Land of the Free??

Free to work in a dry cleaning store that is! I was reading the front page of the Jacksonville newspaper and there was a story about this high school girl who left her home country of Iran to come to the US for freedom. What struck me was that her dad was a famous ear, nose, and throat Dr. over there and when he came here, the US didn't recognize his credentials so now he owns and works at a dry cleaners. Um, excuse me? Isn't the US "the land of opportunity"? I thought it was total bullshit. The US government should make up some sort of test for foreign doctors, because this isn't the first I've heard of this happening. There are SO many smart people out there that move to the US, and they can't even hold the same jobs they did back home because they're "not recognized". FUCK THAT SHIT. I just saw a wildebeast get eaten on Planet Earth by a enormous crocodile. Wild African tangent.

So yeah. Nobody said life was fair but they put their time in to get good jobs to take care of their families, and they're facing religious prosecution or war or (I need to watch more CNN) whatever else, and then they think "Oh, let's move to America! We can be free of fear and I can still have a great job", and then they're stuck getting the gizz off your dress that you wore to that wedding last week cuz you're a slutty ho, for minimum wage.

Now, I'm not sure how much effort these individuals are putting into finding equal jobs to what they had back home, but they should be able to take some sort of job placement test to see where their knowledge lies and if they should take more courses or whatnot to pursue their dreams. I know that the US is all about "don't take our jobs away from us!", but face it, you go on and on about how great your country is and people will want to move here. Stop gloating on how awesome your country is and people might not want to move here. Problem solved.

The US isn't so much a melting pot, but more of a colander. US citizens are the big noodles and foreigners are the small, broken noodles. The bigger noodles stay in the colander cuz those are the ones you want to eat and they don't fall slip through the holes. The small, broken noodles fall in the holes and go down the drain because those ones cooked faster and they're mushy- and I don't know about you, but I hate mushy noodles. I don't hate foreign people- I am one- I just hate mushy food. Granted I was accepted with open arms, but still. I'm not knocking the US, but I just think that the professional aspect is unfair. I'm sure foreign countries have different standards of health care, but people over there aren't dropping like flies (in some places, not all) so I'm sure they're doing something right. Same goes for lawyers. Take the bar, become a lawyer in America.

After you learn English.