If you stick to the right lane though you don't have to take your turn until the next three intersections or four even, you are a risk averse right-laner. Not always, but sometimes, I do that too. Recently, I noticed all cars ahead of me in the far left turn lane do just that. All four drivers stuck to the right lane and guess what? None of them took their turn even after three intersections. I don't know when they actually turned, as I had to take mine at the third. The neighborhood I live in is an almost all Asian community - are all Asians risk averse? I wonder. It wouldn't be entirely wrong to guess so, considering how we stick to the beaten path. "Learn up Math & Science," we tell our kids. "Teach more Math & Science," we tell our schools. Math & Science makes one an engineer and engineers land in good jobs. So, stick to that path. Stick to the right lane. You might easily shift lanes before your intersection, but why take a chance? One might get rich and famous in arts or sports - but why take the chance? Stick to the beaten path. It's proven. Recently, I spoke to a high-school kid at a social gathering, "I'm sure you've been asked this many times, but what do you want to do?" Pat came the response,"I want to be a computer science engineer, they get the highest paying jobs after college." How original?! I thought. Frankly, it was tough for me to believe the child had made up his mind on his own and that's what he really wanted for himself in life. Well, each to their own, but seriously?

I agree! I notice that too..the right lane habit! And, the requirement that every child become a doctor, engineer, or computer science whiz!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it saddens me when many white Americans follow suit - not the traffic lanes, but certainly the career choices. Whatever happened to innovation, I wonder.
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