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Otaku_Kawaii86	Jun 23 2009, 09:04 PM
Heather, what's a rubber? Posts: 3,058 Group: Global Moderator Member #22 Joined: April 16, 2006	In America, Universities are colleges. College in general is considered "advanced schooling past graduating from grade school" (kindergarten through 12th grade, about 17 or 18 years old.) If I'm not mistaken, universities (which cost A LOT) and community colleges (which are usually more affordable and not as big) give degrees in all areas- medicine, art, politics, what have you. Technical schools and other Institutes specify in specific areas, such as Engineering and Technology (ex. ITT Tech). Or perhaps art, like The Art Institutes or Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD.) Harvard and Yale are considered "Ivy-League Colleges" or "Ivy-League School." I think they fall under universities, because they have medicine, law, design, and other areas of interest. Anyways- Americans who are considered "poor" in the eyes of Federal workers and city-goers may be considered "well-off" in the country. I believe the status of "poor" is making below $20,000/yr. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. What I want to know is why you assume the majority of "poor" people in America are perceived, not "real." There are a ton a poor people living in America, but not all qualify as severe poverty. It is true the media makes things out to be larger than they are most of the time. But there are many homeless people who live under bridges, in tents, and on-the-go because they don't have shelter. Heritage.org had a whole bunch of statistics about the quality of the poor living America. TV, food, electronic devices. What they failed to point out is how the people got their items. Did they work double the hours at work? Did they have to go to a donation center or the dump? Were they gifts? Were they stolen? Yeah, America certaintly isn't Africa when looking at poverty levels, but it does exist here too. It came off as a bit slap-in-the-face to those who really do have it tougher than others coming from someone who doesn't even live in the same country. I'm lucky enough to not have that lifestyle, but I felt I should speak out for those who do. Contradiction: (Despite my love for my country) America promising freedom and liberty to all, although originally people were enslaved, kicked off their land. Today, we have the freedom to speak our mind, but we don't always have access to speak where we'd like. Another one: (And I get this from the song "Signs" by the Five Man Electrical Band) We don't always have the right to go where we please if we don't have memberships or a lot of money to "fit in." And another one: Any sort of church leader sexually abusing a child. Or a school that abuses and mistreats students while the students are in that school for the same actions. (<--- Referring to the Irish school that was in question this month.)


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