Kai Xiang Teo - Business Insider
Publish date: 2024-06-15
Education Hong Kong parents pay me $40,000 to get their kids into top US colleges. Helping families cope with the stress of admissions is a big part of my job.
A private tutor in Hong Kong says his job helping kids abroad with US college admissions includes managing the family stress that comes with it. CareersI moved to China expecting to teach for just 2 years. I've been here for nearly a decade and have no plans to move home.
My employer pays for me to fly home every summer, but I feel reverse culture shock every time I'm back in England. CareersI left Austin to teach in Vietnam. I feel safer here and have no plans to move back to Texas.
Most foreign teachers in Vietnam are overwhelmed handling 40 kids while covered in sweat and armed with only a piece of chalk, says Casey Rochester. CareersI'm a tech worker who moved from Brazil to China 3 years ago. I have a real love-hate relationship with the work culture here.
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