If you have no interest in me, why make assumptions about who I am and what I love or hate? I told you the truth. Circumstances are always complex, and I assure you there is no conspiracy against me. When I arrived at the L.A. airport from China, I had a return ticket in my pocket. Homeland Security said, "You can go back to China if you want, but if you do, you're never coming back here." When I got to Ff, I asked Congressman Leach if this was legal, and he said that it was, that they could have denied me entry. I checked with an attorney specializing in such matters, and was told that people had been denied entry for no reason. So, I was here with two suitcases, no money, no place to stay, no job, and no job prospects, and a decision to make: Rich woman in China, or bag lady in the U.S. I I had two weeks to make that decision, and went for bag lady. Smart does not necessarily mean money, as Americans seem to be convinced it does.
I've never taught at any University, here, in Germany, or in China when my colleagues didn't respect me. I agreed at some point with an article that said American education had hit rock bottom. I said we were all, including me, embedded in it, and I said my Ph.D. wasn't worth what earlier Ph.D. had been worth in terms of academic standards. People got their egos bent over this. When people hear that American education is terrible, even if they agree with that, they always want to talk about it as if it doesn't include them. Absurd. The comparison between Nazi Germany and the U.S. is not absurd, but I'm done talking about it. The extant information allowing that comparison is becoming more and more available in English, but you are not really interested nor willing to listen with an open mind. Not everyone you disagree with is delusional, but wanting to hospitalize those whom you deem so (in your professional opinion), is something Hitler would have agreed with. a feste37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have no interest in fathoming who you are. But this story, if true, is a nice reversal of the usual onebeing able to make money in China but choosing poverty in America. But dear Angela, if you are so smart, and you are continually telling us that you are, how come you cannot make money in this great land of opportunity? If you are so smart, why are you poor? Some terrible conspiracy against you, perhaps? A refusal by others to recognize your great genius? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find your accusation that I hate America nothing short of astounding--just because I see clearly doesn't mean I hate. I already told you that when I was eighteen I had a choice between wealth and ruling class status in Europe and poverty in America. I chose poverty in America. I had that same choice when I lived with my sister in Europe. And again I chose poverty in America rather than wealth and ruling class status in Europe. When I came back from China, Homeland Security put me through a five-hour interrogation in the presence of armed guards and then gave me a choice: China or America. In China I had a successful research project close to my heart with enormous income potential. In just two years I had become known for it in three big Chinese cities and in the biggest kindergarten chain in China that was based in Taiwan. I had friends I loved. I had status as a respected professional among my colleagues--other Chinese universities were competing with each other > to snag me. My students loved me. I had a great income. And there was even a man who loved me. But when Homeland Security gave me that choice, I once again and with open eyes chose poverty in America over all that I left behind in China. Do not presume you fathom who I am by a few emails you only half understand which is worse than no understanding at all. a > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
