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> Erasmus program or interrail By which upper middle class kids get a free year of holidays abroad at the taxpayer's expense. No results expected. Finishing s
by norwegianwhale 6y ago
> Erasmus program or interrail
By which upper middle class kids get a free year of holidays abroad at the taxpayer's expense. No results expected.
Finishing studies, getting a job and family formation can be postponed to early thirties.
Our young generations are having so much success in the job market, housing, and family wise.
- mrtksn 6y ago>By which upper middle class kids get a free year of holidays abroad at the taxpayer's expense. No results expected. I don't know why you would say that. Me, my brother and a lot of people I know benefited from these programs and we are not even a middle class. Now we do better but back then the times were tough. Frankly, a semester abroad with Erasmus is more of partying and networking than studying but people keep these connections and the poorer people who could have never been able to afford it can actually afford it. Many times, poor people stay poor because they lack networking and perspective. Erasmus is a fantastic program, especially for the disadvantaged students, at least they know what's out there and know some people.
- zepearl 6y agoI fully agree - travelling and doing something in foreign countries together with people that come from different backgrounds & religions & nations completely demolishes prejudices, helps to learn to adapt and to respect other people and to develop the mindset needed to try to understand how other people think and behave, etc... . 25 years later I'm still using stuff that I learned during that period. I'm rarely totally in favour or against something but in this case I can see only positive things.