Posted by: Rewire August 11, 2008
Oh America!
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Dekchi.
Great job. Summed up everything, I'm very impressed. Keep it up.
One thing though, I blame our culture where respect for hard work is not fostered.Well there is hardly any job in the first place. So no wonder, we feel small doing dishes. I think to get a better picture and add some more points to your writing you need to ask an honest American college kid. How's their life compared to us? You will be surprised that it is not too different. How many of American college kid have seen with really good job when they are at school? Most have crappy jobs.Ask how they justify the living style where it is only "Work", you'll eventually come across Judeo-Christian work ethics which you cannot comprehend unless you understand their mentality, not just their history through books. It's in their blood.
We can be as proud as we want that we work hard,it gets energized only after leaving Nepal. It's not there in the everyday culture back home. Stepping from one of the poorest country to a full fledged capitalistic country needs lots of readiness, guidance and awareness that we lack in our parents, friends and relatives back in Nepal. I think we need to blame ourselves instead.
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