The Person Above You

[mamaprince]

TPAM lives in Cali.

[Ninaroja]

I agree, TPAM. It makes me feel more grateful for what I have

Everyone else: Man, you guys would do well here in the UK - as much as people here complain about life here, it really isn't asw bad as they make it out to be. If you're struggling financially, it's fairly easy to get financial aid from the government, a house etc. and pretty much anyone can get to University as long as they can get the grades (it is quite expensive on paper, but your student loan only starts being automatically paid back once you are earning a certain amount of money, and even then it is only a small amount every month.

And, free health care! I get rather stressed out when I think about if we lived in another country and one of my parents got sick and we couldn't afford insurance/it wasn't covered and we couldn't afford to pay for treatment

EDIT: ERF

TPAM must be a furry

[S1mb4 D4 L10n]

Me too TPAM, today's threads have been making me so thankful for this (relatively) normal life I have. I want to work at CERN when I grow up mostly because America has decided that physics isn't worth their time (but war is ). But until then I will be hopefully in college in San Fran.

[Carl]

You are right TPATPAM. Finland is similar to that as well. Here, I haven't even been able to go to the eye doctor or dentist in years, and my dad can't get his diabetes medicine.

TPAM is very articulate and thoughtful for his age.

[Ninaroja]

Yeah, TPAM. Even though at my school I was considered one of the "poor" ones, I'm definitely not (my school just had an awful lot of extremely wealthy people at it ) It was the complete opposite at my primary school: a lot of the kids there came from disatvantaged backgrounds and most of my friends there qualified for free school meals.

My friend Catherine was so fascinated by physics - she did visit CERN but unfortunately she didn't get to see the large hadron collider. It brought a little comfort when she died that she got to at least taste a little bit of what she wanted to devote her life to.

EDIT: Too slow, again

I'll have to start paying for my dental work soon, TPAM. It's free up until the age of 18, or 19 if you are in full time education (which I will be). And that sounds terrible - how does he control his blood-sugar without insulin?

[Gemini]

Hey everyone, thanks for the nice thoughts and everything (talking to Sage, Julie, Niña, Haraka <3). I know I probably seem like a real downer on this thread, I apologize for that. :c I don't mean to make anyone upset or anything. But TBH, yeah, I think that's why I do so much with art, that's kinda what I did to escape as a kid and I still kinda do it because it's nice not having to think about those things 24/7.

Thing is, I really don't want to live here anymore, but I'm not sure where else I could go. I'm naturally conditioned to be daunted by things that are expensive, like, for example, travelling to Europe. But who knows? Maybe if I get a good job, things will get better. And if that's the case I'll really have to give Europe a try.

If I do, I'd love to be able to meet all you lovely people, see the sights over there and everything. But yeah, I'm not really convinced of America's 'greatness' anymore, a lot of people (mostly the stereotypical loudmouthed Americans) still are, but tbh I'm just... I dunno... really disillusioned with this country. My dad gave 18 years of his life serving in the military and he hardly even gets any thanks for it. If you see the way they treat soldiers here, it's embarrassing. And really, I don't think I'd be able to do the same. I just don't love this country nearly enough to sacrifice myself for it.

But yeah, if you guys wanna change the subject, I completely understand. I feel like I've just been driving all these conversations off cliffs and into deep, dark abysses lately. xP

TPAM is very articulate and thoughtful for his age.

I will definitely agree with this, TPAM.

EDIT: Too slow. xD But yeah. What exactly is CERN, TPAM? I feel like I should know what that is. lol

[Ninaroja]

It's in Switzerland, TPAM. It's the European Centre for Nuclear Research - CERN is what it stands for in French

And TPAM should totally come to Europe From where I've been (so UK, France, Spain and Italy) it's very nice indeed

[S1mb4 D4 L10n]

Thanks TPAM (*julie)!

I don't know much about fiscal politics, but TPATPATPAM (*ninaroja) makes a fine case for the UK. More and more, the UK has been seeming more and more appealing . If I pursue evolutionary biology I will definitely try and go for Cambridge, you know, where Charles Darwin himself went. And also like I said before, Europe has placed higher value on particle theory (and science in general) than the US right now. The only time our country wants to change the world scientifically is when we are in political and social rivalry with someone else, that is not the reason to pursue knowledge. You get what I'm saying?

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[Carl]

TPAM got ninja'd multiple times.

I'll have to start paying for my dental work soon, TPAM. It's free up until the age of 18, or 19 if you are in full time education (which I will be). And that sounds terrible - how does he control his blood-sugar without insulin?

My dad actually has the other kind of diabetes so he doesn't need insulin, luckily, but he still is supposed to take some kind of medicine. He just has to carefully watch what he eats and stuff, really.

[S1mb4 D4 L10n]

TPAM, Gemini, and Me should all move to Europe and make a club called "TLK fans who migrated from America"