It seems that foreign students are a special group in the universities. We leave our motherland and come to a different environment. We take a lot of hope while in the mean time have to endure pressure and condemn, among which the most common one is that we spend too much.
Some people claim that:"Your parents have spent a huge amount of money on your tuition, which could have promised them a good life domestically.What's the point of you little bastards buying so many things?" But that's not the truth.
First, the tuition is sunk cost, so even we live like ascetics, we can not get back the money.
Second, since the daily necessity in American is more expensive that that in China, we will certainly be more wary when buying marginal productions. After all there're only a small amount of students who will spend a lot buying unnecessary things.
Third, I work part time and the month salary is over $160, which means that I can cover my living expenditure myself.
Forth, students in China will also spend money of their parents.
So, don't blame foreign students too much. We endure pressure of study and assimilation to the society. We know what to do.
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