If you answer yes to any of the below questions, please show the rest of this article to your disapproving parent.
- Did you just book your ticket to the Netherlands?
- Parents still not buying it despite your best efforts?
- Are you actually going there to partake in unholy activities?
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Dearest of Mothers and Fathers,
I am a scholarly sophisticate whose efforts to explore the greatest achievements of European progressivism have brought me forth on the core leg of this journey.
The Netherlands has a long history of trading and can, therefore, bestow upon me great wisdom to ensure my future success in the world.
Amsterdam invented the stock market.
It's a safe and clean city with zero dangerous neighborhoods.
Workers in the Red Light district all have health care.
The Dutch have a long history of trading, and you can find almost any food from around the world.
Therefore, I formally request that, granted with your mightiest of powers, that you bestow upon me your blessing for traveling forth on this quest of knowledge for I am a scholar seeking to broaden my historical understandings of the world's pioneering forces.
Sincerely,
[insert your name here]
