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My father and I are famously risk-averse.Unless we can be assured of a high probability of success, we are generally loath to embark on some adventure.It was my mom who decided to move us to the US.Did she have a plan for how we’d survive when we got here? Not really.Did she know anything about how to pay for college? Not at all.But she had this vague faith that all she needed to do was take the plunge, and things would work themselves out. Dieu est grand. Ça va aller.It was desperation that led my dad to leave. As for me, I was too young to have much of an opinion, except that I was excited to move to THE UNITED STATES!!! At 15, it wasn’t really my job to make sure everything was planned for. But, had I been an adult, I wouldn’t have bet much on the chances of our family’s success.But, because my mom was willing to leave everything behind and take a chance on life, I have had and will have an immensely better life than if she had, like me, been paralytically analytical.

Got a reservation at a beautiful restaurant at the outskirts of the city. The place is under direct skies, will order whatever she pleases. Crack open a bottle of some decent stuff at the end & gaze the stars through her eyes!Then will take her back home. Get comfortable & watch a nice, erotic movie. “Fifty Shades” maybe?Now, if you believed the above story, you either are:The kind of person who fantasizes, adores & believes every word written by Quora writers.You don't follow me & haven’t read any of my answers before.Both of which are “not cool”.So this is what’ll be happening this Valentines day.My mom will beat me down to conscious so that I won’t be late for college.I’ll rush to the college, probably won’t get a seat in the train, an autorickshaw and an empty elevator.Dragging myself for 6 floors, I'll survive lectures, make sure the attendance mark doesn’t drop below 75%.Play mini-militia with my squad & kick some asses.Come back home, practice music, train awhile in a gym hoping next Valentines some sweet, carved abs will end my misery.And end my day watching the legendary movie, “Gangs of Wasseypur”[1]Its been a tradition to watch this movie with some “sakht launda” squad every year on Valentines day. Last time we had 8 in squad. This time there’ll be 6. Ek pighal gaya. (One got in relationship.)So yeah, ignored texts ka, cancelled dates ka, forever singleness ka, sabka badla lega tera Aditya!(So yeah, I will avenge all those ignored texts, cancelled dates & forever singleness.)PS: “Fifty Shades” is the most overrated & bs movie I’ve seen in all the years of my life.Footnotes[1] gangs of wasseypur - Google Search

My education was subsidized by both Federal and state governments. Sputnik went up in October 1957. To answer Sputnik and the belief the US was technologically behind the USSR, the “National Defense Education act of 1958” was passed that September. Many more acts followed that support K-12 and colleges with the emphasis on building a generation of scientists and engineers to fight the “Cold War.” By working as a Co-Op, I graduated with a BS in Computer Science and debt-free.I worked first for computer manufactures and later in Defense and Aerospace.I just retired. My generation, the ones educated due to Sputnik, are retiring.During the Regan administration, all that education funding was reduced. The GI bill was canceled. Both Federal and state governments stopped supporting colleges. And we saw the rise in the cost of higher education.Before the cut in education, we had the best universities. Researches are not getting the grants they used to. I don’t see tech companies giving big grants to universities.Without government funding, our education is dying and is dead in some areas. One of the political parties has labeled higher education as bad and should be eliminated.From Asian cultures we learn:“To plan for 1 year, plant rice.To plan for 20 years, plant trees.To plan for 100 years, teach children.Asian cultures plan for the long term. Toyota has a 100-year plan. US companies have a 90-day plan.The US ranks 36th and is not trying very hard.