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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Schwepps" data-source="post: 209023" data-attributes="member: 3592">The brain drain of our best and brightest is very, very acute. All of kid #1's classmates are in the top unis in UK, AU and US, and so far only 1 has expressed the desire to return after graduation. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> The internet has been one of the biggest change agents in the last few years. They now touch and communicate with all corners of the globe. They may have less life experience than us, but they have more knowledge than us, or know how to find it in seconds! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> This is even apparent in my kid #2, who is also ivy league material and who tells me things even I didn't know.It has to be REAL opportunities and REAL quality of life, or they're gone. The young are not fooled by rhetoric and spin anymore. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>