Greta75
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that is not all that much after years of working for an employer, of course it depends on how many hours they work too, if they get overtime pay, etc.. If I have a bitter view its cuz I have seen how poor people are treated here, especially black & hispanic people.. the racial tension is something I have never encountered until coming here.. its sad, I feel for them.. But I guess you & people like you would rather not have your perfect life disturbed by hearing about that.. I think the attitude is rather different. In my country. You see even 98 yr olds, going around collecting cardboards, and pushing trolleys of it. Those cardboards sell for like 10cents per kg or something. So they may do 8 hours of work and only make $5 or something ridiculous small. In many interviews, asking them, why they do it? They say, they just want to be doing something. Their children tell them to stop working and stay at home, but they just want to be doing something. They are proud of just earning money legally, no matter how small. I feel more inspired by people from poverty just working hard than worry about people from poverty, perpetrating their victim cycle. My own mom and her siblings, were like working in farms since 5 yr old, because their parents were too poor to feed them, so they gotta work for free food, not even for money, basically, their parents sold their labouring services, in exchange for free roof and food. All of them are doing well today financially in and their careers, despite lack of education, some have funded their own education. I feel more inspired by these people. And how they do it? Despite not having privileges. Generally a person who complains about how hard they got it, will have a hard time succeeding, because they are not looking for solutions or to help themselves. Talking about racial tensions. I feel inspired by chinese in Malaysia and Indonesia. Where they are racially discriminated. Especially in Malaysia where until today, the government openly promotes a Malay First government policies. By default of not being Malay, you don't have access to all the perks and welfare the country provides, you are 101% on your own. How do they become the most discriminated, and least helped, transforming into the richest people in that Malay First country? That's something to study and learn. I always feel like, in our chinese upbringing, we are taught that, people may look down you, discriminate against you. Your reaction to that is to ignore it, do your job well, learn as much as you can, infact, offer to do other people's job for nothing, do more. Learn more, become the most capable, the most indispensable. In the end, you will prevail. After all, nobody could possibly give us more shit than our own tiger moms.
< Message edited by Greta75 -- 5/16/2016 7:50:59 PM >
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