What is it Like in Houston, TX?
Mar 12th 2007, 11:33 am
#46
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
Why are you all so nasty and neative to newbies?
I was simply asking for peoples advice tips and comments, i wasnt expecting to be slated for my ideas.
As for why i didn't reply to your more recent replies - well i am still in the UK and we are on a different time, so while you are online, i am in bed as it was the middle of the night - 4-5am.
Never-the-less we will move accross regardless of how long it takes, and i did actually state that it will be next summer not this summer that we plan to move accross.
thankyou to all of you who have responded with advice.
We already have been told by a number of ISDs that as we are already fully qualified in the UK we will simply need to do the texas exam before our first year of teaching in the US is up to be certified in Texas.
Any more advice or tips or comments are welcome, however i would prefer if you could refrain from simply being rude or insulting, as i would not do the same to you - after all neither parties know little to nothi ng about each other.
Thank you. x x
I was simply asking for peoples advice tips and comments, i wasnt expecting to be slated for my ideas.
As for why i didn't reply to your more recent replies - well i am still in the UK and we are on a different time, so while you are online, i am in bed as it was the middle of the night - 4-5am.
Never-the-less we will move accross regardless of how long it takes, and i did actually state that it will be next summer not this summer that we plan to move accross.
thankyou to all of you who have responded with advice.
We already have been told by a number of ISDs that as we are already fully qualified in the UK we will simply need to do the texas exam before our first year of teaching in the US is up to be certified in Texas.
Any more advice or tips or comments are welcome, however i would prefer if you could refrain from simply being rude or insulting, as i would not do the same to you - after all neither parties know little to nothi ng about each other.
Thank you. x x
Not sure Texas is the most likely state to WANT to sponsor foreigners either.
Also, your "requirements" for housing are very unrealistic - I don't know when two teachers would be able to afford that - probably never - certainly not newly graduated. Think apartment or something. You probably couldn't get a mortgage anyway.
If we are reactiving negatively, or at least for myself, it is at the idea that you can have all this just because you want to, and that is not the realities of immigration or economics here.
Truly, I mean this in a nice way, you need to research things MUCH more, I don't think you have any idea of what it will take, if even possible.
Mar 12th 2007, 3:37 pm
#47
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
People are trying to tell you something you don't want to hear. That's why you perceive it as so.
You want two H1b's for a specific neighbourhood to work in non-university schools and be able to afford a large house with amenities .
I want to sandwiched between Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie on my water bed in my Malibu 100-acre estate.
Think we have about equal chances myself.
You want two H1b's for a specific neighbourhood to work in non-university schools and be able to afford a large house with amenities .
I want to sandwiched between Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie on my water bed in my Malibu 100-acre estate.
Think we have about equal chances myself.
Mar 12th 2007, 4:55 pm
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
Why are you all so nasty and neative to newbies?
I was simply asking for peoples advice tips and comments, i wasnt expecting to be slated for my ideas.
As for why i didn't reply to your more recent replies - well i am still in the UK and we are on a different time, so while you are online, i am in bed as it was the middle of the night - 4-5am.
Never-the-less we will move accross regardless of how long it takes, and i did actually state that it will be next summer not this summer that we plan to move accross.
I was simply asking for peoples advice tips and comments, i wasnt expecting to be slated for my ideas.
As for why i didn't reply to your more recent replies - well i am still in the UK and we are on a different time, so while you are online, i am in bed as it was the middle of the night - 4-5am.
Never-the-less we will move accross regardless of how long it takes, and i did actually state that it will be next summer not this summer that we plan to move accross.
If you have more than 5 years experience and taught at a uni, you'd have better chances.
Getting certified to teach in a state would be the least of your worries.
Mar 12th 2007, 5:09 pm
#51
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
Well you've been told the reality, chance of a visa is next to nothing...if even one of you got an H1B, the other wouldn't be able to work on an H2...chances of getting an H1B are slim to none for a teacher in a state run school, chances of two are even less, and having no experience right there is a killer...people with plenty of experience already have issues getting a place to sponsor them.
If you have more than 5 years experience and taught at a uni, you'd have better chances.
Getting certified to teach in a state would be the least of your worries.
If you have more than 5 years experience and taught at a uni, you'd have better chances.
Getting certified to teach in a state would be the least of your worries.
Starting teachers make about $36,000 a year. (Source: http://www.khou.com/news/local/educa....6f083d02.html)
Realistically, one of them might secure a visa if they were very, very lucky and did a lot of research and worked hard at it. The other will be on a non-working visa.
And they want all the trimmings in a nice neighbourhood!
Think we were pretty easy on them, actually.
There's another couple of idiots over in Visas at the moment. They've chosen Atlanta and are coming over to choose the house and need advice on schools.
What is up with these people?
Mar 12th 2007, 5:15 pm
#52
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
It's a joke.
Starting teachers make about $36,000 a year. (Source: http://www.khou.com/news/local/educa....6f083d02.html)
Realistically, one of them might secure a visa if they were very, very lucky and did a lot of research and worked hard at it. The other will be on a non-working visa.
And they want all the trimmings in a nice neighbourhood!
Think we were pretty easy on them, actually.
There's another couple of idiots over in Visas at the moment. They've chosen Atlanta and are coming over to choose the house and need advice on schools.
What is up with these people?
Starting teachers make about $36,000 a year. (Source: http://www.khou.com/news/local/educa....6f083d02.html)
Realistically, one of them might secure a visa if they were very, very lucky and did a lot of research and worked hard at it. The other will be on a non-working visa.
And they want all the trimmings in a nice neighbourhood!
Think we were pretty easy on them, actually.
There's another couple of idiots over in Visas at the moment. They've chosen Atlanta and are coming over to choose the house and need advice on schools.
What is up with these people?
Mar 12th 2007, 5:28 pm
#54
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
It's a joke.
Starting teachers make about $36,000 a year. (Source: http://www.khou.com/news/local/educa....6f083d02.html)
Realistically, one of them might secure a visa if they were very, very lucky and did a lot of research and worked hard at it. The other will be on a non-working visa.
And they want all the trimmings in a nice neighbourhood!
Think we were pretty easy on them, actually.
There's another couple of idiots over in Visas at the moment. They've chosen Atlanta and are coming over to choose the house and need advice on schools.
What is up with these people?
Starting teachers make about $36,000 a year. (Source: http://www.khou.com/news/local/educa....6f083d02.html)
Realistically, one of them might secure a visa if they were very, very lucky and did a lot of research and worked hard at it. The other will be on a non-working visa.
And they want all the trimmings in a nice neighbourhood!
Think we were pretty easy on them, actually.
There's another couple of idiots over in Visas at the moment. They've chosen Atlanta and are coming over to choose the house and need advice on schools.
What is up with these people?
Mar 12th 2007, 5:33 pm
#55
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
There is one thread saying they were desperate to get over here 
I cant understand that word Desperate.
Mar 12th 2007, 5:36 pm
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Mar 12th 2007, 5:51 pm
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Mar 12th 2007, 5:57 pm
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Re: What is it Like in Houston, TX?
If some of the replies seem nasty it's less a personal attack than a reflection of your unrealistic plans. Many of the responders have been posting here for years and are well aware of the difficulties of legal immigration to the USA. On top of how easy you seem to think it will be to arrange employment and visas, you appear to expect to parachute into a high-end lifestyle. Four-bedroom house with pool? On teacher's starting salaries? You are looking at a $2000-$3000 monthly mortgage payment, plus property taxes, homeowner's insurance, two car payments, car insurance payments, utility payments (high electricity bills in the summer there!), food, entertainment, etc. all coming out of take-home pay. Before you buy your airplane tickets you need to get written job offers, get visas approved, then fire up a spreadsheet and create a budget. You're still got a lot of very hard work to do.
Last edited by Bill_S; Mar 12th 2007 at 6:23 pm. Reason: purity of essence