[lbo-talk] Higher Education

[ravi]

joanna bujes wrote:
> I'm raising a son and a daughter. Which one of them is more likely to
> have to support a family? The daughter. That's one huge change from
> thirty years ago. The guy can always skip out. The woman almost never.
> At any rate, it was my experience.
> 
> My experience is hardly unique. It's what a lot of kids are watching as
> they grow up.
> 

in most parts of india, a baby boy is favoured because traditionally the
boy lives with his parents (his wife joins that family). a boy is
therefore a retirement investment and is favoured by the parents for
higher education. the funny thing is how the whole thing has turned
around to bite the parents in the back: [anecdotally speaking] it is the
girls who are now taking care of the parents, not only because they just
seem to care more, but also because the fancier education of the boys
has caused them to take flight to the US, chasing the green card and
house in the burbs dream.

	--ravi