rich liberals..........?
Why do people go to college? 1. Make more money? 2. Impress their mate? 3. To party for four years? 4. So they can get a white collar job? 5. So they can be better off than the under-educated. 6. So you won't be working in a dead end/low paying job? One rich lib told me that the U.S should follow Norway.... I listen to both rich libs and republicans, which will lead me to greater success in life. I like to copy off various rich liberals that I talk to,because I value myself mainly by income, wealth building, intelligences and my physical being. I rather be rich, then be one of the millions of Americans living pay check to pay check while living a miserable life. I generally work by myself, yet I still deal with the proletarian workers from time to time. Great thing is I will save over $25k just this year, yet I will push myself to the extreme to be successful in short sold homes, which I will venture into by either the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2011! Why should I be like everybody else? Why should I accept/average in life, when iin fact I will shoot to the moon? Why should I donate any money? Why should I give up any of my revenue/income potential to anybody else? Facts about Norway's taxation. http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Norway-TAXATION.html U.S should had followed CN as the way they managed their housing situation. 1. No GSE's 2. No home loans to any human with a heart beat.
Politics - 11 Answers
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Id rather be a poor conservative than a rich liberal
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Well good for you. I guess not everyone wants to live exactly the way you do. Imagine that.
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85% taxation in Norway. No thanks.
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My college goal is to be first woman on my mother's side of the family to graduate a university. That and I would like to live in another town for a while. "Why should I donate any money?" Depends on who you're donating money to. Giving money to help orphans or homeless veterans isn't bad.
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All of the above. The U.S. should follow Sweden and Canada.
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You know what that rich liberal is saying? The one with the most toys before they die.. wins.
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7. Everyone has a different rationale, but it is interesting to note that college graduates have had lower levels of un-employment in this economy. Why should I be like everybody else? You shouldn't. I'm not sure why you are seeking approval from an anonymous forum. You should come to peace with yourselves in your own terms. Why should I accept/average in life, when iin fact I will shoot to the moon? You should do what makes you happy. Why should I donate any money? Your success is not driven by you alone. A business man can have no customers if they do not have their own capital. Why should I give up any of my revenue/income potential to anybody else? See above.
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Because someone else gave it to you. No one does it on their own, no matter how hard they try and say they did, just like your parents didn't pay for your High School education and that most in the US who go to college do so with government assistance.
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Norway. No Way!
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Norway? They are among the top ten oil producers in the world and only have 4.7 million people. More than half that number travel the Washington DC metro every day. I never understand these absurd comparisons.
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Norway has high taxes and I do not think anybody would mind that if they got a lot of their money and the Norwegians do. They have the highest standard of living in the world because things that should be paid for by government. Norway 0.971 (â–² 1) Australia 0.970 (â–² 2) Iceland 0.969 (â–¼ 2) Canada 0.966 (â–¼ 1) Ireland 0.965 (â–¬) Netherlands 0.964 (â–¬) Sweden 0.963 (â–¬) France 0.961 (â–² 3) Switzerland 0.960 (â–² 1) Japan 0.960 (â–¼ 2) Luxembourg 0.960 (â–¼ 2) Finland 0.959 (â–¬) United States 0.956 (â–² 2)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
What does this other passage from A Tale of Two Cities mean?
What does this other passage from A Tale of Two Cities mean?
France, less favoured on the whole as to matters spiritual than her sister of the shield and trident, rolled with exceeding smoothness down hill, making paper money and spending it. Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained herself, besides, with such humane achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks which passed within his view, at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards. It is likely enough that, rooted in the woods of France and Norway, there were growing trees, when that sufferer was put to death, already marked by the Woodman, Fate, to come down and be sawn into boards, to make a certain movable framework with a sack and a knife in it, terrible in history. It is likely enough that in the rough outhouses of some tillers of the heavy lands adjacent to Paris, there were sheltered from the weather that very day, rude carts, bespattered with rustic mire, snuffed about by pigs, and roosted in by poultry, which the Farmer, Death, had already set apart to be his tumbrils of the Revolution. But that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.
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It's explaining pre-revolution France at the beginning of the passage. It discusses how they suffered inflation by printing too much paper money and how they would cruelly, unusually, and unnecessarily punish peasants who didn't pay homage to monks as they passed on the road. The latter portion of the passage is a discussion of Death and Fate, personifying them and giving them the names of the Farmer and the Woodsman, respectively. There is some discussion of a young boy who was punished terribly for not bowing to the monks as they passed on the street and was eventually killed, and the thought that Fate had determined this as the boy's time to die is briefly entertained. In even further discussion, the author suggests that Death and Fate are unnoticed and slick in their work, impossible to stop or foresee. They are constantly at work; that is, everything that happens is fated and nobody is ever safe from death. Death is also noted to have stored some tumbrils, or carts used for carrying those who are ready to be executed to the guillotine, for the revolution.
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It is foretelling what is going to happen in the future history of France (we are in the brink of the French Revolution: 1789, and the Terror) The passage you asked about in an earlier post said that it was 1775. It even hinted that there was unrest and conflict going on between England and the colonies (the future U.S.A.) -which, we know it'll be the Independence process that started in 1776. So, it is 1775. Dickens writes about France. Check what was happening in France at that time. The king had absolute power. Power that (it was said) came from God. At that time it was unthinkable to question that power. Check, at least in the wikipedia, what was happening in France in that period (1770s to 1800s). There was economical trouble but aristocracy didn't mind:(making paper money and spending it). Check this: she (France) entertained herself, besides, with such humane (is it humane to cut someone's hands? This is irony) achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks (a stupid, arbitrary or too harsh reason to do all this, so there is injustice) there were growing trees (...) already marked by (...) Fate, to come down (the trees) and be sawn into boards, to make a certain movable framework with a sack and a knife in it, terrible in history (this framework is the guillotine: to behead) Woodman= Fate = guillotine? Farmer= Death But FATE and DEATH (which is what is going to happen in the future), (...) work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: in 1775 this was still 'festering': it was not a conflict yet, but the seeds of the conflict that would explode with the French Revolution in 1789 were planted. to entertain any suspicion that they (fate and death = french revolution) were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous. (again, this idea that it still was unthinkable to question the power of the king, the church and the aristocracy) Dickens is very descriptive (TOO descriptive, sometimes), and ironic. In this passage he is saying that there was a conflict in France which would erupt in the Revolution. Read some background information on the book, on the time and on the two countries at that time (some historical context), if not, many metaphors will be lost to you). Good luck with the reading!
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That the seeds of Revolution had long been planted, had grown, and were soon to bloom. That Death had already appointed certain farmers' carts that would carry members of the ruling class and the clergy to meet their death upon the guillotine which Fate had already selected the trees with which to build it. That resentment of clerical privilege and hatred of the ruling monarchy was seething in the background -- but quietly, so as not to arouse suspicion -- as the so-called atheistic traitors, the Revolutionists, became poorer, hungrier, and more determined to overthrow the source of their misery.
France, less favoured on the whole as to matters spiritual than her sister of the shield and trident, rolled with exceeding smoothness down hill, making paper money and spending it. Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained herself, besides, with such humane achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks which passed within his view, at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards. It is likely enough that, rooted in the woods of France and Norway, there were growing trees, when that sufferer was put to death, already marked by the Woodman, Fate, to come down and be sawn into boards, to make a certain movable framework with a sack and a knife in it, terrible in history. It is likely enough that in the rough outhouses of some tillers of the heavy lands adjacent to Paris, there were sheltered from the weather that very day, rude carts, bespattered with rustic mire, snuffed about by pigs, and roosted in by poultry, which the Farmer, Death, had already set apart to be his tumbrils of the Revolution. But that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.
Books & Authors - 3 Answers
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1 :
It's explaining pre-revolution France at the beginning of the passage. It discusses how they suffered inflation by printing too much paper money and how they would cruelly, unusually, and unnecessarily punish peasants who didn't pay homage to monks as they passed on the road. The latter portion of the passage is a discussion of Death and Fate, personifying them and giving them the names of the Farmer and the Woodsman, respectively. There is some discussion of a young boy who was punished terribly for not bowing to the monks as they passed on the street and was eventually killed, and the thought that Fate had determined this as the boy's time to die is briefly entertained. In even further discussion, the author suggests that Death and Fate are unnoticed and slick in their work, impossible to stop or foresee. They are constantly at work; that is, everything that happens is fated and nobody is ever safe from death. Death is also noted to have stored some tumbrils, or carts used for carrying those who are ready to be executed to the guillotine, for the revolution.
2 :
It is foretelling what is going to happen in the future history of France (we are in the brink of the French Revolution: 1789, and the Terror) The passage you asked about in an earlier post said that it was 1775. It even hinted that there was unrest and conflict going on between England and the colonies (the future U.S.A.) -which, we know it'll be the Independence process that started in 1776. So, it is 1775. Dickens writes about France. Check what was happening in France at that time. The king had absolute power. Power that (it was said) came from God. At that time it was unthinkable to question that power. Check, at least in the wikipedia, what was happening in France in that period (1770s to 1800s). There was economical trouble but aristocracy didn't mind:(making paper money and spending it). Check this: she (France) entertained herself, besides, with such humane (is it humane to cut someone's hands? This is irony) achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks (a stupid, arbitrary or too harsh reason to do all this, so there is injustice) there were growing trees (...) already marked by (...) Fate, to come down (the trees) and be sawn into boards, to make a certain movable framework with a sack and a knife in it, terrible in history (this framework is the guillotine: to behead) Woodman= Fate = guillotine? Farmer= Death But FATE and DEATH (which is what is going to happen in the future), (...) work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: in 1775 this was still 'festering': it was not a conflict yet, but the seeds of the conflict that would explode with the French Revolution in 1789 were planted. to entertain any suspicion that they (fate and death = french revolution) were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous. (again, this idea that it still was unthinkable to question the power of the king, the church and the aristocracy) Dickens is very descriptive (TOO descriptive, sometimes), and ironic. In this passage he is saying that there was a conflict in France which would erupt in the Revolution. Read some background information on the book, on the time and on the two countries at that time (some historical context), if not, many metaphors will be lost to you). Good luck with the reading!
3 :
That the seeds of Revolution had long been planted, had grown, and were soon to bloom. That Death had already appointed certain farmers' carts that would carry members of the ruling class and the clergy to meet their death upon the guillotine which Fate had already selected the trees with which to build it. That resentment of clerical privilege and hatred of the ruling monarchy was seething in the background -- but quietly, so as not to arouse suspicion -- as the so-called atheistic traitors, the Revolutionists, became poorer, hungrier, and more determined to overthrow the source of their misery.
Monday, February 7, 2011
how can I help my daughter make the right decisions?
how can I help my daughter make the right decisions?
My daughter (who is 17) really wanted to be an exchange high school student in Norway. I let her go on exchange to Norway and it was really expensive. I asked her many times if she didn't want to go to another, more modern country like Japan or UK but she insisted on going to Norway. We are talking in the phone often and she is telling me that it doesn't go well between her and her host family. The host parents are very strict and they won't let her go out after 9pm. My daughter was placed in a small village with almost nothing to do. She also complains about how difficult it is to learn Norwegian AND that her host family does nothing to help her. There is nothing to do in that village she lives in. She hasn't got one single friend at school. It is 1 hour to the nearest city and she is only allowed to go there together with the rest of her host family. She also has to eat fish 5 days a week and she isn't used to it. She told me that Norwegians are very homophobic. She told her host family about her gay friends and they didn't seem to like her having gay friends home in America. My daughter is used to openness and city life, not small villages with nothing to do except for fishing, looking at all the penguins or go mountain climbing. She tells me that her host brother Vidar is very ongoing and he is feeling her up all the time. Can't he get anything before he is married? Is sex before marriage uncommon in Norway? My daughter thought Norway was a cool country until she arrived there. She has now been there since last summer and she really wants to go home. Should I let her go home (and think "it was all wasted money") or should she change host family and be placed in a big city?
Adolescent - 5 Answers
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you and her chose this decision
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Have her moved to a city, exchange trips aren't about getting to know the hick culture of another country, it's about getting to know the real culture of a country. (and making a resume massively better) and the host family brother, out of line.
3 :
It would be easy to think that the money is the most important thing, but I can tell that you truly want your daughter to be happy and safe. I would let her transfer to another city and host family. That is what would be safest for her. The people that she is with aren't understanding, comforting or safe for her to be around. I understand that you put a lot of your hard earned money into this experiencee for her. Get your money's worth and send her to another family, city, or even country.Remember that your daughters safety comes first and foremost. If you feel adamant about her coming home, than bring her home. You will feel better and she will to. I also advice that you complain to the organization that set up this exchange about the host family and how unsafe it is for ANY child to be in their home. Don't allow another family to send their kid to live with people who cant provide a safe environment. I hope that this helps and I wish all the luck to you and your daughter!
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See if you can get her with another family, she shouldn't have to stay with a boy who's feeling her up! Hopefully she'll be placed somewhere where she can learn more and have a better time, learning the language and culture.
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She has been there for almost A YEAR?!! What program is that? If she is unhappy, then let her come home. xoxo Jeana
My daughter (who is 17) really wanted to be an exchange high school student in Norway. I let her go on exchange to Norway and it was really expensive. I asked her many times if she didn't want to go to another, more modern country like Japan or UK but she insisted on going to Norway. We are talking in the phone often and she is telling me that it doesn't go well between her and her host family. The host parents are very strict and they won't let her go out after 9pm. My daughter was placed in a small village with almost nothing to do. She also complains about how difficult it is to learn Norwegian AND that her host family does nothing to help her. There is nothing to do in that village she lives in. She hasn't got one single friend at school. It is 1 hour to the nearest city and she is only allowed to go there together with the rest of her host family. She also has to eat fish 5 days a week and she isn't used to it. She told me that Norwegians are very homophobic. She told her host family about her gay friends and they didn't seem to like her having gay friends home in America. My daughter is used to openness and city life, not small villages with nothing to do except for fishing, looking at all the penguins or go mountain climbing. She tells me that her host brother Vidar is very ongoing and he is feeling her up all the time. Can't he get anything before he is married? Is sex before marriage uncommon in Norway? My daughter thought Norway was a cool country until she arrived there. She has now been there since last summer and she really wants to go home. Should I let her go home (and think "it was all wasted money") or should she change host family and be placed in a big city?
Adolescent - 5 Answers
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1 :
you and her chose this decision
2 :
Have her moved to a city, exchange trips aren't about getting to know the hick culture of another country, it's about getting to know the real culture of a country. (and making a resume massively better) and the host family brother, out of line.
3 :
It would be easy to think that the money is the most important thing, but I can tell that you truly want your daughter to be happy and safe. I would let her transfer to another city and host family. That is what would be safest for her. The people that she is with aren't understanding, comforting or safe for her to be around. I understand that you put a lot of your hard earned money into this experiencee for her. Get your money's worth and send her to another family, city, or even country.Remember that your daughters safety comes first and foremost. If you feel adamant about her coming home, than bring her home. You will feel better and she will to. I also advice that you complain to the organization that set up this exchange about the host family and how unsafe it is for ANY child to be in their home. Don't allow another family to send their kid to live with people who cant provide a safe environment. I hope that this helps and I wish all the luck to you and your daughter!
4 :
See if you can get her with another family, she shouldn't have to stay with a boy who's feeling her up! Hopefully she'll be placed somewhere where she can learn more and have a better time, learning the language and culture.
5 :
She has been there for almost A YEAR?!! What program is that? If she is unhappy, then let her come home. xoxo Jeana
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Thinking about moving from Norway to the U.S?
Thinking about moving from Norway to the U.S?
Ok so im 18 years old and an american citzen. I want to move to the u.s because of 3 reasons 1. Weather 2. To find the love of my life who i cant find over here 3. Money (i dont have a chance to get a job over here cuz i'm from arab roots and cant speak the language very good) so now my questions are 1. Im in high school but our system is different, so we have 13 grades instaed of 12 and i've missed 2 years learning the language. How am i gonna switch schools, and do i do that before or after moving? 2. What am i gonna work? is there a chance i can live untill im done with college so i work with my carrere? Am i gonna be able to live lets say just enough to get my very needed stuff? (i might have a roommate) and i really wanna study to become an architect. and im seriously thinking about it and i really wanna return to the states i was born there and my family are arabs. I can speak english lets say very well but i have a heavy accent (Sexy as said) andddd i think i can make it in New York! so what are the best schools and how can get a good job to get my needed things? =)
Other - United States - 3 Answers
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You should probably finish your high school in Norway if possible, especially if you want to move to NYC as the public school system here, especially in inner cities, is not very good. Private schools are usually on the expensive side and it's difficult to get into charter schools. I think it's better for you to wait and come here for college if you want. NYC is on the expensive side, but since you are an American citizen you may be able to get a job. However, that said, the job situation is NOT good here right now, and the vast majority of jobs that don't require a college degree only pay minimum wage or slightly above, which can be hard to live on. Once you finish college you will have a better shot at making a decent living here. Also, as I understand it, Norway is more of a modern welfare state, which means you get much better benefits than you will get in the USA. (Healthcare probably being the biggest thing.) It's a big decision and you may want to visit first.
2 :
whoahh this is so weird. i used to know a kid from my school who moved from here to norway and is also form arab roots and i know he wants to move back...and we are the same age...uhmm..haha do i know you?? okay well heres my input: find where you are going to live first. after you know the area, then youll know what school youll be in. contact the school in advance and let them know youll be coming and need to finish out high school. then youll probably get the shcool thing figures out once youre there..like all the paperwork and stuff. my advice is to finish high school before coming over here though. why? because once you have a high school diploma youll have so many opportunities in getting free or really cheap college tuition by coming from a foreign country. and that way you will know where you will be living (on their campus probably) and you can easily find a job working at the college campus or around it. and being a student living on your own is waaayy more manageable than being in high school and trying to work for rent? thats way crazy. no one does that. get into college first. there are soooo many colleges in american. narrow it down by location, like your ideal places of living. new york is reallyyy expensive, but if you really want to live there then nyu is considered a great school. there are also a lot of great private colleges in new york state so just do some research. and apply to as many schools as you can and i guarantee that if you have pretty good grades, then there will be some college out there that will pay for your way here.
3 :
You probably want to live somewhere with weather similar to Norway. This site has excellent climate maps of the United States. Feel free to check out what best suits you! http://climatemaps.co.cc
Ok so im 18 years old and an american citzen. I want to move to the u.s because of 3 reasons 1. Weather 2. To find the love of my life who i cant find over here 3. Money (i dont have a chance to get a job over here cuz i'm from arab roots and cant speak the language very good) so now my questions are 1. Im in high school but our system is different, so we have 13 grades instaed of 12 and i've missed 2 years learning the language. How am i gonna switch schools, and do i do that before or after moving? 2. What am i gonna work? is there a chance i can live untill im done with college so i work with my carrere? Am i gonna be able to live lets say just enough to get my very needed stuff? (i might have a roommate) and i really wanna study to become an architect. and im seriously thinking about it and i really wanna return to the states i was born there and my family are arabs. I can speak english lets say very well but i have a heavy accent (Sexy as said) andddd i think i can make it in New York! so what are the best schools and how can get a good job to get my needed things? =)
Other - United States - 3 Answers
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1 :
You should probably finish your high school in Norway if possible, especially if you want to move to NYC as the public school system here, especially in inner cities, is not very good. Private schools are usually on the expensive side and it's difficult to get into charter schools. I think it's better for you to wait and come here for college if you want. NYC is on the expensive side, but since you are an American citizen you may be able to get a job. However, that said, the job situation is NOT good here right now, and the vast majority of jobs that don't require a college degree only pay minimum wage or slightly above, which can be hard to live on. Once you finish college you will have a better shot at making a decent living here. Also, as I understand it, Norway is more of a modern welfare state, which means you get much better benefits than you will get in the USA. (Healthcare probably being the biggest thing.) It's a big decision and you may want to visit first.
2 :
whoahh this is so weird. i used to know a kid from my school who moved from here to norway and is also form arab roots and i know he wants to move back...and we are the same age...uhmm..haha do i know you?? okay well heres my input: find where you are going to live first. after you know the area, then youll know what school youll be in. contact the school in advance and let them know youll be coming and need to finish out high school. then youll probably get the shcool thing figures out once youre there..like all the paperwork and stuff. my advice is to finish high school before coming over here though. why? because once you have a high school diploma youll have so many opportunities in getting free or really cheap college tuition by coming from a foreign country. and that way you will know where you will be living (on their campus probably) and you can easily find a job working at the college campus or around it. and being a student living on your own is waaayy more manageable than being in high school and trying to work for rent? thats way crazy. no one does that. get into college first. there are soooo many colleges in american. narrow it down by location, like your ideal places of living. new york is reallyyy expensive, but if you really want to live there then nyu is considered a great school. there are also a lot of great private colleges in new york state so just do some research. and apply to as many schools as you can and i guarantee that if you have pretty good grades, then there will be some college out there that will pay for your way here.
3 :
You probably want to live somewhere with weather similar to Norway. This site has excellent climate maps of the United States. Feel free to check out what best suits you! http://climatemaps.co.cc
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