scott wrote:
>> For some reason, we live in a culture where it is seen as "desirable" 
>> to not be cleaver.
> 
> Interestingly enough, I was talking to some of my colleagues about this 
> exact subject and how it is different in Japan compared to the UK.  In 
> Japan, it is usual for pupils to compare how much work they'd done the 
> night before for school, more definitely being seen as "cooler" and 
> "better".  I said that if you boasted about how much work you'd done at 
> a school in the UK you'd likely get beaten up by a group of bullies at 
> lunchtime!

Exactly.

Although Japan does strike me as a very... serious sociaty. They take 
business extremely seriously, even obsessing over tiny details that 
realistically have no significant impact.

Not that I've met too many Japanise people personally - it might just be 
stereotyped.

> I blame the parents!

Everyone always blames the parents.

As I said, I blame the endless cartoons where the cleaver people are 
always the evil villans or the hopeless geeks who get beat up all day...

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