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Are most hk sfu students rich?

jackandjerry
edited February 2008 in General
Hi, I am wondering if H.K. students studying at SFU are rich/middle-class/or so so..?

sorry I am asking a dumb question but I am not from SFU.

My friend from SFU told me most of his HK classmates are middle-class. Even if they drive to school-they are driving their family's car. and some of them just can't afford to buy another car and just take the bus to school. I am from HK but I am not studying at SFU.
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  • toast
    edited January 2008
    i am an hk student and i live with my parents, we are hanging at the edge of poverty, hows that sound to you?
  • Student0667
    edited January 2008
    Are you refering to international students from Hong Kong or Chinese Canadian from Hong Kong? I belong to the latter group and let me tell you this...

    1.) I am currently staying in residence right now even though I can drive (to a degree) and live in Richmond.
    2.) My parents are perfectly ok with me being a History/ Humanities major even though I will probably be making only $45,000 a year if I live through this.
    3.) I am going on vacation in the summer.

    Do I sound poor to you?
  • no_one_cares
    edited January 2008
    not rich, but most like to show off. Culture thing... you'll see many driving late model expensive imports but rent the crappiest apartment. Some are close to being broke but will buy a wallet for $300 and so on...

    That is not to say that some aren't rich. Well... none of them are, some parents are well off.
  • illicit
    edited January 2008
    simply put, the students themselves are not rich.

    instead, they were powered by mom and dad.
  • DaNoobie
    edited January 2008
    Student0667;20537 said:
    Are you refering to international students from Hong Kong or Chinese Canadian from Hong Kong? I belong to the latter group and let me tell you this...

    1.) I am currently staying in residence right now even though I can drive (to a degree) and live in Richmond.
    2.) My parents are perfectly ok with me being a History/ Humanities major even though I will probably be making only $45,000 a year if I live through this.
    3.) I am going on vacation in the summer.

    Do I sound poor to you?
    LOL $45k a year with your history/humanities major? I sure hope you don't expect that as intro with those degrees
    Unless of course, you have massive connections. In that case, I hate you :(
  • svnelvn
    edited January 2008
    shit, this question is as stupid as asking if most black people are criminals
  • imelting
    edited January 2008
    toast;20536 said:
    i am an hk student and i live with my parents, we are hanging at the edge of poverty, hows that sound to you?
    i think we are in the same boat
  • toast
    edited January 2008
    i want to own a bmw and a 2 storey house. However, I think I am doomed to live in an apartment forever.
  • no_one_cares
    edited January 2008
    svnelvn;20543 said:
    shit, this question is as stupid as asking if most black people are criminals
    right on. most post here are the same though... stupid place.
  • illicit
    edited January 2008
    toast;20557 said:
    i want to own a bmw and a 2 storey house. However, I think I am doomed to live in an apartment forever.
    does that mean you already own the bmw?
  • Student0667
    edited January 2008
    DaNoobie;20541 said:
    LOL $45k a year with your history/humanities major? I sure hope you don't expect that as intro with those degrees
    Unless of course, you have massive connections. In that case, I hate you :(
    Actually, I was looking at the recruiting pamplet of the RCMP and it said on there that as a regular member, the salary at engagement is $44,513. With the amount of RCMP retiring or getting fired due to scandals, do you know what this mean to me? Job opportunities!
  • Insatiable
    edited January 2008
    Student0667;20590 said:
    Actually, I was looking at the recruiting pamplet of the RCMP and it said on there that as a regular member, the salary at engagement is $44,513. With the amount of RCMP retiring or getting fired due to scandals, do you know what this mean to me? Job opportunities!
    Scandals? Very few of them, especially relating directly to police work. Aside from that electrocuted Polak at Vancouver International, I can think of few allegations of police brutality. The cops here do a much better job than they do in the US.

    Now, the number of officers retiring is more or less steady: there will always be people retiring and there will always be people being hired as a result. The pay isn't bad, especially once you've worked there for a while. The thing with the RCMP is that you could be stationed anywhere in Canada. Imagine living anywhere in Saskatchewan or Manitoba or an industrial town in Ontario :omg:
  • Jimmy
    edited January 2008
    illicit;20540 said:
    simply put, the students themselves are not rich.

    instead, they were powered by mom and dad.


    *points to self*
  • DaNoobie
    edited January 2008
    Student0667;20590 said:
    Actually, I was looking at the recruiting pamplet of the RCMP and it said on there that as a regular member, the salary at engagement is $44,513. With the amount of RCMP retiring or getting fired due to scandals, do you know what this mean to me? Job opportunities!
    Its actually pretty hard to get in I heard. The physical requirements aside, this came up during my friend's interview process

    My friend was asked if he or know of any friends that smoke marijuana or other illegal drugs/narcotics. My friend said he was at a party where a friend of his was smoking marijuana. The interviewer asked if he left the party after finding out about it, and my friend said he didn't. This led to him being deferred in the interview process for a year.

    Moral of the story?
    um... there isn't one. But at least now you're prepared for one of their uh.. traps, sort to speak.
  • nicole
    edited January 2008
    For the VPD they have lie detector tests (I don't know if it's occasional or not). But my ex got in regardless...and he's done some pretty hard drugs, so I don't know how he passed that.
    I know that volunteer hours are huge for the VPD (as in basically volunteering like it's a part-time job in relation to how many hours you are recommended to put in per week), but the interviewing process is definitively one to watch out for.
  • randomuser
    edited January 2008
    my cousin applied for the RCMP too, he didnt lie during the interview and got deferred for three years for doing marijunana once a year prior
  • Student0667
    edited January 2008
    Insatiable;20615 said:
    Scandals? Very few of them, especially relating directly to police work. Aside from that electrocuted Polak at Vancouver International, I can think of few allegations of police brutality. The cops here do a much better job than they do in the US.
    Definitely, we are much better than the LAPD. I know that there are few scandals in the RCMP, however I am using scandals and resignation, as well as retirement, as one of the ways new opening in the RCMP are created.

    Related to LAPD, I actually want to spend some time with the LAPD so I get to deal with some hardcore LA gang war stuff.
    The thing with the RCMP is that you could be stationed anywhere in Canada. Imagine living anywhere in Saskatchewan or Manitoba or an industrial town in Ontario :omg:
    I am cool with any part of Canada except Quebec. I am not learning French!
    DaNoobie;20631 said:
    Its actually pretty hard to get in I heard. The physical requirements aside, this came up during my friend's interview process

    My friend was asked if he or know of any friends that smoke marijuana or other illegal drugs/narcotics. My friend said he was at a party where a friend of his was smoking marijuana. The interviewer asked if he left the party after finding out about it, and my friend said he didn't. This led to him being deferred in the interview process for a year.
    I am not very social and very conservative, so I don't have to worry about this.
    randomuser;20638 said:
    my cousin applied for the RCMP too, he didnt lie during the interview and got deferred for three years for doing marijunana once a year prior
    Why would he even think about being an RCMP officer if he done drugs such a short while ago? Don't he know that he should get clean the moment he considers becoming an officer.
  • jonathann*
    edited January 2008
    It's all really a matter of how the parents teach their children. I was taught to be conservative, but not to an extreme. To answer your question, I would say it pretty much evens out to both "yes" and "no". Some are born rich, and some live an average life.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited January 2008
    i always thought they said no drugs for one year then its fine.
    Well for MJ anyways.
    I thought about trying to be a cop once... but with all the drugs, I doubt they'd let me in.
    Who knows, in the next couple of years they may need a lot and be less strict, lol.
  • Student0667
    edited January 2008
    Triple;20679 said:

    Who knows, in the next couple of years they may need a lot and be less strict, lol.
    The RCMP is NOT the United States Armed Forces.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited January 2008
    this guy i know, he joined the army reserve thing, he does cocaine every other day... i always thought they did drug tests but i guess for the reserve thing it doesn't matter, lol.
    i duno how he stays in shape for that
    he drinks every day, smokes every day, and does coke every other day, lol.
    yeah off topic...
    anyways.......
    uhh... are taiwan students rich?! lol
  • vonnie
    edited January 2008
    illicit;20540 said:
    simply put, the students themselves are not rich.
    instead, they were powered by mom and dad.
    my parents dont pay for anything... but I DO still live at home. So.. yeah.
  • no_one_cares
    edited January 2008
    vonnie;20714 said:
    my parents dont pay for anything... but I DO still live at home. So.. yeah.
    Move out, you'll thank yourself soon enough.
  • vonnie
    edited January 2008
    no_one_cares;20722 said:
    Move out, you'll thank yourself soon enough.
    Why would I want to? I like my room and my house.
  • no_one_cares
    edited January 2008
    to become independent? no?
  • siuying
    edited January 2008
    i'm in the same boat as vonnie.. and quite proud of it actually even though i don't have the ability get my own place.. there are perks to that but independent doesn't mean you have to be living apart from your parents.. i pay my own bills.. tuition fee.. entertainment.. food and the textbooks.. to some degree that is being independent..

    well on second thought.. maybe not as rich as vonnie.. i can't afford $300 boots.. o.O" but i am willing to pay that for jeans.. *blushes* hehehe.. =P
  • no_one_cares
    edited January 2008
    yeah... not the same thing. closer but not there yet.
  • Shi2
    edited January 2008
    I am from HK and studying in SFU and I consider myself middle class.
  • DaNoobie
    edited January 2008
    $300 for jeans? Isn't that arguably worse than boots? :P
    Beyonds my jerseys, I think the most expensive piece of clothing I own is a nice winter jacket that was originally in the mid 200s which I found at the clear out rack for quite the discount :)
  • no_one_cares
    edited January 2008
    Shi2;20733 said:
    I am from HK and studying in SFU and I consider myself middle class.
    whatever. we are now talking about something else.

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