microrobert
02-23-2013, 11:58 AM
How France Got So Lazy
Sure, they’re beating al Qaeda in Africa. But an American exec’s tirade against the lethargic work force in Paris is right on. Janine di Giovanni on why schools may be to blame.
There is painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so much good in it, and ended up feeling guilty about it. He had to do something to make it fair. And so, he created the French people.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/22/how-france-got-so-lazy.html
Sure, they’re beating al Qaeda in Africa. But an American exec’s tirade against the lethargic work force in Paris is right on. Janine di Giovanni on why schools may be to blame.
There is painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so much good in it, and ended up feeling guilty about it. He had to do something to make it fair. And so, he created the French people.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/22/how-france-got-so-lazy.html