idiots

I was commenting on a document from the Writing Task Force at my university. They are dealing with how to ensure students graduate with adequate writing skills because currently they are not. I was reading other people's comments on remedial English education etc when I came across one that really pissed me off. Here's my select quotes and responses to his post:

I quote " At best, when these students graduate, they will take a job in America that would otherwise go to an American, contributing to our current unemployment problem."

Taking (as you say) a job in America is a near impossible feat that requires finding an employer who will sponsor an H1 visa. Not only are these visas limited in number, few employers will spend the money (thousands of $$ in legal fees) or time to complete the process unless they REALLY need the person for his/her unique set of skills. If that is the case, then I would hardly call it "taking" an American job away from a deserving American.

I quote again "An even greater problem is the economic impact of students who do not register as international students, but simply enter the U.S., legally or illegally, become "California residents" by living with a relative or someone for two years, graduate from a California high school, and pay in-state tuition"

Wrong again. One cannot register as a California resident without permanent residency status (ie greencard) which again requires a sponsoring employer (very very rare these days due to cost and paper work so the sponsored individual is typically quite deserving). If they were sponsored by a relative, that's called immigration and that's what built this great country.

Finally outsourcing is not a problem caused by educating international students as you claim. It's an issue the US becoming less globally competitive. If companies can find skilled people elsewhere, they will. It's all about the bottom line. Most people who work as offshore resources are educated in their home countries. The US needs to focus on adding value to our workers to help them stand out and to be competitive. Grumbling about outsourcing and blaming international students is nothing short of racist.

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Essentially this person turned a comment on how to improve the writing skills of our students into a rant about how the school must stop accepting international students. Idiot.