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$25 a month not affordable? Maybe it is time to drink less beer
Why did you choose to go to the Army instead of finding something better?
Wow.
$25 a month not affordable? Maybe it is time to drink less beer
Why did you choose to go to the Army instead of finding something better?
Wow$25 a month not affordable? Maybe it is time to drink less beer
I did not and do not have any privileges. I just work hard and make smart and responsible decisions. It is just very surprising for me to see people who are blaming everyone for the fact, that they are working a dead end job. I think they should only be blaming themselves. There are plenty of opportunities in community colleges to get a profession for a very low cost and not work in Macdonalds all their life. Why did you choose to go to the Army instead of finding something better?
I can call you names too. I was not born in the USA and also came as an immigrant, but instead of $200 like your parents, who were probably illegals, because american government does not allow people to immigrate with such low funds, I prepared myself for the immigration and had enough to settle. I also knew English well enough to get a job pretty quickly, worked and saved for future. I also started an education fund with just $25 monthly payments. So, I know what I am talking aboutWow.
FYI I am the child of immigrants. Growing up I was dirt poor because my parents came to the US with me, two suitcases of clothing, and $200. So no, they didn't start a college savings fund for me. What they did do was encourage me, and sometimes downright force me, to do well in school so I could make something of myself because "that's why we came here, so you could have a future." And that paid off in terms of scholarships that paid most of my way through college and grad school at a private university.
So again, check your privilege, you little ingrate. Not everyone is lucky enough to have been born in the US and start their life in the US with something. There are MANY people who came to the US with nothing.
Ok, now I am speechless. How dumb and lazy a person should be to continue to earn very low wages for 20 years? I worked minimum wage after immigrating for 7 months, then I doubled it , then increased it several more dollars over the next few years by - surprise - educating myself. This way I was able to put aside more.Also, what $25 a month?! That works out to less than 6 thousand put into the account over 18 years of your child's life. With interest, you'll MAYBE wind up having 10 thousand in there by the time your child starts college. And newsflash: ten thousand dollars is pretty much nothing when it comes to the expense of college and then grad school or professional school. At that point, you may as well not have bothered because what's the point? That ten thousand isn't even going to pay for the first year of dorming.
You really really amaze me. Not because of your arrogance, because lots of people are arrogant. And it's not because of your political views because I happen to agree with some of what you're saying (to an extent). I'm really amazed by your complete lack of respect for anyone that hasn't achieved as much as you have. "I did this and this and this so there's no excuse for anyone else and if you don't do at least this and haven't made this amount of money in this amount of years then it's because you're lazy or stupid," seems to be your ongoing theme. I'm really surprised that you got through the ethics portions of your dental training and I'm even more surprised that you were able to perform procedures on so many patients while in school that you would deem "lesser than you" for not being able to afford to go to a private practice. I imagine that would've been difficult for you to be around so many lazy people for so long.Ok, now I am speechless. How dumb and lazy a person should be to continue to earn very low wages for 20 years? I worked minimum wage after immigrating for 7 months, then I doubled it , then increased it several more dollars over the next few years by - surprise - educating myself. This way I was able to put aside more.
Even $10,000 is a big help during application process, the rest could be managed with loans. Obviously you managed
I am sorry, that you had to leave your country - you should have shared this instead of being proud, that you are poor and your parents are poor. In fact you enjoyed full set of benefits of being a refugee, for which nasty rich people payed. Nasty rich people also payed for grants and scholarships, which you enjoyed later in life. I asked you, why you went to the army, because since you mention low pay, this was not obviously a higher calling. Did they give you a citizenship? Free college education?Well actually, they let political refugees in with pretty much nothing. Because you know.., political refugees and not just someone who won a green card lottery. But ok. I guess my family is somehow less than you because we only had a few weeks to prepare to get out of our country so we wouldn't risk dying there.
And your assumptions about my family's current financial and social situation versus what it was when we fled to come here 20-odd years ago are making you look like a complete ***** by the way.
But go ahead, continue. I'm sure this winning attitude of yours shines through when you interact with patients, because how can so much nastiness be suppressed? Patients will sense what an entitled jerkoff you are and trust me, they won't come back when they do sense it.
And yes, obviously I managed. Because by the time I made the decision to apply to dental school I was a grown woman with a career and I didn't have to ask my mommy to pay for the application process, even though she could and would have.
That is lovely, that you are making such deep assumptions based on a couple of postings. At the same time you are not amazed that someone uses phrases like "poor af", I hope you know what af stands for - there is a lot of respect to everyone in there. And army does not pay well enough too. How dare they, but isn't it suppose to be a moral choice?You really really amaze me. Not because of your arrogance, because lots of people are arrogant. And it's not because of your political views because I happen to agree with some of what you're saying (to an extent). I'm really amazed by your complete lack of respect for anyone that hasn't achieved as much as you have. "I did this and this and this so there's no excuse for anyone else and if you don't do at least this and haven't made this amount of money in this amount of years then it's because you're lazy or stupid," seems to be your ongoing theme. I'm really surprised that you got through the ethics portions of your dental training and I'm even more surprised that you were able to perform procedures on so many patients while in school that you would deem "lesser than you" for not being able to afford to go to a private practice. I imagine that would've been difficult for you to be around so many lazy people for so long.
I am sorry, that you had to leave your country - you should have shared this instead of being proud, that you are poor and your parents are poor. In fact you enjoyed full set of benefits of being a refugee, for which nasty rich people payed. Nasty rich people also payed for grants and scholarships, which you enjoyed later in life. I asked you, why you went to the army, because since you mention low pay, this was not obviously a higher calling. Did they give you a citizenship? Free college education?
I am not rich, but I am strongly against blaming rich for everything. I will deal with my nastiness and you, please, deal with your vocabulary - you talk like a prostitute. Patients do not like that and you would have to pay for you enormous student loans and taxes for your fellow refugees somehow
@oralcare123 I went into the Marine Corps, not Army. Trust me - there is a difference. I had my own reasons for doing it and yes, in part, it was a higher calling. They don't pay you much, but they do pay enough to raise a family once you gain some rank, if you're not too irresponsible. However, I find it astounding that you have such a crappy, entitled air about you, given your purported background. I have worked for literally everything I have. I AM currently poor because my wife and I decided to make a better life for ourselves and kids by going back to school when I got separated for my disability. She and I just graduated college together and now we're starting grad school together (not the same program). I've worked full time while doing this so I could make ends meet.Again, your assumptions about my current financial situation are hilarious. Nowhere did I say that I am currently poor.
Also, I'm not the one who went to the army, another poster is.
And trust me, I'd rather sound like a prostitute than sound like you.
Agree, it is not, but at the same time it is not fair to say, that there were a lot of applicants from rich families, just because they are rich. It is also unfair to say, that because a person is poor, they are entitled for more, then a person from the middle class. Do you think I did not get pissed from your post? I am from the military family and do not like to hear, that they are underpayed. There is a choice after all, to be there or not@oralcare123 I went into the Marine Corps, not Army. Trust me - there is a difference. I had my own reasons for doing it and yes, in part, it was a higher calling. They don't pay you much, but they do pay enough to raise a family once you gain some rank, if you're not too irresponsible. However, I find it astounding that you have such a crappy, entitled air about you, given your purported background. I have worked for literally everything I have. I AM currently poor because my wife and I decided to make a better life for ourselves and kids by going back to school when I got separated for my disability. She and I just graduated college together and now we're starting grad school together (not the same program). I've worked full time while doing this so I could make ends meet.
It's not as simple as lazy = poor; hardworking = rich.