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Old 2011-03-04, 11:13   Link #90
Haak
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
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Originally Posted by Tiresias View Post
Oh and BTW this kind of stuff is usual in Japanese Corporations, so good luck cursing the whole society...
Well you've certainly got me there. I don't know enough about Japanese values to have an opinion on that. A quick google search, however, is kinda showing me that this isn't quite an acceptable standard in society regarless of how frequent it is:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0040319b3.html

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Originally Posted by Endscape View Post
So therefore, your parents paying your school fees counts as nepotism then?
Sure but I'm not sure how that's unfair. I suppose going to a private school does lead to better education than going to state school but I wouldn't say life is a competition so...
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