Comments on: How to reach the new American dream http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:11:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: amine http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-87603 amine Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:39:43 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-87603 american dream i want reach it and feel it, iam algerian i want to move to the usa, i know that iam able to do something great overthere cause i know my self what skills i have inside in me, and i want that my parents here be proud of me...but let me know can i apply for an american university and work hard ? let me know too the cheapest universities there thank's amine * * * * * <em>Hi, Amine. In order to get a university education inexpensively, you need to get a scholarship. You can find out from each university what you need to do to get a scholarship as a foreign student. Also, in some cases, it might be worth it to you to get into the university and then take out student loans to pay for school. A degree from a university might enable you to pay back the loans in a way that would not be too financially painful.</em> <em>Good luck!</em> <em>-- Penelope Does anyone have other ideas for Amine?</em> american dream i want reach it and feel it, iam algerian i want to move to the usa, i know that iam able to do something great overthere cause i know my self what skills i have inside in me, and i want that my parents here be proud of me…but let me know can i apply for an american university and work hard ? let me know too the cheapest universities there
thank’s
amine

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Hi, Amine.
In order to get a university education inexpensively, you need to get a scholarship. You can find out from each university what you need to do to get a scholarship as a foreign student. Also, in some cases, it might be worth it to you to get into the university and then take out student loans to pay for school. A degree from a university might enable you to pay back the loans in a way that would not be too financially painful.

Good luck!

– Penelope
Does anyone have other ideas for Amine?

]]> By: Mel Maeyama http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-63337 Mel Maeyama Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:20:08 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-63337 great website! great website!

]]> By: kala http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-63239 kala Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:15:41 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-63239 i thin this is helping my dream i thin this is helping my dream

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-776 Penelope Trunk Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:05:44 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-776 That's an interesting point, Andrew -- that the financial fight Gen X and Gen Y are waging to stay in big cities is an expression of this new American dream. Hits close to home for me, as I am living in an insanely small apartment in New York City. That’s an interesting point, Andrew — that the financial fight Gen X and Gen Y are waging to stay in big cities is an expression of this new American dream.

Hits close to home for me, as I am living in an insanely small apartment in New York City.

]]> By: Andrew Goodman http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-775 Andrew Goodman Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:22:25 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-775 You've nailed it, Penelope. So many younger people are moving to cities and fighting to stay there, it says something about *their* values - which revolve around discovery and entrepreneurial spirit, not acquisition of the same old milestones & assets. You’ve nailed it, Penelope. So many younger people are moving to cities and fighting to stay there, it says something about *their* values - which revolve around discovery and entrepreneurial spirit, not acquisition of the same old milestones & assets.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-774 Mark Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:08:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/06/26/how-to-reach-the-new-american-dream/#comment-774 The boomers went from 'throw it all away and start over' to, 'How much do I have to make to get the car my Dad couldn't afford?' I feel the 30ish generation realizes It is not about throwing it all out the window, but picking what is most important to you. This recollection from the old man in Gaddis's last novella is a good reminder of what is at stake: "That was youth with its reckless exuberance when all things were possible pursued by Age where we are now, looking back at what we destroyed, what we tore away from that self who could do more and it's work that's become my enemy because that's what I can tell you about, that youth who could do anything." William Gaddis The boomers went from ‘throw it all away and start over’ to, ‘How much do I have to make to get the car my Dad couldn’t afford?’

I feel the 30ish generation realizes It is not about throwing it all out the window, but picking what is most important to you. This recollection from the old man in Gaddis’s last novella is a good reminder of what is at stake:

“That was youth with its reckless exuberance when all things were possible pursued by Age where we are now, looking back at what we destroyed, what we tore away from that self who could do more and it’s work that’s become my enemy because that’s what I can tell you about, that youth who could do anything.”

William Gaddis

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