2. If a person does not qualify for a career they desire, they are given one.
3. Disabled persons work, the government finds them a job that will accommodate there handicap.
3. LAZY BONES are the citizens that do not work. (read how to correct this at #10)
4. Children are told between 0-5 years that they have to do well in school or they will never be successful or make it past the 7th grade. Thus they will not have a "good" job. I could not find out the un-employable percentage, but I bet it is very low.
5. Every one retires at 60, they receive a check and health care from the government. They are basically not permitted to work, thus opening jobs up to help create a low unemployment rate. If your employer wants you to continue past 60 because they are not prepared to have someone fill your position, the employer is penalized for not being prepared for your departure.
6. Most people work seven days a week, making Chinese "Happy People" when not working. They use there time off work, wisely.
7. Chinese exercise before and after work and during retirement. More on this later.
8. Education is the key to success. Why educate a student who does not care. Just make sure they can handle the minimal job and keep them working and not become a burden on the government.
9. Chinese do the best with what they have: you take care of what you own. You may eat every body part of an animal, but you are not hungry. Consumption of all an animal's body parts must not be too bad for the Chinese, they are not over weight nor wear sweat pants as every day wear.
10. LAZY BONES are treated the way that is right: since they have not worked they do not receive receive retirement or health care funding. They are on their own to lead a miserable senior lifestyle. They did not contribute to the system, so there is no reason for the system to sustain the LAZY BONES. Most likely you will find them selling post cards for a dollar.
Check back this week for more lessons learned.
(If you find the above a reasonable way to solve our problems, send your campaign contributions to me. I will run for President.)
Welcome home Pat. Looking forward to hearing more about China. S
ReplyDeleteSounds like some pretty cool "rules to live by." Tood bad you have to go half way around the world to play by those rules. Can we start enacting some of them here? (Except the "eat all parts of the animal" one. That one can be their own little thing)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. When kids don't do their chores, I'm going to start calling them "lazy bones".
ReplyDeleteKurt
Sounds like you were shown everything they'd want a visitor to see.
ReplyDeleteI have talked to others that worked there for an extensive amount of time and it gets uglier the more layers you peel back. Sure, these ideas all sound great, but when you start digging it falls apart.
For example, how many great people would be destroyed simply because they cannot or will not conform to an education system in their youth. First one that comes to mind is Einstein.
How many don't want to be forced into retirement at 60? People that eat every part of an animal(and many times those animals are farm fed rats there) do it for a reason. They're really hungry.
TO: Mark Spearman
ReplyDeleteWe were told by our tour guide that the government dictates that tours see the common life areas in China also. We toured two "Villages", yes, we did see the terrible side. Latter this week one post will mention the toddlers with the bottoms of their trousers cut out so they don't have to wear a diaper and just "drip" themselves onto the sidewalk and streets. Perfect for the father who does not like to change diapers. Once I post my photos on Shutterfly you will see people doing laundry in a filthy canal.
Patrick