Several Times a week, the Japanese school kids have their cleaning time. No janitors in Japanese schools remember--cleaning is everybody's job.

A few kids are always assigned to clean the teacher's room. If impeccable adults were doing the job, it would take about two or three people the allotted time. Using slacking Jr. High school students, diminishing returns kicks in with about a dozen. At the end of the cleaning time, I always laugh.

The kids line up, and one boy with a card in his hand asks, "Raise your hand if you think we deserve an A for today's cleaning time." Everybody raises their hand. He writes an A on the card.

I leave you with a piece of Engrish I found at a local mall. Its not just an accent, its a way of thinking. Kipring. I mean c'mon the frigging Kipling logo is RIGHT THERE!