Her name was Elham - and I managed to pronounce it right, startlingly enough. Emphasis on the second syllable. I figured as much, based on the ethnic qualities. I was calling to welcome her to the "Continuing Education" program, where I'd be teaching her how to make her online business successful.
In this conversation, she told me her story. She had her degree in Engineering, back in Kuwait. Her husband was also an engineer. They made very good money, but their child is autistic - in a way that is in no sense superficial. In a way that moving to the United States in order to get better treatment and care for their son was a good choice.
They had a lot of money saved up, primarily in stocks - including foreign currencies - which dropped through the floor after moving here. She told me they had lost over $100,000. They were struggling until they saw our infomercial, and saw they could make comparable money to what they used to by joining online business. I have mixed feelings about this. They can make that money, but the timeframes the commercials give are ridiculous. In 3 months? HA! Try 3 years for a 6 figure income, at a minimum.
But I was a little awe-struck. They'd given up so much, but why? She used to teach engineering, she was expert enough. But in the US? Nah, we can't accept that. You didn't get a degree that we've decided to accredit, so . . . screw you, start from the bottom of the heap.
It makes no sense. I mean, to some degree, you want to be sure their education covers everything of major importance to the industry. But couldn't we allow some kind of certification test that would cover that? Are we defending our jobs, when more or equally qualified people could get at them, just because of where they were born?
How sickeningly prejudiced.
Just sayin'.
In this conversation, she told me her story. She had her degree in Engineering, back in Kuwait. Her husband was also an engineer. They made very good money, but their child is autistic - in a way that is in no sense superficial. In a way that moving to the United States in order to get better treatment and care for their son was a good choice.
They had a lot of money saved up, primarily in stocks - including foreign currencies - which dropped through the floor after moving here. She told me they had lost over $100,000. They were struggling until they saw our infomercial, and saw they could make comparable money to what they used to by joining online business. I have mixed feelings about this. They can make that money, but the timeframes the commercials give are ridiculous. In 3 months? HA! Try 3 years for a 6 figure income, at a minimum.
But I was a little awe-struck. They'd given up so much, but why? She used to teach engineering, she was expert enough. But in the US? Nah, we can't accept that. You didn't get a degree that we've decided to accredit, so . . . screw you, start from the bottom of the heap.
It makes no sense. I mean, to some degree, you want to be sure their education covers everything of major importance to the industry. But couldn't we allow some kind of certification test that would cover that? Are we defending our jobs, when more or equally qualified people could get at them, just because of where they were born?
How sickeningly prejudiced.
Just sayin'.
