Perkhen

Perkhen

@perkhen.bsky.social

Twitter refugee. Former soldier and current educator. NAFO expansion is nonnegotiable!

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In 2014, I arrived in Shenzhen with 150 other English teachers, all eager to explore China and learn Chinese. Over a decade later, only a few still have any ties to China. What happened? I interviewed many of my former colleagues to find out. thediplomat.com/2025/01/the-...

thediplomat.comThe Rise and Fall of Americans’ China DreamsThe arc of one English teaching program in Shenzhen reflects broader trends that have eaten away at Americans’ interest in working and studying in China.

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Replying to @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Critics argue that companies use H-1B to pay foreign workers lower wages than U.S. citizens. Because the program requires employers to pay the "prevailing wage," which often is below what a highly skilled U.S.-born workers negotiate. This leads to allegations of wage suppression & unfair competition

I just deactivated my account on the bad site. Lots of reasons, but mainly, I wasn't enjoying it anymore. Also, I think 99.9% of my followers weren't even humans to begin with.

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Hey corporate media, Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.

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