In class we began a documentary called Where to invade Next by Michael Moore. It focuses on the flaws of america's system of education and how workers are treated and what we could learn from other countries around the world.
Moore begins his journey by visiting italy where he looks at workings rights and realizes the all the things we don't have in america such as, paid holiday, long breaks and paid parental leave. Italy focuses more on the happiness of the everyday worker, with this outlook moral improves and so the production improves with it. Moore “steals” this idea and moves on to france where schools have proper lunches for the children that teaches them proper manners and healthy habits this is also “stolen”.Finland's education policy is truly foreign to ours. Homework is rare as well as standardized testing. They focus more on the children enjoying their childhood. Another idea was then “stolen” by Moore. Moore continues to travel around the world taking ideas the are strange to Americans but just part of everyday life in other countries. Whats even more shocking to him and maybe eve the viewer is how well all of these things work. I think America has not implemented many of these changes due to two things , fear of change and Greed. People fear what is different or new and i believe in America people worry that these drastic changes threaten our democracy when in reality they would strengthen it. My other theory would be greed, giving workers all of this time off , paid leave, better school lunches for children etc… would be costly. But rather than be concerned about the well-being of the people money dictates people’s actions rather than morals. Whats ironic though is that most of these strange ideas began here first.
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