Posted by karenl
on October 23, 2009, 11:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Chelsy Davy steps on the property ladder "
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So what Chelsy is really doing is an internship and she wouldn't be paid. So in the UK Law School isn't as long as in the US? Am I understanding that right?
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: From the law school, no. From her work
: placement, wouldn't know, that is between
: her and (i think) Allen and overy..forgive
: me if I have the practice wrong..too tired
: to look it up....Mixed views on the two
: girls....but most people seem to think Kate
: is respectable...but think it would be
: better if she had a proper job....nobody
: knows how much she is actually working.
: Chelsy does seem to be properly trying,and
: intelligent, but she is wild, and her
: father's connections are a problem. The flat
: thing, I think that is more of a class thing
: (Chelsy's flat is beyond that, I admit...)
: but owning property here is something people
: try to do right away if they can(getting
: harder and harder) ..I guess it stems back
: to the old adage of the gentry being those
: who owned land. Remember Chelsea (area in
: London as opposed to Chelsy) is full of
: impoverished aristos and gentry...the
: families will go broke before selling their
: estates, and they live off what little money
: they have, most being lost in Lloyds...they
: will own a decent flat but not have much
: money to go out, and rely on their flashy
: nouveau friends to spend the real
: money..(club membership traded for glasses
: of champagne.) But even for the middle
: classes, owning is important- I know more
: single friends here that own than in the US,
: and many of my US friends here, unless
: wealthy would rather rent whereas the
: English try to buy....
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: Legal Practice is what you do while
: studying...many people study at the London
: College of Law....so whole system is
: different than the Americal law school
: system (the American system is more
: difficult...three years of post graduate
: school compared to a year of law with
: practice here!)Sorry if I seem to be
: lecturing, I'm really not, just sometimes we
: don't realise what the differences
: are....anyway, no, that is not a normal
: price to spend on a first home in
: London...even though it is an expensive
: city, that is one great starter flat...
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: So does she or does she not receive a
: paycheck?
:
: Some people consider her to be superior to
: Kate because she's got a job (working for
: one's family isn't a "real" job in
: their eyes) and a lot of snide remarks were
: made about how Kate's parents bought her a
: flat.
:
: Well, now the two girls are even in the
: parents buying them aplace to live
: department.
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