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midnightJizzla t1_ix8u5wy wrote

I used to work with a Vietnamese coworker whose parents met in Russia, while she was born in Prague. I forget her name, but I'm sure her last name was Nguyen.

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yttikat OP t1_ix8yvl7 wrote

This is so common with communist countries back in the day! My mom told me whoever was deemed exceptionally smart would be sent to another country for studies. In my moms case she went to med school but quit because she was tricked into thinking she could practice outside of Russia. I’m unclear of the details but they basically said if you become a doctor you have to stay here, so she quit and left for America. I’m unclear how accurate I’m telling it.

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ambulancisto t1_ixasbl4 wrote

She would have had a very very hard time practicing as a doctor in the US. Russian medical education isn't really comparable. A LOT of Russian doctors come to the US and find out it's just incredibly difficult to be licensed here. They often go into an easier, medicine-related field. It can be done, but it's super hard.

She would have been able to practice in other countries though. Mexico, Brazil maybe, etc.

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yttikat OP t1_ixatgtg wrote

Then she made the right decision to quit

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HawkeyeTen t1_ixabitn wrote

Wow, that's a dirty trick they pulled. Sounds like the Soviets were desperate for good talent or something, if they were doing crap like that though.

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