Friday, June 26, 2026

Regrets



3 comments:

WilliamRocket said...

Going to college is compulsory in most countries, most kids are around 13 when they start.
I think in the USA they call university college.
That truck appears in be in the left lane of the road, indicating that it is not in the USA ... of course it could just be in the fast lane, a lane reserved for faster vehicles and passing.
The way the power lines are mounted seems almost alien to me, i.e. not like in Australia, New Zealand, or Great Britain.
The signage in English narrows things down, as does the fact that there are no barriers under the trailer, compulsory in Asian countries that speak English.
Overall I am having problems geo-locating the picture's locality.

WilliamRocket said...

In Australia, NZ, and GB, there are three levels of schooling; primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Starting at their fifth birthday, kids are forced into a nullifying life or rote and fixed eating, with occasional breaks where they have limited freedom to yell.
Around 10 or 11, they go into 'intermediate' for 2 years, which is designed to take off the edges of their exuberance and prepare them for the hell to come ... which is secondary school, called collage, wherein they are forced to study harder mathematics (maths) and long since gone history, all while they break out in pimples and mood swings caused by their changing hormones.
IF they survive those 4 years, and can qualify, they then go to university (called a collage in Trump infested land) where they learn book words and shoulder a financial burden which shackles them to a mind crushing job and years of servitude.
Over all, one would do one's offspring a massive favour if one was to home school their brats (with socialisation) and when they are 18 or so, help them start their own business by teaching them bookkeeping, which is a word that has three sets of double letters and is almost as nice to look at as is the Roman numerals for 2026.
As the American king/president says 'Thank you for your time'.

WilliamRocket said...

It should be noted that the educational systems noted above have moved on from standards and forms to denote what classes kids are in, and they now use 'years', year one being when the children are 5, year 12 being when they are young adults at 17, etcetera.