God's creations.
Uni FeesBy this way, children who have spoon fed or even Ryles' tube feeding throughout their growing years may find this exercise an eye opener to the reality of life. Only then would they realize that in order to be able to withdraw from the ATM some hard slogging joker has to deposit it and the supply is not infinite. Behind every transaction, there is always someone (or more) flogging his butt out to pulp trying to garnish the bacon that he brings home.
Being exposed to mix unguarded with regular people, break some sweat, learn from mistakes and bad judgements, hopefully the Facebook generation will come off their cyber dream and live the real analogue world!
But then, parents being parents would probably pamper the kids again to bend the rules here and there to ensure that their haplessly helpless ducklings are shunned from miseries of 'real life'. It would all go through a full 360 degrees circle and cone back to square one. They would never be allowed to blossom to the majestic swan that they always want to be.
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