Where to Invade Next is a documentary by Michael Moore. The documentary is about Moore visiting different countries and wanting to bring back new ideas to the United States. Finding ways to make America better and avoiding war is Moore’s mission.
In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore began his journey by travelling to Italy and speaking to a couple workers. He met with a couple business owners to discover the difference in working conditions between the two countries. He learned that in Italy workers get an eight-week paid vacation where in America paid vacation is not required. Italians believe that vacation time can relieve stress and lower the risks of illness. It seems to be working since Italians live four years longer than the average American. His next invasion leads him to an elementary school in France. Sitting down with children he discovered that children are given an hour lunch period. School chef’s meet with the Mayor’s office and a nutritionist once a month to plan out the school’s lunch menu. The French believe that this will teach proper food etiquette, nutrition, and raise life expectancy. Finland was next on Moore’s stop. Finland is known to have the best education in the world. Moore learns that the reason Finland jumped to the top of the education charts by letting kids be kids. In Finland they do not give any homework and only spend twenty hours in school a week. Finland used to be ranked the same as America in education, but with switching there programs they quickly jumped to the top. Next on the invasion list came Slovenia. There is zero college debt in this country. In Slovenia they allow anyone to move there and go to college for free to better the population. Americans leave college with thousands of dollars in debt; which makes people less willing to better their education. For his last “invasion” he lands in Iceland. Women here are truly equal to men in the business world. Iceland was the first country to elect a woman president. After traveling to the many places throughout the documentary, Michael Moore learned that these ideas originated from America.
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