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To: tekboy who wrote (39709)	2/24/2001 5:52:57 PM
From: tripperd2	Respond to of 54805

Tekboy, Thanks for the story. A little more off topic but just as interesting: one of my partners is a Jewish M.D. trained in Russia. He emigrated to this country with his wife, a two year old son and a hundred bucks in his pocket. Spoke not a word of English. Since has put himself through residency after intensive english language training. Great guy to work with, surely doesn't mind a little hard work, and his wife is a hell of a cook. Trip@onlyinAmerica

To: tekboy who wrote (39709)	2/24/2001 7:05:07 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 54805

tekboy: Thanks. Cha2

To: tekboy who wrote (39709)	2/25/2001 9:55:49 AM
From: Apollo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Immigrants: Great story about the hard-working kid applying to college and working for JDSU. Even better about his mother. I've seen this over and over and over again here in the Greater Boston area. Was on the Admissions Committee for Tufts School of Medicine for 3 years, and every Tuesday, the creme de la creme came thru for interviews. I would interview these awesomely talented individuals, 3-4 every Tuesday afternoon. Typical story: "well, we escaped Vietnam by boat, when I was very young, although my father was stuck in a concentration camp. After being rescued on the high seas, we ended up in a refugee camp for 1-2 years in Malaysia. Then, a Catholic charity brought my family to San Diego. Although I didn't speak any English at first, I did eventually graduate valedictorian from my high school. I went to a community college for 2 years, then got a scholarship to UCSD, and now I'm applying for medical school with my pathetic 3.7 gpa.........I hope you find me worthy." Or........."My parents immigrated from Korea and met in Engineering school at Purdue. We moved to New Hampshire for my Father's job, and I was born. My Mother quit so she could devote herself to my upbringing. I did well, and went to Phillips Exeter in NH for high school (famous prep school). I graduated in 3 years, but stuck around for the extra year to help out the other kids. At the time, I was also a renowned pianist, and played Carnegie Hall 6 times as an adolescent. I went to Harvard and majored in Chemistry. I graduated in 3 years, but stuck around an extra year to help out the other kids. I decided to go into Medicine, and have laid aside plans to be a worldwide pianist. Now I'm applying with my pathetic 3.8 gpa, and I hope you find me worthy". If we wanted to, we could easily fill our 160 student class with Vietnamese and Korean immigrants, or kids of immigrants, all from UC Berkeley. Technologically, and in Medicine, there is a disproportionate number of South Asian, Middle Eastern, and SE asian immigrants in High Tech, from what I see in person and in the local papers. Of course, the Greater Boston area is the 2nd biggest Hi Tech area in the USA, behind Silicon Valley. The bottom line: it may well be that the USA continues to be reinvigorated every year and decade by ambitious, hardworking, entrepreneurial immigrants......and that that fact is what sustains this country's advantage in productivity and creation, which is translated into high tech, biotech, and productivity gains. The Melting Pot really works, or so it seems to me. Apollo@average,whitemale=vanishingbreed.wow