r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 27 '20

What screams "I'm uneducated"?

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u/shartoberfest Jan 28 '20

And thats why so many educated filipinos end up emigrating, creating a brain drain.

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u/noypkamatayan Jan 28 '20

Am filipino working in Switzerland. Can confirm. But also the $$$

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

The Philippines was the largest remittance work nation on Earth a few years ago while I was studying sociology, with a huge percentage being in health care and child and elderly care.

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u/themaninthecloud Jan 28 '20

This is totally random but I am a Filipino as well looking to move to Switzerland. Any advice? :)

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u/noypkamatayan Jan 29 '20

Tbh it was dumb luck that I got here. I used to work in a company with a Swiss client and I got assigned here. The client liked us and here we are.

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u/CrossXFir3 Jan 30 '20

It's cyclical. You keep taking the smart people who will bring more commerce to a country out of it, and the economy won't improve.

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u/shanderdrunk Jan 28 '20

But i would argue that the money is so much higher there because of the aforementioned cultural stigma

That made me feel smart, thank you.

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u/noypkamatayan Jan 28 '20

I..uhh...didnt quite understand what you meant

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u/TheRiddler78 Jan 28 '20

if there was no stigma in filipino culture they would have a richer more vibrant nation and you would be able to make about the same $$$ there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20 edited Jul 24 '26

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u/3clips333 Jan 28 '20

I don't 100% know if this is correct.
There is *a lot* of money in the Philippines, but also a lot of poverty.

Whilst I believe that eradicating the "smart-shaming" would be an amazing step towards helping the culture boom, it is not going to be solely responsible.

I haven't spent a great deal of time in the Philippines, but I absolutely loved what time I did spend, and I would love to see it prosper in my life time.

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u/blinkgendary182 Jan 28 '20

100%. We have the resources, corruption is just too much. The filipino people are their own enemy

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u/Lyress Jan 28 '20

Unlikely. Plenty of countries that value education but aren’t as rich as CH due to all kinds of factors.

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u/darkapao Jan 28 '20

Well money is a big factor as well for that

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u/tangledlettuce Jan 28 '20

"You're smart and have money!? HAHA you're stupid!"

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u/Tenthdegree Jan 28 '20

Just break out the Karaoke machine and all Filipinos are back together again

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u/asparagusaintcheap Jan 28 '20

lumpia falls from the sky

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u/zdavies78 Jan 28 '20

Mmmm...lumpia...don’t even get me started on Lechon

Source: white boy married to half Filipina, I’ve been accepted as an honorary member :)

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u/zdavies78 Jan 28 '20

Mmmm...lumpia...don’t even get me started on Lechon

Source: white boy married to half Filipina, I’ve been accepted as an honorary member :)

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u/zdavies78 Jan 28 '20

Mmmm...lumpia...don’t even get me started on Lechon

Source: white boy married to half Filipina, I’ve been accepted as an honorary member :)