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About LinkBacksYes, you are correct about visa types but I still think that "granted" is the key word hereOriginally Posted by capecoddah
Yes, you are correct about visa types but I still think that "granted" is the key word here
"earned"...Yes, you are correct about visa types but I still think that "granted" is the key word here
Kids have to jump through a few hoops to get a J-1.
American Bureaucracy and Russian Bureaucracy together is a winning combination.
I'm easily amused late at night...
I guess the joke didn't work
That was precisely my point
Not every kid can get a J-1, so the Russian kids you see are probably above average. Don't underestimate American kids and don't overestimate Russian kids, in general
I know I get "The Cream of the Crop" Russian kids. I have a couple schools that "feed" me good candidates.I guess the joke didn't work
That was precisely my point
Not every kid can get a J-1, so the Russian kids you see are probably above average. Don't underestimate American kids and don't overestimate Russian kids, in general
It's not as bad as it sounds. I want good employees. It's a process. A friend's daughter is being groomed for future employment. It's her ticket to the USA
American college students go to University because they are too stupid to flip burgers.
The "Top of the Class" Hospitality Major can't find Kansas or Antarctica on a map. Thinks Africa is a country. "How do I call 911?" Can't add, subtract, multiply or divide without a calculator and is attached to a phone 24/7.
Sorry about the rant, but welcome to my life.
In general.
My boss has also hired a Lifeguard that couldn't swim.
I'm easily amused late at night...
I feel you
Actually that reminds me of another cultural difference
Russian parents (as well as other Eastern European and Oriental parents) feel more responsibility for their kids. That's good and bad at the same time. The good things that parents try to give their kids best they can, especially when we talking about education. They help their kids with homework to get them to UNDERSTAND the quizzes. This also almost mandatory for Russians who live in the US because American junior and middle schools are joke. The bad thing about it that parents try to control kids too much which might to luck of self esteem and creativity. This also more tend in Oriental families, "Tiger moms" thingy
Очень жаль. With that attitude, all you're going to achieve is helping to keep your countrymen as debased as your predispositions misrepresent them to be. Maybe something in your vocation requires you to view American college students that way, but it doesn't lessen the shame your opinion contributes to.
luck/life/kidkboom
Грязные башмаки располагают к осмотрительности в выборе дороги. /*/ Muddy boots choose their roads with wisdom. ;
Sorry to say, but I think you are being judgemental yourself here.
I respect what you're saying - but what other response shall I give to "American kids go to college because they're too stupid to flip burgers?"
Imagine the reverse:
"Russian kids _____ because they're too stupid to ____ ."
"Irish people ____ because they're too stupid to ____ ."
"Asian people _____ because they're too stupid to ____ ."
Where is this going to be acceptable? And in what sense could we fill in the blanks that it would not create a judgmental and biased statement?
Maybe the error in judgment I made was thinking that his train of thought would lead to nothing but further debasement of that demographic. Maybe instead it will inspire some American kid. "Flip burgers, eh? Well, nothing to do in the face of insult but to change the entire frame of my personal life in the hopes it will sway the stereotypes made against my demographic, across the breadth of time to come. [Attends college with the immeasurable goal of meeting capecoddah's unmentioned standards of behavior]"
I have no argument with the statement he/she is making about hiring practices. I do take issue with the wanton use of stereotypical language, only suitable here because the culprit is "American kids" and not "Russian kids" or "jews" or "blacks" or "women" or "disabled people."
I like being friendly and agreeable with people on this website, but there are times when I have to speak frankly.
And why would you want to defend this train of thought?
luck/life/kidkboom
Грязные башмаки располагают к осмотрительности в выборе дороги. /*/ Muddy boots choose their roads with wisdom. ;
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