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True Dough

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9. Yes, I have met many amazing immigrants

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 06:03 AM

Sep 2018

in my day-to-day life. So often they have expertise in various fields in their home countries but their credentials are not recognized here. So they wind up working minimum wage jobs, often two or three jobs to earn enough to keep their families afloat. I wish there were more "bridging programs" so that these people could upgrade their already existing skills to American/Canadian standards. Asking them to start over in their respective careers is unfair and unrealistic.

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a revelation about being retired. [View all] ellenrr Sep 2018 OP

I had to retire mgardener Sep 2018 #1

You are also doing great work - in two places. (nt) ellenrr Sep 2018 #5

I just went to my first Master Gardener class last night! Native Sep 2018 #8

Kudos to you True Dough Sep 2018 #2

I hope you try it one day... Yesterday I spoke with a young man from Afghanistan, ellenrr Sep 2018 #6

Yes, I have met many amazing immigrants True Dough Sep 2018 #9

Good for you TexasProgresive Sep 2018 #3

exactly! ellenrr Sep 2018 #7

Just started some volunteer work at a local historical group Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #4

About to take early retirement HipChick Sep 2018 #10

For me, being retired is like,,, Cryptoad Sep 2018 #13

I've just done a few things, but one of them was volunteering at netroots nation. greymattermom Sep 2018 #11

My wife and I do a lot of 'volunteer work'. empedocles Sep 2018 #12

What I like about being retired is that my every day, week, month, and year PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #14

I retired this past January... llmart Oct 2018 #15

Turns out my church group is still doing volunteer work at the shelter. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #16

Thanks for the very interesting account. llmart Oct 2018 #17

Not sure how much this applies to volunteers overall, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #18

I'm not much of a cat person... llmart Oct 2018 #19

That was very interesting. Thank you for sharing. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #20