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[charlieDD]

Here in the states at the university I am doing some research at this summer, the ESL program has a nickname: "Korean maternity ward"

Seems the hubbies come to study engineering or some other discipline, bring along their newlyweds and they have a child while here, taking advantage of free medical coverage under the student health plan and gaining American citizenship for their baby.

On another note: The uni has several on-campus communities - - condominiums, apartments, etc. There is one condo community in particular that has been "Koreanized" They've cloistered themselves there and manage to keep the apartments in Korean student hands by subletting their condo to another Korean student when they know they are going to be leaving. The subletter then has first dibs on the condo by the campus accomodations system; they don't have to go on the waiting list.

I took a walk at this condominium the other evening. Of about 120 or so cars, I saw only 9 American-branded cars; the rest were Toyota (about 70%; acknowledge these could have been made in the U.S., but still, not American), Honda and an occasional Hyundai or Kia. Baby carseats in quite a few.

Taking a walk on another on-campus condo community and I see the cars are at least 70% American brands: Chevrolet, Ford, Chrysler.

[kurva anjad]

I have one girl in my high school like this. Her father went to medical school in the States and had her. At Virginia Tech ironically. On the first week of school, her mother came to talk to me, asking about how she could have her daughter go to school in the US. I told I didn't really know about the US system, but I'd research for them. Anyway, she (the daughter, who speaks no English but has US citizenship) will go to the States, attend two years of high school there and University. Not sure how she will do this with no English. I can't believe the parents wouldn't have had her attending English hagwons, since they have this plan. Odd.

More odd though--are you saying Koreans living in America prefer Toyotas? Now THAT would make for an interesting story.

[charlieDD]

[jaganath69]

I have two kids in my year one homeroom class who are beneficiaries of this system. And while I don't blame the kids or the parents for taking advantage of this system, I can't help but notice the hypocrisy inherent as my son who was born here has not a hope in hell of being a Korean citizen. Not that I want him to be, he already stands to collect three passports as it is.

[kalak]

wow, three passports??? can that even be done? i should have two but when i turned 18 i was made choose which nationality i wanted. i chose irish.

[Gwangjuboy]

The Americans are far too soft. I remember speaking with a Korean mother whose two children were both born in the US. She said that the US was great for allowing people of many different races the advantages of citizenship and waxed lyrical about the fact that one only has to be born there to get citizenship. I asked whether Korea should go down a similar route. She said "No, Korea would be ruined by such a policy. Korea has a culture but the US doesn't." Frankly, that's what a lot of these people think. The US is great for the economic advantages they can extract from it and the prestige of having a US passport but little else.

[OiGirl]

[kimchi_pizza]

Couldn't help but laugh at the car comments. Had a Chinese friend in the
States who could distinguish other Asians by the car they drove! "Chinese drive this type of car, Japanese drive that, Koreans drive those"...etc. I even think there's some truth to that! You'd be surprised as Japanese didn't drive Japanese cars, Koreans didn't use Korean cars...it was pretty funny.

[ajgeddes]

[jaganath69]

[charlieDD]

[Corporal]

[Roch]

[Alyallen]

[RACETRAITOR]

You know you're desperate when you're going to the US for health care.

I've heard of this little thing before. It seems the main purpose is to get the kid foreign citizenship so they don't have to go to the army.