I'm tired. I haven't slept much all week. I'm a tad irritable.
So this woman messaged me, a Romanian immigrant with some kind of grad degree, but she works Fri-Suns in her schedule. I guessed healthcare. And she went on to shit on Florida's education system (she's a teacher, but she doesn't teach because of Florida). I ask her why and she basically lists America's cultural problem of disrespectful kids and low pay. And all teachers have an MD where she comes from. Everyone has an MD. She made the mistake once of dating a guy without a college degree just like his whole family, she'll never make that mistake again.
Triggered
I start off by pointing out that it isn't Florida's problem, it's America's shitty kid problem combined with the DoE and the entitlement of young teachers. Comparing a tiny all white country is also not remotely the same as a country as diverse and large as America. (I didn't ask why someone would teach English with a fucking MD in her country). But then I just took a dump on her for being judgmental over a piece of paper. America is filled with worthless college degrees and people with no jobs while people with a trade make 2x-3x what they do without a piece of paper. I ended with pointing out that I have no degree, she just assumed she did because of my job and articulation.
She's not a liberal, but she absolutely has that European arrogance that makes me want to tell her to go back to fucking Europe.