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evilharo wrote:
> Any sound advice takes the legal and cultural background of the country into consideration. If you can't even name the country you are in we can do
> nothing more than wishing you the best. Maybe the guys at reddit can give you better advice: https://www.reddit.com/r/Internationalteachers/

Thank you for this @evilharo. I don't want to run foul of the moderators by naming the country, and also want to remain under the radar. Also, people are underestimating the cost. If it were as cheap as they think, I'd simply ask a relative/friend to send the paltry amount and leave. Disclosing the exact amount might A) expose the country and B) make the people here who think I am 'faking' think I am paving the way for solicitation of funds. The one thing you will never see on this thread is me asking for funds. (Come to think of it, if someone is so sleazy as to invent a new user name asking for funds in this matter, let me state categorically for the record, report them to the moderators, do not send them a dime, because that is something I would never do.

The cultural thing I am working on. There is the pull, shall we say, to fix this. It's really just a money squabble among the owners.

Will check out the reddit. Not a member, but at least I can read. I know one person who knew one person who worked at an Embassy, but so far, no luck in contacting that person. No doubt if I were a Kardashian, they'd take steps, but I'm not.

Any sound advice takes the legal and cultural background of the country into consideration. If you can't even name the country you are in we can do nothing more than wishing you the best. Maybe the guys at reddit can give you better advice: https://www.reddit.com/r/Internationalteachers/

@Heliotrope

According to article 228 of the Russian Criminal code.
http://www.russian-criminal-code.com/Pa ... ter25.html
Part 4 "...or with regard to large amounts of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of seven to fifteen years...."

He got 14 years, a year less than the maximum.
There is no indication of any other category of scale other than "large scale" and "large amount". There is nothing in Article 228 or any other article under chapter 25 (Crimes Against Human Health and Public Morality) indicating a separate level of offense for 100g or more, theres only large and not large. Your definition is neither found nor supported in the data.
By his own admission he was in possession of at LEAST 17g of an illegal drug, almost three times the administrative offense. The Russian court thinks that was a large amount and it was over 6g and Fogel knew what he was doing and that his amount was grossly over the administrative level. Which again, we have ONLY the word of a drug smuggler it wasnt more and didnt exceed this 100g limit, that is absent from the data.
The Russian judiciary hasnt misrepresented the amounts in the Griner and Whelan cases, wheres the pattern of misrepresenting amounts by the Russian authorities to support your claim that they are in the Fogel case?
There isnt its just @Heliotrope thinking some arrogant Americans who think laws dont apply to them and Putin started a war of aggression that everyone gets a pass.

@CeeCee1

One persons suspicion is another persons coincidence.

US citizens tend to be the most arrogant and flagrant in violating drug laws. CANs position and support for Ukraine is no different than the US and CAN has even more relaxed regulation for the possession and use of cannabis. There arent any high profile CAN arrests in Russia.

Why would they show leniency to a drug peddler and user? Her defense was essentially, "I broke your drug laws numerous times in the past so you shouldnt punish me for continuing to break them".

What problems with the search and questioning? This isnt "Law and Order: Russia", if they find you have contraband on you or your possessions, you have contraband in your possession. This is one of the many reasons the US has such problems with drugs, they place too much emphasis on procedure and technicalities instead of facts. If there is an error in the search procedure its not a reason to get away with a crime, its cause for better training while the criminal rots in whatever hole they through them in.

What politics and corruption? According the Washington Post article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyl ... ia-prison/

Fogel was trying to smuggle the drugs in. He hid them poorly in a contact lens case and in his socks. He did that because he knew what he was doing was an offense and the amount he was bringing in placed his actions above the administrative level offense into the serious criminal level offense. His medical need for the illegal drugs was pain but his choice in pain management therapy was that cannabis made him feel good. Thats every drug user ever. Theres no human rights abuse here, he did the crime, he knew it was a crime, and given his history at the IS he knew it was a serious crime, and now he has to do the time.

Cats land on their feet every time except one, the last one.

I like World Nomads. I tend to backpack during my holidays so my priorities tend to be more about accessibility wherever I am and focus more on the moving around and travel aspects rather than things like health and medical coverage, or expatriation or evacuation types of issues.

https://www.worldnomads.com/ca-en/

Teaching in the USA at the moment is a bit like being sent to the front lines in a world war.

The question is, "why would anyone do it?"

I recognize that spending years in university/teacher training makes it really hard to entertain doing anything else. But gosh, this pandemic has shown just how much (or little) teachers are valued--if salary in most places had not already driven the point home. Certainly teachers' roles as babysitters are valued much more than their worth as actual educators, in many places. Opinions from non-educators like this are not so uncommon:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... fire-them/

Going into teaching in the USA...I hate to echo Nancy Reagan, but I will: Just say no.

Footprints is working with Alaska to fill positions.
https://www.footprintsrecruiting.com/al ... ching-jobs

Hawaii use to do a number of mainland recruiting and interview events as well.

fine dude wrote:
> https://www.carneysandoe.com

Thanks! This seems very useful. I was very surprised to see that they still request confidential references via regular mail : ) Does not seem like a very efficient organization, but I will give it a try.

Probably not the school @PsyGuy is referring to (since I see no mention of religion anywhere), but Centner indeed has similar policies:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/f ... ccine.html

Glad they did this, so teachers know to avoid this school.

... Now, I am the one with obvious reading comprehension problems. Apologies.

Yes, 2-year extension on 'preferential policies' for expats (with some other stuf) has been given!

More info: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-01-01 ... 24816.html

Heliotrope wrote:
> angelica1981 wrote:
> > But where are you seeing a list of schools attending each fair? I can only
> > see the locations, dates, and details of the fair. I don't see schools
> > attending.
>
> Anyone can see the list of the schools that are attending the fair.
> Go here and click on 'Schools Attending' on the left:
> https://www.searchassociates.com/intern ... k-january/
> Not all fairs have this list yet, but thats just because that fair's list isn't
> available yet (to anyone).

Thanks, I somehow missed that button. And the list for the fair that interested me is disappointing, at least compared to the last time I attended.

angelica1981 wrote:
> But where are you seeing a list of schools attending each fair? I can only
> see the locations, dates, and details of the fair. I don't see schools
> attending.

Anyone can see the list of the schools that are attending the fair.
Go here and click on 'Schools Attending' on the left: https://www.searchassociates.com/intern ... k-january/
Not all fairs have this list yet, but thats just because that fair's list isn't available yet (to anyone).

@SEA_Bound1

What are the values for the tuition/fee waivers/places?

To save USD$50K you need about SGD$70K. Your looking at about SGD$75K for housing, utilities, metro, and phones, and I think thats a bit lite. Another SGD$30K in tax on your salary alone thats SGD$105. That leaves you SGD$25K for the whole year to eat, shop, entertain yourselves and everything else that kids and a family cost thats SGD$2000/mth that might be an okay lifestyle for your family, but you dont know how much the tax on the tuition/fee waivers/places is going to be and SGD$25K is not a lot to play with (thats only USD$1400/mth). You can go to Numbeo and get an idea on costs.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... =Singapore

Looking at the reported cost of an ISs tuition of around SGD$30K/each thats another SGD$9K in taxes out of your SGD$25K/yr bringing it down to SGD$16K/yr or about SGD$1300/mth
Looking at your lifestyle expectations I dont see you banking that your first year, and maybe not your second year either not without making some compromises. You need to find out how much the tuition is and what your tax on it is.