Whatever, Canada.
As many of you know I've been spending a lot of time in America's Hat lately and I've come to somewhat enjoy it. Yesterday at an SGPDX brunch I was talking to Erika's boyfriend (who lives in the UK) about him possibly immigrating to Vancouver, since it'd be a lot closer and a lot easier than trying to immigrate legally to the US. I mentioned how Cherry recently did it with apparent ease and he mentioned a point system that I was not aware of and how he didn't have enough.
So this morning I was talking to Rin, and she too mentioned this point system since she looked into it for uproot's forthcoming immigration to Canada. She was kind enough to supply me with a URL and I took the test to see where I stood.
So apparently if you intend to apply as a skilled worker, you need to have 67 points out of 100. I took their little test, and only got 52 points. Apparently my lack of education killed me; an associate's degree nets you 20 points, whereas a high school diploma only gets you 5 points. The difference would've been enough to put me over the edge.
I've never once regretted not getting a degree. I've been doing web design since I was 16, I love what I do and I don't see myself doing anything else in the forseeable future. So I never saw fit to continue my education, despite a few attempts in the past which only further supported my belief. If money wasn't an issue it might've been a different story, but that's neither here nor there.
Why does this matter at all? It doesn't. I'm not planning on moving to Canada (I'm not not planning on moving either, I guess you could say I'm considering considering it).
However it is kind of ego crushing, and is compounded by something that happened earlier this week at my grandmother's funeral. My douchebag father who I had not spoken with in years showed up, and almost immediately started up on how sad it was that I was so smart and yet didn't have a degree. So I guess this just poked an old wound.
There are things I can do to raise my score; learn French (so not going to happen), get married (any Canadian ladies interested, eh?), get a degree, or arrange employment. The last one is obviously the easiest, though I say this having never tried to get a job in another country before. I'm also not fond of working for anyone other than myself.
So like I said, whatever Canada.
UPDATE: You can take the test here.
As many of you know I've been spending a lot of time in America's Hat lately and I've come to somewhat enjoy it. Yesterday at an SGPDX brunch I was talking to Erika's boyfriend (who lives in the UK) about him possibly immigrating to Vancouver, since it'd be a lot closer and a lot easier than trying to immigrate legally to the US. I mentioned how Cherry recently did it with apparent ease and he mentioned a point system that I was not aware of and how he didn't have enough.
So this morning I was talking to Rin, and she too mentioned this point system since she looked into it for uproot's forthcoming immigration to Canada. She was kind enough to supply me with a URL and I took the test to see where I stood.
So apparently if you intend to apply as a skilled worker, you need to have 67 points out of 100. I took their little test, and only got 52 points. Apparently my lack of education killed me; an associate's degree nets you 20 points, whereas a high school diploma only gets you 5 points. The difference would've been enough to put me over the edge.
I've never once regretted not getting a degree. I've been doing web design since I was 16, I love what I do and I don't see myself doing anything else in the forseeable future. So I never saw fit to continue my education, despite a few attempts in the past which only further supported my belief. If money wasn't an issue it might've been a different story, but that's neither here nor there.
Why does this matter at all? It doesn't. I'm not planning on moving to Canada (I'm not not planning on moving either, I guess you could say I'm considering considering it).
However it is kind of ego crushing, and is compounded by something that happened earlier this week at my grandmother's funeral. My douchebag father who I had not spoken with in years showed up, and almost immediately started up on how sad it was that I was so smart and yet didn't have a degree. So I guess this just poked an old wound.
There are things I can do to raise my score; learn French (so not going to happen), get married (any Canadian ladies interested, eh?), get a degree, or arrange employment. The last one is obviously the easiest, though I say this having never tried to get a job in another country before. I'm also not fond of working for anyone other than myself.
So like I said, whatever Canada.
UPDATE: You can take the test here.
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ninadelamorte:
After today's events I have no idea when I will ever get to portland 
ninadelamorte:
and portland is still where i want to be partly because it is so far away from stupid florida