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' exch...
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