Quote Originally Posted by Fatboxingfan View Post
it's true that white westerners when they come back to their country from the far East will have a reverse culture shock and will have a very hard time cutting the mustard in their home country after being spoiled and red carpeted for decades.

It's like they think they are Joe Louis the brown bomber and after a while they forget about how long they have been away but they keep telling themselves that they can always go back and score a knockout and the next thing they get a bit long in the tooth and a step slow and they go back to their home country and they stare down the barrel of a young Rocky Marciano who knocks them silly and reality hits them.
Speak for yourself. Your problem was that you refused to consider upgrading your skill set or plan a new career path when back home. If you had done things differently you wouldn't even be back home. Don't think the same issues happen to others who have done things differently.

I have friends who have transitioned into private teaching (small classes), speech therapy, public school teaching (eurgh), college teaching, even truck driving. Nobody has gone home and done nothing. Some have of course gone off on new adventures. You are talking about intelligent people, with great resumes, and an ability to find new ways.