Those four tires doubled its value.
Don’t throw it away! The square footage of the interior is probably bigger than my s’s first apt in CA.
Just because you choose to drive a crappy car doesn’t mean you have your priorities straight, nor does a Chinese national buying a $100k car mean his priorities are messed up.
Also, your old car has to pass a smog test in CA. Some of the old ones can’t pass. And the old ones break down on the freeways, causing innumerable loss of productive hours.
Any time I don’t have to make a car payment is a good thing. And we have this little thing called an annual personal property tax in VA that is based on the value of your car. My older car is a bargain compared to a new one. But this is getting way off-topic now.
Just because their car has some dents an high mileage doesn’t make it a “crappy car”. Toyotas are fabulous cars, known for their reliability and longevity. No one is talking about a smog test. Most states have emissions requirements now. Thats irrelevant to this discussion, as are the insulting comments about their car being “crappy”. So how about we get back to topic?
** but while we’re at it, CA should fix their clogged up highway system. If a car broke down in the middle of the road, given the traffic snarls and lack of movement on those roads, no on might notice for at least 20-30 minutes.
Argh matey! The ship has blown off course (subject)! … :ar!
IIE lists 886,052 international students in the US during 2013-14. And 273,996 US students studying overseas during the same period. It is one of the few areas in which the US is not running a deficit.
LOL, MidwestDad.
ETA*8 And Gator88, thought maybe today was talk like a pirate day, but thats September 19.
I’m serious, though. The US education system brings hundreds of thousands of students here who are very bright, contribute to the economy while they are here, and some of the best end up staying, working in tech, medicine, education, etc. These are highly educated individuals who contribute to the tax base, and to the cultural life of the country. I don’t think their value should be underestimated. To focus on a relatively small number who cheat seems shortsighted to me.
How many that come over stay here and contribute to the economy here? How many come over on a student visa and then disappear off the radar. How many then try to get H1b visas to work here, ostensibly because we cant find the same talent already within our borders?
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Is it a joke? US students are subsidized by internationals, not the other way round 
- Many kids are not aware of the definition of cheating. Actually, in many countries it is called teamwork :) I was surprised, for example, that exchange of notes among students is considered cheating. However, professional adult help with admission assays is totally legal. Special considerations for legacies, minorities, donors, athletes, and any other group - totally legal. In US only. In most other countries it is strictly illegal. I don't understand an outrage about a Chinese kid that used iPhone at an SAT exam, when everybody knows that Ivys can be influenced by a big donor or a big political figure. Admission business is so muddy, that I don't blame kids for trying to play the system.
- Many kids apply to colleges to get visa and legal entrance into US. IMHO, not everyone is planning to study.
^^Even if they don’t stay, many forge cross-border working relationships that pay dividends for years. I studied in Australia 3 decades ago, funded by Australian taxpayers. I came back home afterwards, and still work with colleagues over there. These international relationships are hugely important.
If Chinese nationals are spending their money here, whether to “show off” or not I could care less, not cheating or being subsidized, then I’m all for them being here. So long as they don’t put anymore crappy cars that break down on our roads.
Who said we should have our priorities straight? We are just commenting with all the crime issues, it’s best not to flaunt anything.
I mean last year, somebody wore a pearls dress to the Oscar and the way it was mentioned on TV, lots of $$$, obviously expensive, I thought perhaps it has real pearls. So the dress was stolen and returned two days later because the thief found out the pearls were fake. Avoiding potential problem is a good idea in my book.
In the country where i grew up, small cheating during exam was a norm. Students were helping each other with exams. It was an honorable thing to do.However, private tutors were strongly discouraged.
In US, teachers in HS, are working as the tutors, simultaneously. The very same teacher, administers tests, grades kids and provides recommendation letters … and the very same teacher gets money for tutoring the same kids. The rate is between $50 and $100 per hour, in our school. It is legal. Personally, I have more issues with ethics of adults.
My husband takes pride in it, he keeps it as a testament to the often snobbish attitude against American car. It’s a Ford. Interesting enough, it’s the hottest selling SUV car, Ford Explorer.
I can guess where you probably live @californiaaa but in the public school system where I live, it is absolutely forbidden for a student to pay their teacher for extra tutoring. It is also not tolerated in the private schools my children attended. While you personally may have encountered this practice somewhere, it most certainly isn’t true in general in the US.
It’s nice that you don’t have a problem with the rampant cheating in your home country, but don’t try to sell the notion that it’s ok in the US.
I live in California and it’s forbidden too. I think it’s frown on because it’s an ethics issue.
Yeah, I don’t really care if someone has an old car as long as it is well maintained if driven on the roads. I was mostly joshing, because I hate it when people pass judgment on others’ expenditures, as though their way of spending is the best way.