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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ex-war-refugee husband, who remembers going hungry as a child, clawed his way to an MD and a PhD and probably doesn't even remember where he stored his diplomas. To him the ultimate achievements are living well and giving a great education, as well as a comfortable life, to his children.

But would he judge anyone putting their diplomas on the wall? Not at all. Neither would I. Do what makes you happy!

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I married a woman from Scotland. Her father was an extremely well regarded specialist physician who treated heads of state around the globe. As such, his colleagues were all pretty much THE subject matter experts in their respective field. 
 
Our wedding had many of these people present. One gentleman in particular had saved the life of various Princes and Princesses from a few different countries. At the brunch following the wedding, my mother was seated next to him and she point blank asked him what he thought his greatest achievement was. He replied:

"Easy. I'm most proud of getting my family out of X (his war ravaged, broken, country of origin) and raising my sons in America."

People need to wake up. They have no idea how good we have it here.[/quote]

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