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In Need of Repatriation Advice?
kir asks: "I've been living in Japan for the last 10 years -- 6 in the USAF, 4 in 'freedom'. My wife and I recently decided to move to the U.S. (back for me, not for her). I am wondering what advice the vocal Slashdot minority might give me. I'm most interested in tips on finding a job from here and gauging a proposed salary based on a location of which I know nothing. I'd also find helpful tips on preparing for culture shock (both my mild case and my wife's possibly severe one). Thanks!"
i haven't been there. but after four years of the fascist regressive bush administration i'm certain i don't want to waste my final years here. assuming we manage to get rid of the republican bags of slime in 2008, which is doubtful, they've already damaged the economy and society enough that it'll take decades to get back to where we were in the 50s much less the 90s. the idea of leaving a more advanced country to come here is insane, imo. i do not dispute that foreigners have problems in japanese schools, i can readily believe it. but they're still way ahead of the cattle pens modern us schools have degraded into, where testing trumps learning and theology and governmental dogma has replaced science and fact.