<p>Thats a long commute... I have a lot of friends that work at UBS and Pierson in Stamford.</p>
<p>Yeah, but he takes the train, so it isn't too bad.</p>
<p>Carrera - that's not really true. they only keep you for the military if you're a male 18+ in age. I know b/c many Muslim countries are the same way, like Syria. I'm Syrian, have gone to Syria every other summer since 3rd grade, and have no problems leaving. However, now that this year I'll be 18 I most likely will not go to visit till I/family pays a $10,000 fine to get out of the military. I'm sure you could pay off the Iranian govt too, since all the govts are corrupt around there haha. </p>
<p>Btw, I've been to Iran - it's awesome...went when I was 14 for like 3 weeks for this Islamic doctors convention. you'd DEFINITELY like it, and the govt isn't nearly as bad as ppl claim. the iranians we met actually claimed Iran is a democracy...hmm not sure about that but yea. Women were extremely happy, not oppressed at all, and so on. However, I also have a few Iranian friends and I know about the general fear to go back ever since the revolution. But then again, my best friend in middle school went there every summer, so I dunno.</p>
<p>im sorta in that situation, im gonna be 18 soon and never got to go to where i was from (egypt), because of all the political stuff, and now i cant go till a lot of paperwork/money floats around and i dont have to do that army crap. i wrote about it in a lot of my essays too, tryin to find a way to incorperate that into the 10dolalr essay, dont knwo how yet tho. (extended deadline, got 10 days to do it..lol)</p>
<p>Sorry if I misspoke, but I did mean that once you turn 18, you do have to go to the military, unless you got to a university. However, in Iran at least, they are known to detain 16 year olds, and older, as to make sure they end up serving in the military. Like my cousin, who is 16, he can not leave the country untill he fulfills his commitment or goes to an Iranian based University (he lives there though.. so its not a huge deal for him as he does not travel much anyways). And we did not go to Iran before that because the board of directors of the company I worked at was afraid that he could be taken hostage... so no senior executives in the middle east. But now that he has changed companies, its too late to go saftly. And, buying someone out of military service is suposedly harder than you may think... not as easy as it used to be.</p>
<p>bfjava- I know Iran is wonderful!! I wish I could go there so badly!
But my dad hasn't gone back since he came here after the revolution (1979) and he doesn't want to support the gov't. Plus, I guess that there would be many complications (extra papers needed etc) b/c my mom is American and not Muslim, so she would not be recognized as legally married to my dad by the Iranian gov't. I have so many family members over there that I haven't seen! I pester my dad about going so often... we have a lot of family friends who go back, but another problem is that if we go, it is impossible to go for like a week... you need a month so that you can see everthing that you want to. and w/ my parents' careers, it is very difficult to set that amount of time for a vacation.
hence my inability to travel to Iran was a very passionate topic for me to write about for my college essays.</p>
<p>don't fret carrera. there was a guy in the ED roster who had a 1270 and he got into BME. i thought SATs to be important until he got in and i didn't. u'll do fine</p>
<p>Thanks... I hope so.</p>
<p>I'm also Iranian/Canadian.
I've lived in the US for 6 years.</p>
<p>Salaam!</p>
<p>I was accepted ED to Dartmouth. 09</p>
<p>FYI, </p>
<p>Check out this thread.</p>
<p>I was disturbed by it, but maybe I was a bit sensitive:</p>
<p>let me know what you think.</p>
<p>You are my hero FountainSiren! Great post! It wasn't just you who took offense.
Oh, and congrats on Dartmouth!</p>
<p>Salaam,</p>
<p>I'm a JHU grad and Iranian.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>Fountainsiren,</p>
<p>Way to go!
You go girl!</p>
<p>It's horrible to hear people make such ethnically demeaning comments.</p>
<p>I totally agree, JHUway!
FountainSiren- I give your debate/rebuttal an A+ lol</p>
<p>Did you even read my post?</p>
<p>Please tell me what points he made that deserve any merit that I haven't rebutted.</p>
<p>Now I know there are debates where people might have two differing opinions and they can both be right and I try never to claim that "i'm right and you are wrong," but the situation honestly calls for it. Fountain, you are simply wrong. I admire your stance, but you are simply wrong. You don't even know the girl in question!</p>
<p>Thestonedpandas,</p>
<p>You seem to have a different tone on this forum then you did when you were sayig rather insensitive things in the Pennsylvanyia forum.</p>
<p>I do not know your "____________" Persian friend (it hurts me to repeat such a insensitive phrase) but I know of no Iranians that would consider such a name anything other than an insult at the least and condescending at the best.</p>
<p>I hope you do not repeat it in good company.</p>
<p>Thestonedpandas:
"Oh please. Are you saying that calling a persian hairy is the same thing as using a derogatory word? I've also used those words in front of my friends."
- well, it depends on your definition of derogatory. If you mean derogatory as in something that others will take offense to, than yes, your words were derogatory. And just b/c you've used these words in front of your friends does not mean that other members of those ethnic groups will be as accepting of these derogatory terms, as you can see from these forums.</p>
<p>jhu, i think it's time to lighten up.</p>
<p>please explain the relevance of your first paragraph.</p>
<p>But you know what I find hilarious. Now you're stereotyping iranians! you said you dont know one who wouldn't be offended! how dare you! my friend is now offended because you stereotyped her into your schema of iranians! the nerve! (see, i can be just as ridiculous).</p>
<p>and this refutes your claim (he's persian):
TheStonedPandas: yo
Az<strong><em>07: yo whatup
TheStonedPandas: ok
TheStonedPandas: so i was talking about this girl to someone i knew and she's persian
TheStonedPandas: so i said "the nonhairy persian girl that's in your grade"
TheStonedPandas: a persian overheard and was like "that's so hurtful and insensative how dare you blah blah"
TheStonedPandas: do you agree or is that guy wrong?
Az</em></strong>07: if its a guy
Az<strong><em>07: loolooolo
Az</em></strong>07: that guys a looser
Az***07: lol
TheStonedPandas: yeah it's a guy</p>
<p>and i checked with another persian friend of mine and he said that he could see where you were coming from, but he wouldn't really care (and that i should just talk **** about you behind your back lol). i honestly dont see what the big deal is, i dont think i'm racist or insensative, but if i offended you, you seriously could have pointed it out nicely instead of doing what you did.</p>
<p>Everyone should just calm down. It seems to me that TheStonedPandas did not mean to hurt anyone. And anyways, it seems as if you don't realize that the person she was talking about was a good friend. Good friends can joke around like that, and just be playing around. I mean, my teacher (I am good friends with him) wrote me a detention slip for being a "known terrorist." Its obviously a joke, and I lauged, but if some one who you did not know, said or did that, then you would be hurt.</p>
<p>Lets just all call a truce, and I am sure that TheStonedPandas will be more careful when he (or she) says something along those lines.</p>
<p>but just remember guys, if you ever complain about persian women (or if you ever have) (and im not saying you have or that you guys might do it more than others), you're more guilty than i am. (or if you've ever used the word sefeed or haven't reacted towards someone who has used it like you did to me!)</p>
<p>edit: i think you're quite rational, gt.</p>