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Josiah ben Paul wrote:

Gloria wrote:

Josiah ben Paul wrote:I went to college for 2 years, though I didn't finish in the last few months. Over the years I have worked on and off as a cook. I have also worked a bit administering linux computer systems (really I haven't touched a Microsoft Windows based computer in over 12 years). I can do a little programming. I also spent 2 years building houses and (doing everything from excavation to finishing details). Another two years I was a professional window cleaner. Another two years I worked on an organic vegetable farm, selling things at farmers markets.

So, I'm not sure. I have various qualifications. Concerning teaching English, I was excited about this prospect and I do still hope this is an option.

Really bothers me to read stories like this one. Jack of all trades and master of none is more like it. As you can see there is a pattern in your life.... unfinished business.... and to top it all you'll soon be a father.
In this situation you'll be (in a sense) "better off" traveling by yourself to the US although your chances of finding a job there are very low. KMart and Sears are closing over 100 stores and unemployment still climbing. Your dilemma is not so much the different circumstances in your life but above everything, the fact that you don't complete a task to the end and you need to recognize it and do something about it. Stick with something that you really love and perfect it.
If you know how to cook and are able to make "cazuela" and "empanadas" it may be a job for you around the corner. The tables has been changed nowadays, it's not easy to be an unemployed immigrantI ought to know!Good luck to you!

You should avoid presumptions Gloria. The job market in the United States has always been hit or miss, especially for someone who is still young. Therefore my fallback work was always cooking. It's not that I didn't finish this work, it's only that I didn't want to be a cook for my entire life, but didn't mind doing this type of work when necessary.

I have been administering computer systems since I was a child. This isn't a career I chose but then failed to finish. I saw the job market for administrators and programmers being outsourced to other countries like India. So for someone considering 6+ years of University and then numerous years in internship all so I can compete with some Indian man for a 20k to 30k per year job was not something that interested me. Computers are my hobby, and I didn't want to see it turn into a chore because American ISV's didn't want to pay for educated American programmers/admins. So, this was not an arbitrary decision because of what you would call a pattern of failing to fulfill what I start.

I spent 2 years building houses when my sisters boyfriend asked for my help. Sounded like a good time, but when he left town and the new house economy crashed and builders with decades of experience were flipping burgers at McDonalds I made the decision not to continue in something where there was virtually no market for such skills.

Farming vegetables has always been a hobby/passion, so I wasn't pursuing a new "career" when I moved onto my friends farm. This was a difficult time of my life (for personal reasons) and I needed to get out of dodge for some time. When the farm couldn't support itself any longer, and we all had to move, I moved out with my friends. Again, this wasn't another failure for me to continue with things.

Let's see, Window Cleaning. I loved this job. I would have gladly continued. However my boss' business got shut down for money laundering and tax evasion. So unfortunately I wasn't able to continue doing this work.

So please, don't paint people in a negative light based on false presumptions about their life history. This isn't fair to them and it isn't fair to me.

Stephen

akoch wrote:. . . I believe basically you cannot seek out another nationality when you hold a US one. . . .

Relinquish or Renounce?
June 22nd, 2011 by Mark Nestmann

There are several ways that a U.S. citizen can expatriate; i.e., end their U.S. citizen status.

A U.S. citizen loses nationality by voluntarily performing any of the following acts with the intention of relinquishing U.S. nationality:

1. Being naturalized in a foreign country
2. Taking an oath or similar declaration of allegiance to a foreign state
3. Entering, or serving in, the armed forces of a foreign state if (A) such armed forces are engaged in hostilities against the United States, or (B) serving as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer.
4. ( A) Working for a foreign government as a citizen of that government; or (B) if such work requires an oath of allegiance or similar declaration.
5. Making a formal renunciation of nationality before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States in a foreign state.
6. Making a formal renunciation of nationality in the United States in wartime.
7. Committing treason, attempting by force to overthrow, or bearing arms against, the United States.

Several of these actions require that you be at least 18 years old for them to be effective.

The overwhelming majority of individuals who voluntarily expatriate do so under options #1 or #5. For instance, obtaining a second passport from another country (#1) is a potentially expatriating act. If you choose to expatriate after doing so, that is your right under U.S. law.

Josiah ben Paul wrote: You should avoid presumptions Gloria. The job market in the United States has always been hit or miss, especially for someone who is still young. Therefore my fallback work was always cooking. It's not that I didn't finish this work, it's only that I didn't want to be a cook for my entire life, but didn't mind doing this type of work when necessary.

I have been administering computer systems since I was a child. This isn't a career I chose but then failed to finish. I saw the job market for administrators and programmers being outsourced to other countries like India. So for someone considering 6+ years of University and then numerous years in internship all so I can compete with some Indian man for a 20k to 30k per year job was not something that interested me. Computers are my hobby, and I didn't want to see it turn into a chore because American ISV's didn't want to pay for educated American programmers/admins. So, this was not an arbitrary decision because of what you would call a pattern of failing to fulfill what I start.

I spent 2 years building houses when my sisters boyfriend asked for my help. Sounded like a good time, but when he left town and the new house economy crashed and builders with decades of experience were flipping burgers at McDonalds I made the decision not to continue in something where there was virtually no market for such skills.

Farming vegetables has always been a hobby/passion, so I wasn't pursuing a new "career" when I moved onto my friends farm. This was a difficult time of my life (for personal reasons) and I needed to get out of dodge for some time. When the farm couldn't support itself any longer, and we all had to move, I moved out with my friends. Again, this wasn't another failure for me to continue with things.

Let's see, Window Cleaning. I loved this job. I would have gladly continued. However my boss' business got shut down for money laundering and tax evasion. So unfortunately I wasn't able to continue doing this work.

So please, don't paint people in a negative light based on false presumptions about their life history. This isn't fair to them and it isn't fair to me.

Stephen