How France Got So Lazy

[microrobert]

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/article...t-so-lazy.html

[Baluarte]

Although the article is quite liberal-capitalistic, at its core, it is entirely accurate.

No wonder I never really enjoyed studying in a French university. Stupid mean students and the most arrogant professors I've ever heard.