Long ago...
Long ago in the 1800's, the parting words of an American professor to his student here in Japan was "Boys, be ambitious." A different version is used as an ad today. It says, "Japanese, be ambitious." As I don't have the proper stats but plain observation. It seems quite a number of Jyouths are opting to stop at senior high school and quite a number of foreign students are pursuing university studies via scholarships and student loans. Does it mean the typical Jmen aren't that ambitious. I remember a classmate of my son who said "I don't want to be somebody. All I want is to play." It seems a well-off parents and even not so well-off ones who are able to provide the conveniences and needs of their children plus a govt who is very kind in giving hand outs made them not to be an achiever.
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Is everywhere like that this days.
That's the way it will always be!