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The entrepreneur who made millions putting kids to work
BBC News ^ | 15 February 2016 | Elizabeth Palacios

Posted on 02/15/2016 11:13:55 AM PST by sparklite2

The real-world inspired parks put its child visitors to work mimicking adult roles, in exchange for which they earn Kidzos - the fantasy world's currency - which they can spend on toys or experiences whilst there.

Children can do a huge variety of jobs from rubbish collector to dentist to firefighter in a multitude of workplaces including operating theatres, plane cockpits, restaurants, radio stations and theatres.

The cities themselves imitate their real world counterparts but with a difference - everything is two-thirds its normal size.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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1 posted on 02/15/2016 11:13:55 AM PST by sparklite2
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To: sparklite2

Does the sign in the back say “Veterinary Diet?” Does that mean the same thing in their language that it implies here?


2 posted on 02/15/2016 11:15:07 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: sparklite2

Uh....yikes.

May God be with you, Spot, because I dont think a qualified vet is.


3 posted on 02/15/2016 11:15:49 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Royal Canin is a brand of pet food.
So veterinarian diet makes sense.


4 posted on 02/15/2016 11:22:37 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: VanDeKoik

Lol


5 posted on 02/15/2016 11:23:13 AM PST by windcliff
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To: sparklite2

None in the US yet. http://www.kidzania.com/current-parks.php


6 posted on 02/15/2016 11:24:51 AM PST by posterchild
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To: sparklite2

“When I signed up so I could play ‘Doctor’ - this isn’t what I had in mind!”


7 posted on 02/15/2016 11:27:24 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: sparklite2

You know why they REALLY have this?

Cuz if our kids really were out getting the jobs they USED to reliably get, there would be NO NEED for this.

McDonalds - illegal aliens
B King - illegal aliens
Farm work - illegal aliens
Roofer - illegal aliens
Theater ticket taker - illegal aliens
Misc construction - illegal aliens

THOSE are the jobs that taught our kids, “Uh...I don’t want to do this for the rest of my life, maybe I should study..”

And they learned manners and team-work.

And more and more those jobs are ALLLLLLLL gone.


8 posted on 02/15/2016 11:32:26 AM PST by gaijin
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Part of those jobs are gone because for citizen kids, there are now insurance issues. For aliens, there’s the emergency room, no questions asked. In other words, their employment costs have been socialized, so they can be paid less directly by the employer.

“What a country!”


9 posted on 02/15/2016 11:37:17 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: gaijin

Well, yeah, except none of these are in the US.


10 posted on 02/15/2016 11:37:52 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: gaijin

Wow!
A man, a vision, a quest—for a small fee.

And I’ll bet those kids can moonlight on the side as traffic signals.


11 posted on 02/15/2016 11:58:42 AM PST by tsomer
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The kids can get jobs like this one.
No more loafing around on a saturday anymore!
ping
12 posted on 02/15/2016 4:08:51 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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