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| Belardur Octoglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5610 days ago 148 posts - 195 votes  Speaks: English*, GermanC2, Spanish, Dutch, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Lowland Scots Studies: Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean | Message 65 of 169 30 September 2009 at 11:53am | IP Logged | ||||||||
If you can find a balance, doing something at least that you don't hate and achieving your desires, go for it - just don't hate your job to enjoy your life, because that never seems to work. Also, you live in the land of the 12+-hour work day, so....but again, I'd say there's a large cultural difference coming into play here (work ethic, family primacy, shame vs. guilt, etc.). So if it works for you, in whatever way, I'm happy for you! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5846 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 66 of 169 30 September 2009 at 11:55am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Your're right, having children is very expensive and it get's more expensive as the children grow older. I've heard this from other people. Having many animals will be expensive, too. Then you really need a well-payed job. I was also VERY ambitious, when I was at your age. But for professional success there is no guarantee. Hopefully you can realize those many wishes... Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 30 September 2009 at 11:58am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6163 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 67 of 169 30 September 2009 at 4:14pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Sorry about my inaccurate info on the salaries of professors' salaries. Edited by sebngwa3 on 30 September 2009 at 4:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Belardur Octoglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5610 days ago 148 posts - 195 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2, Spanish, Dutch, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Lowland Scots Studies: Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean | Message 68 of 169 30 September 2009 at 5:32pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
No one is upset, or, at least I'm not, LOL. Where did you get those numbers, anyway? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6435 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 69 of 169 30 September 2009 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Urgh.. Korean work ethics are crazy.. I would really like to get a job outside Korea, but I don't think working in Korea wouldn't also be too bad. It would at least make me grateful for any other work conditions overseas if I could cope with strict Korean conditinos. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Glendonian Bilingual Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5716 days ago 26 posts - 37 votes Speaks: French*, English* Studies: German, Italian | Message 70 of 169 30 September 2009 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Even the penguin?
I was intellectually starved and unhappy in elementary school. Here in Toronto, the cost of sending two children (and there were three of us) to private school is just shy of the average Canadian household income. I can certainly see the advantage of having lots of money for your family, provided it gets invested in good things like this. My parents would have liked to be loaded enough for that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JasonBourne Groupie United States Joined 5751 days ago 65 posts - 111 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, Arabic (Written), Turkish | Message 71 of 169 30 September 2009 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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'09 graduate
Economics Major w/ Japanese Studies Minor Magna Cum Laude $30,000 debt ZERO job prospects Education: worthless since 2009 Edited by JasonBourne on 30 September 2009 at 9:47pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5874 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 72 of 169 30 September 2009 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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What if someone just wanted to go and be an interpreter like myself. I have never really thought about doing anything else my whole life really. I have never been interested in being a business interpreter actually. I want to go on and major in(or double major not sure yet) in Arabic and Spanish.
I would like some opinions. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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