The logic (or rather lack)here seems to be: People from another country to US universities because Americans are less intelligent…right. Makes no sense. People come to our universities because they know ours are among the best in the world. On balance that great sucking sound one hears is a brain drain from the rest of the world to the US. The reason Americans don't flock to higher education (post graduate) is that it is hard and often does not payoff financially, at least not much more than a BA or BS (maybe a Masters), especially for smart, motivated native speakers.
Um, yeah, sure. The average person that doesn't seek a higher education is better off financially. Um, I would say the flaw in that logic is that a very small percentage (with most of them here on this board probably) would fit that mode. Is that why we see so many middle class folks struggling to meet basic survival? Or why so many people bitch about affordability of homes. Sorry, I would say the average american would be better off it they attained higher education, because most of them are NOT Bill Gates, even though they thing they are.
Funny you should mention about the higher education not financially “sound”. An excoworker of mine said the same thing. He bitches about “our jobs” being outsourced. How this is “discouraging” americans from entering advance degrees, yada , yada,yada. Meanwhile this fat fvck showed up at work at 11am, took 2 hour lunch break, got back around 2pm, played solitaire till 4, was actively blogging the rest of the day. And yet he still bitched about his job (trust me, he was pretty well paid). I finally got so fed up with him, I just told him that if he’s so unhappy, just quit. His response: “I don’t think I could find another position elsewhere that could ‘accomodate’ my lifestyle.” Go figure.
But hey, that’s just my opinion. And opinions are a dime a dozen. Of course, I’m not going to complain about housing affordability or if things come crashing down either..Because frankly, I’ve (we’ve done pretty well), and pretty much don’t care either way.
Personally, I like any type of highly motivated people, white, asian, purple, green blue that is pretty open minded. I just like to make fun of the idiot rednecks that scream “Buy american” when most of the sh!t they bought al walmart is made overseas, and they aren’t willing to give it up…no different than the FOB’s that stick out like a sore thumb.
