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Yes, you can be part of a dynamic America - if you're a white meat-eating heterosexual male born to a middle- or upper class family. Otherwise you're doomed to the trailer park or East Baltimore for life.
Um, the United States has the wealthiest Black population in the world....
While your example sounds extreme, I'm not much of a big spender so relatively low salaries don't bother me much. Past a certain point, I don't see more money having a large impact on QOL. Things like shorter working hours plus longer vacation time (it's not necessarily laziness, it's also a plus to have more time to socialize with friends and family, and like to have time to travel places) plus better benefits seem like it could be a good trade-off from higher salaries.
It would bother you if you lived in a high cost city like Paris. It will also bother you when you have a family and want to earn more, but can't.
And the best jobs generally go to the students graduating from one of the Grandes Écoles. Only something like 1% of the population even gains entry to these schools. Most of the colleges there are really more akin to our community colleges here. It's much more of an elitist, winner-takes-all type of system over there.
And no, it's not similar to the Ivy League in America. The Ivies don't dominate nearly the way the Grandes Écoles do.
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Years ago I met a student from the Philippines who was living in Chicago. He was going to college to earn a masters degree in Engineering. He worked part time, rode a bicycle and saved his money. He fretted every day, fearful he would not get a job. He was hired by Motorola before he graduated. He received a signing bonus, 5 weeks vacation, and an entry level salary of $80000. He graduated with honors that year. He bought a used car and flew his parents to Chicago for the winter holidays. This was the one of happiest, nicest persons I ever met. He was first child of six who earned two college degrees. He fully intended to work toward a doctorate. I expect he did.
Education is the doorway out of poverty. Not everyone is destined to be president. But everyone who has the mental ability can receive a good education if they are willing to work for it.
Who really knows though, most of them are probably living with mom and dad not having to worry about work or pay bills, thats a pretty good quality of life no matter how "lazy" society makes you out to be.
Who really knows though, most of them are probably living with mom and dad not having to worry about work or pay bills, thats a pretty good quality of life no matter how "lazy" society makes you out to be.
I hope you are joking .... lol
US media doesnt cover it much ... but things in Europe are not all rosy ..
I hope you are joking .... lol
US media doesnt cover it much ... but things in Europe are not all rosy ..
Not really, you picked like the two worst countries... i'm sure German, Dutch and Swedish are doing fine.
Not British though, all their students skip school like every single day to go get wasted.
Not really, you picked like the two worst countries... i'm sure German, Dutch and Swedish are doing fine.
Not British though, all their students skip school like every single day to go get wasted.
I picked the two worst countries? Are you kidding me? What about Greece? Portugal?
I know about Spain and Italy only because I was there last year ....
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