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Posted by Tatiana Durbak on November 20, 2002 at 20:51:51:
In Reply to: Dlya Bohdana Oryshkevycha posted by Iryna on November 16, 2002 at 05:28:49:
: Shanovnyi p. Bohdan Oryshkevych,
: I've been following up on your responses on this board for quite a long time. I have to admit that I noticed one pattern with your answers: for one reason or another all of the Ukrainian students are not good enough to study in the States. There are either no scholarships for them, or there are enough doctors in the States (so no more are needed), or something along these lines. I was a student from Ukraine myself in the university here in the States on temp visa and all that good stuff that you talk about. And guess what I received my nursing degree from one of the prestigious universities in America, and now getting ready for medical school. I had a scholarship from States, and in two years after being here I was paying in state tuition. There is nothing impossible in America. If you ask, you get it, but of coarse not asking people like you. May be if Ukrainians in American were more supportive of our own people it would help not only those Ukr who are in States, but also in Ukraine. For young Ukrainians don't come to States to invade it, they come to seek opportunities and share their knowledge, culture, and heart, and the only thing that is needed is a little bit of faith in our own people. So please be more supportive, and stop your unneccessary discouragements.
You know, Iryna, you are being a bit unfair to Dr. Oryshkevych. He is actually one of the people in the diaspora who do help Ukrainians. I know Dr. Oryshkevych, or maybe it would be better to say that I knew him several years ago. I don't agree with much of his outlook on life or with many of his opinions. However, I will be among the first to give him credit for the work that he does to help Ukrainians.
Moreover, although I often disagree with him, it is necessary to state that some of the things that he says are very true. It IS hard to be a medical student in the US. The medical establishment has made sure that it will be so. Nevertheless, there are ways to become a doctor, and many students who do not come from families with money are able to accomplish this. I only hope that some of the students, when they do become doctors, will work to change the system ... but that's another conversation.
If you want to disagree with Dr. Oryshkevych's opinions or if you want to attack his positions on politics, etc, that's OK, but it's really not fair to say things about him that are not true. And it is not true that he is not trying to help young Ukrainians.
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