Chile Forum

Andres wrote:

patagoniax wrote:Because they don't care. Because they are largely stubborn and arrogant bastards, in many cases immune to education, instruction, and improvement of their skills. To say nothing of sobriety and punctuality.

Perhaps I am being naive, but what if you took someone straight out of high school and trained them up on what is acceptable quality and behaviour?

I am not convinced that these deficiencies are not a part of the DNA here. Scientists here have discovered the so-called "payaso" gene that is passed from chilean generation to generation and its effects are dominant in those falling into the trades.

But in any event, to make a difference on the "nurturing" side of the equation, you would have to remove the child from Chile not later than age 4 in order to inculcate the civilised behaviours requisite for the development of a decently skilled and responsible tradesman.