I find your reference to "third worlders" a bit offensive and racist. "First worlders" (whatever that means for you) also do apply for H1B visas, just FYI.

If you imply that teachers on visa are somehow inferior or worse then citizen teachers (non-existent btw since noone is volunteering for Alaska gig), you are either being terribly misinformed or just bigoted.

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throwaway85825 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

With foreign accents its often hard to understand what's being said, and harder when there's a whole class and the student doesnt want to be disruptive.

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SilverElfin 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t find it hard to understand foreign accents of all kinds. Why do you? It seems like a basic part of English comprehension. Obviously large companies don’t have issues with their CEOs being Indians with accents. They’re speaking to their employees, board, and the public and it’s not an issue.

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bijowo1676 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You are being bigoted or ignorant again. There is a whole meme of people with Indian accents, explaining things on YouTube, and Americans genuinely appreciating their lessons because American teachers with perfect English like yours have failed to explain the subject properly

	▲	throwawaytea 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There's also a huge group of people that instantly click away from a video as soon as they hear an indian voice. They won't show up in the comments.
	▲	throwaway85825 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Again? I'm not the parent commentor. I find it harder to learn if I have to decipher the words not the content. This is true for lots of different accents. This is a common experience for those not overindexing on ethnonarcissism.

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jojobas 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

India accounts for 70% of H1B against say UK, France or Japans 1% each.

Alaskan school teachers are paid below Alaskan median wage. If you support importing workforce to be fill less-than-median-paying roles you haven't thought about it very well (chances are you never will).

>racist bigoted

These are not magic words that somehow make your argument sound. Delegating bringing up children to underpaid workers from foreign cultures, desperate enough to consider this deal an improvement, cannot end well.