Things I have found interesting about Romania

The first thing is that it is the teachers that change classes and not the students.
The good thing with this is that the students are not moving from class to class.
The bad thing is that I think it gives the students too much power and that is never a good thing for teenagers

The second thing is that in Romania religion classes are part of the curriculum at every school. As an American, I believe in that a country should not establish a state religion. However, this system seems to work for them and the kids seem to think nothing of it, so I guess this is just they way things are in some countries.

The third thing is that this country needs to find a way of fixing their stray animal problem. It is ridiculous there are stray dogs and cats everywhere. Adding to this problem is the custom of not fixing personal pets, which means that the not stray cats go around breading like crazy.

The fourth thing about this country that I find odd is that children under 18 can’t work at all. It is my belief that many kids benefit from doing something as little as delivering papers or babysitting. This gives them a sense of responsibility and helps them to mature.

The fifth thing I have noticed about Romania is that there are open air markets in every town and city. These markets are open six days a week and sell everything from fruits and vegetables to meat, dairy products, honey and other non-food items. In Romania I can get a kilo of potatoes for 1 lei that is about $0.33 in the American Dollars. This is rarely possible in the United States where it is cheaper to buy junk food than healthy productsIf the United States would cut its production of non-eatable corn and soybeans and return to the old system of small farmers growing real healthy food things would be better for the US. This is use of small local farmers selling their goods daily is one of the things that the United States can learn from Romania