Joining The Navy

[Mono no aware]

That's a good point.  The populace of North Korea, at least, has got to be the one of the most beaten-down, fearful, and submissive people in the world today.  Chances of classroom anarchy: low.  Chances of being executed as an American spy, however: moderate to high.

[Greg]

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The cave you fear to enter, may hold the treasure you seek.