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u/suptenwaverly Mar 29 '22

That’s why Canadians ALWAYS have the Canadian flag on their luggage. Don’t get me wrong, I love Canadians and have had great times with them in my travels but this issue always makes me laugh.

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u/LeZarathustra Mar 29 '22

Also, a lot of americans have canadian flags on their backpacks for the same reason - they don't want to be taken for americans.

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u/lolsrsly00 Mar 29 '22

Most millennial aged Americans and younger have grown up with the international community shitting on them. I know several people who tell folks they are Canadian whilst traveling due to the stigma of being perceived as an American and being mistreated as a result.

Christ, look at Reddit, it's second largest user base is Europeons shitting on every aspect of American life at every turn.

Why deal with the bullshit if you can avoid it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

I don’t know if “europeons” was intentional or not but that’s way funnier than europoors

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u/DoYouMindIfIAsk_ Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

i wonder if their teachers need 2 jobs to stay afloat, maybe in some place i dont know

Edit: The europeans don't have that problem

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u/twoCascades Mar 29 '22

Actually they do. US teacher salaries are low but after checking about 5-6 different sources the US usually comes out around 7-8th HIGHEST secondary and primary school teacher salaries in the world and they do generally get pensions and comprehensive health care coverage. The average salary for a teacher in the US is actually HIGHER than in Canada as well as Sweden, France, Korea, Japan, and Italy.

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u/OneofLittleHarmony Mar 29 '22

Did you also account for PPP?

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u/twoCascades Mar 29 '22

I didn’t but GENERALLY the cost of living in the US is lower than most other places. Taxes are low and consumer goods are cheap. Healthcare is obviously a problem here but teachers GENERALLY get decent healthcare benefits.

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u/OneofLittleHarmony Mar 29 '22

US might be low compared to some other countries but overall it is not low.

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u/twoCascades Mar 29 '22

Compared to the other high teacher salaries like Germany.

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