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[summercomfort]

Today while walking I thought about my cousin, and how she's trapped in grad school. Specifically, she came to the US on a student visa to get a Master's. After that, she wasn't able to get a work visa (because of the H1B lottery system), so she went to law school. After passing the bar, she still wasn't able to get a job (because sponsoring someone for the H1B visa is a hassle), so now she's going to get a doctorate. At this point, she's lived in the US for over 10 years, and doesn't really want to go back to living in China. You know what would be nice? If she could be allowed to work for this country, instead of going back to school.

And who's paying for all this schooling? It's her mom in China, using her retirement funds.

Comments

[dragongirlg]

I left my previous job because there were so many people around me trapped in situations like this and my boss was abusing them all. :-/

[potofsoup]

eugh. Some sort of grad school lab?

[dragongirlg]

Yeah, a research lab primarily staffed by grad students and postdocs. It was an awful environment.

[potofsoup]

Well, I'm glad you were able to leave! (But I thought you played music??)

[dragongirlg]

Yes, I work in a much better place now! I do music on the side - science is my main day job 😊

[minoanmiss]

Oh but that would make SENSE.

grr this country's fucked up immigration bullshit. Grr.

[summercomfort]

Yeah, it's kind of mind-boggling that "getting a master's" is not "getting higher education in order to get a job", but rather "a student visa is easier to get than a work visa."